This hotel and offices building take a site in Plaza Europa. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain. The Porta Fira Towers was designed by Toyo Ito (ITO AA) and Fermín Vázquez – b720 Arquitectos. The two buildings are linked by a common atrium. The hotel is contained in a distorted cylinder, expanding towards the [...]
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The Building Design of Moses Mobhida Stadium in South Africa
This is a stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten or the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Dubbed as Moses Mabhida Stadium, this sport building is located in a sporting precinct in Durban on the shore of the Indian Ocean and features a 105-metre arch that rises over the circular stadium. The cable [...]
– June 12, 2010
The Unique Design of Cahill Center for Astrophysics
This unique building was designed by Morphosis. Located on Caltech’s South Campus directly across California Boulevard from the Institution’s historic North Campus core, this building act as an astronomical instrument, pierced by a vertical volume, tilted its lense to maximize the penetration of natural daylight from the sky. The new Cahill Center boasts 100,000 square [...]
– February 10, 2010
