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reat arch|tecture |s both as thet|ca||y beaut|u|
and sc|ent||ca||y pract|ca|. Be|ng cutt|ng-edge
doesnt a|ways mean scrap|ng the sky. G
Comment|ng on the d|erence between the |dea|s o
arch|tecture and mere construct|on, a amous arch|tect
once sa|d: "You emp|oy stone, wood, and concrete, and
w|th these mater|a|s you bu||d houses and pa|aces: that
|s construct|on. lngenu|ty |s at work. But sudden|y you
touch my heart, you do me good. l am happy and l say:
Th|s |s beaut|u|. That |s Arch|tecture".
2012 has been another |andmark year |n the wor|d o
g|oba| construct|on, w|th eng|neers and arch|tects push|ng
the boundar|es o |nnovat|on anddes|gn. Not surpr|s|ng|y,
susta|nab|||ty shows up |n near|y every des|gn today, w|th
arch|tects exp|or|ng creat|ve ways to c|ub eco-r|end|y
measures |nto the|r des|gns, roma bu||d|ng that generates
|ts very ownso|ar or w|ndpower tothosewh|chco||ect and
||ter ra|nwater.
The o||ow|ng 25 bu||d|ngs re|ect the current coo| |n
arch|tecture. Go ahead and amaze yourse|!
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AbsoIute WorId Iowers
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Architect: MAD
The 29-story o|ce bu||d|ngs |nnovat|ve dynam|c aade
opens and c|oses |n response to the movement o the sun,
reduc|ng so|ar ga|n by more than 50 percent, creat|ng a more
comortab|e |nterna| env|ronment or occupants and
produc|ng a d|st|nct|ve externa| aesthet|c. The geometr|c
patterns that compr|se th|s g|gant|c screen |nc|ude over 1,000
mov|ng wooden e|ements that contract and expand dur|ng the
day depend|ng onthe suns pos|t|on.
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Architect: Aedas Architects Ltd.
AI 8ohor Iowers
The two bu||d|ngs, 50 storeys (151m) and 56 storeys
(167m) each, are part o a |ve-bu||d|ng deve|opment.
The|r undu|at|ng shape |s the des|gn o young Be|||ng-
based arch|tect, Ma Yansong, and h|s |rm, MAD Arch|-
tects. Ma entered an |nternat|ona| des|gn compet|t|on
hosted by the towers deve|opers Fernbrook Homes and
C|tyzen, and was awarded the pro|ect |n 2006. ln Toronto,
Burka Arch|tects des|gned the |nter|ors a|ongs|de
eng|neer|ng |rm S|gmund Soudak &Assoc|ates.
At 412-meters (1,352-eet) h|gh, A| Hamra Tower
|s the ta||est bu||d|ng |n Kuwa|t. The bu||d|ng |s
used or reta|| and o|ce spaces. The geometry
o the |nter|or wa|| |s generated and responds to
the need to m|n|m|ze so|ar heat ga|n. Th|s wa||
not on|y protects the bu||d|ng rom cr|t|ca|
env|ronmenta| cond|t|ons but a|so takes on the
ro|e o the structura| sp|ne o the bu||d|ng.
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
AI Homro Iower
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Barc|ays Center |s a mu|t|-purpose |ndoor
arena |n Brook|yn, New York. The arena hosts
many concerts, convent|ons and many
|mportant sport|ng events, compet|ng w|th
other amous ac|||t|es |n NewYork. Though the
bu||d|ng has rece|ved m|xed rev|ews rom
arch|tecture cr|t|cs, the curvaceous bu||d|ng |s
undoubted|y a new|andmark |nNewYork C|ty.
8orcIoys Center
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Architect: AECOM (Ellerbe Becket) and
SHoP Architects
The Bodrum lnternat|ona| A|rport |s made o strong stee| ||nes, g|ass wa||s
and a |at concrete rootop. The des|gn |s meant to be a reerence to the
trad|t|ona| bu||d|ngs o Bodrum. The new a|rport term|na|, wh|ch was
comp|eted |n Ju|y 2012, won the award or the best Transportat|on bu||d|ng
|nthe Wor|d Arch|tecture Fest|va|.
Location: Bodrum, Turkey
Architect: Tabanlioglu Architects
8odrum InternotionoI Airport
C|ose to |ve years |n the mak|ng, the "Ga||ery |n a
Garden" Barnes Foundat|on Bu||d|ng o|c|a||y
opened on May 19, 2012. The 93,000 square
oot bu||d|ng |n Ph||ade|ph|a was bu||t to house
the oundat|ons vast art co||ect|on. The bu||d|ng
has 12,000-square-eet o exh|b|t|on space that
takes advantage o natura| ||ght.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien
Architects (TWBTA)
Ihe 8ornes Foundotion
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The Coo|ed Conservator|es at Gardens by the
Mar|na Bay cons|st o two conservator|es that
span over 20,000 square meters (215,278
square t.), mak|ng the comp|ex the |argest
c||mate-contro||ed g|asshouses |n the wor|d.
lns|de, there are hundreds o |owers and
trees. The construct|onwonthe Wor|d Bu||d|ng
o the Year award rom the Wor|d Arch|tecture
Fest|va| (WAF).
Location: Singapore
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre,
Grant Associates,
Atelier One and Atelier Ten
CooIed Conservotories ot
Gordens by the 8oy
The new headquarters o Norweg|an bank DnB NOP w||| be |n a
p|xe|ated 17-story bu||d|ng on Os|os B|orv|ka waterront thats des|gned
to |ook ||ke a rock. The n|ches o th|s rock prov|de space or vegetat|on
growth: the pos|t|on|ng o the p|xe|s creates roo gardens or outs|de
areas or every |oor. The bu||d|ng |s s|ated to open |n March 2013, but
construct|on|s near|y comp|ete onthe ma|ncenter bu||d|ng.
Location: Oslo, Norway
Architect: MVRDV
Dn8 NO0 Heodquorters
For a|most a decade, Amer-
|ca and the wor|dhave been
watch|ng the progress o the
Freedom Tower, wh|ch stands
on the s|te o the ormer Wor|d
Trade Center towers. The 2.6-
m||||on-square-oot bu||d|ng,
wh|ch |s current|y under con-
struct|on, w||| |nc|ude o|ce
space, an observat|on deck,
wor|d-c|ass restaurants, and
more. lt w||| r|se to a symbo||c
he|ght o 1,776 eet, mak|ng |t
the ta||est bu||d|ng |nthe Amer-
|cas once |ts comp|eted.
Location: New York City,
New York, USA
Architect: Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill
One WorId
Irode Center
Freedom Iower)
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The Heydar A||yev Cu|tura| Center
houses a ||brary, museum, and
severa| aud|tor|ums and coner-
ence ha||s. The g|ass acade en-
sures that the bu||d|ng gets tons
o natura| ||ght. The bu||d|ng was
opened |nMay, 2012.
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Heydor AIiyev CuIturoI Center
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Architect: K2S Architects
komppi ChopeI of 8iIence
Location: Miami, Florida, USA
Architect: Populous
MorIins Pork
ln centra| He|s|nk|, the 3,789 square-oot Kampp| Chape|
oers a qu|et p|ace o contemp|at|on am|dst |ts urban
surround|ngs. The chape|s wa||s and a|| the urn|ture are
made o so||d wood. Desp|te the |mmense s|ze o the
bu||d|ng, the on|y actua| chape| |s |ocated |n the wooden
bow|. The g|ass wa||s o the rest o the bu||d|ng serve as
exh|b|t|onspace.
ln th|s 37,000-seat stad|um, games are p|ayed |n ra|n or
sh|ne thanks to the retractab|e roo. lt on|y takes 13 m|nutes
to u||y open or c|ose, and |s the |rst |n the wor|d to earn
LEED Go|d Cert||cat|on rom the .S. Green Bu||d|ng
Counc||. Arch|tect Popu|ous strove to des|gn a stad|um
where "beauty and baseba|| co|||de".
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ln Ju|y, Moscows Mercury Tower o|c|a||y became the
ta||est bu||d|ng |n Europe, at 1,109 eet ta||, surpass|ng
Londons Shard, wh|ch had prev|ous|y he|d that t|t|e.
The hu|k|ng tower |ooks ||ke |t cons|sts o stepped
b|ocks and sh|mmer|ng s||ver-p|nk g|ass.
Location: Moscow, Russia
Architect: M.M. Posokhin; Frank Williams &
Partners; G.L. Sirota
Mercury City Iower
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Architect: Farshid Moussavi Architecture
Museum of Contemporory
Art CIeveIond
One B||gh |s a|| about susta|nab|||ty. The bu||d|ng uses
recyc|ed ra|n water to |rr|gate the p|ants and |owers
spread throughout the ree orm-shaped bu||d|ng. lt |s
a|so the |rst h|gh-r|se o|ce tower |n Austra||a to
eature a doub|e-sk|n g|ass aade, wh|ch protects the
computer-contro||ed sun shades and a||ows an
abundance o natura| ||ght |nto the bu||d|ng. The
bu||d|ng was named the best ta|| bu||d|ng |n As|a &
Austra|as|a by CTBH.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Architect: Architectus; ngenhoven Architects
One 8Iigh 8treet
The 34,000-square-oot Museum o Contemporary Art, or
MoCA, des|gnedby London-basedarch|tect Farsh|dMoussav|
|s made o m|rrored b|ack sta|n|ess stee|. lts des|gn a|ms to
prov|de an |dea| env|ronment or art|sts and v|s|tors and to
oster creat|v|ty and var|ety |nexh|b|t|ons and programs.
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The 40-story government bu||d|ng was
named the best ta|| bu||d|ng |n Europe
by CTBH. M||ans Pa|azzo Lombard|a
|s an |nnovat|ve and susta|nab|e
bu||d|ng that oers a var|ety o open
spaces and passageways, |nc|ud|ng a
centra| p|azza thats meant to evoke the
c|tys amed Ga||er|a.
Location: Milan, taly
Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
PoIozzo Lombordio
The 309 meters ta|| tower |s a susta|nab|e
bu||d|ng, w|th so|ar pane|s, a ch|||ed ce|||ng
system, and an under-|oor a|r vent||at|on
system. The tower serves as the headquarters
or the CNTC Guangdong Tobacco Company.
Location: Guangzhou, China
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill
PeorI 0iver Iower
The Phoen|x lnternat|ona| Med|a Center |s des|gned susta|nab|y to
co||ect and ||ter ra|nwater and reduce energy consumpt|on by ||ter|ng
a|r natura||y. The bu||d|ng has a mu|t|purpose, comprehens|ve, and
open des|gn wh|ch |nc|udes o|ce space or broadcast|ng, te|ev|s|on,
and other med|a |ndustr|es.
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: BAD UFo
Phoenix InternotionoI Medio Center
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The utur|st|c a|rport has the capac|ty to hand|e
n|ne m||||on trave|ers a year and was des|gned to
prov|de anenhanced gateway to the reg|on.
Location: Amman, Jordan
Architect: Foster + Partners
Queen AIio InternotionoI Airport
The Poya| Ch||drens Hosp|ta| |n Me|bourne was redes|gned to be more
ch||d-r|end|y, w|th many |ndoor and outdoor |nteract|ve p|ay areas. The
|ntegrat|on o the hosp|ta| w|th the surround|ng park enab|es v|ews o the
gardens |n every d|rect|on. The arch|tects a|so des|gned the |nter|ors o
the hosp|ta|, the |npat|ent un|ts, and d|d the c||n|ca| p|ann|ng.
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Architect: Billard Leece Partnership; Bates Smart
Ihe 0oyoI ChiIdren's HospitoI
Opened |n Ju|y 2012 the
1,016-oot-ta|| bu||d|ng
houses o|ces, restau-
rants, the Shangr|-La
hote|, and res|dent|a|
apartments. O|c|a||y
The London Br| dge
Tower, |t |s a|so aect|on-
ate|y known as The
Shard or the e|ght g|ass
shards that de|ne the
shape and appearance
o the tower.
Location:
London, England
Architect:
Renzo Piano Building
Workshop
Ihe London
8ridge Iower
"Ihe 8hord")
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Soar|ng at 634 meters (2,080 t.),
The Tokyo Sky Tree serves up
astound|ng v|ews and b|ends |n
w|th the urban cu|ture o the c|ty o
Tokyo. Funct|ona||y, the bu||d|ng
a|so operates as a broadcast|ng
tower. The Tokyo Sky Tree |s
des|gned |n |ts own or|g|na| co|or,
Sky Tree Wh|te.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Nikken Sekkei
Iokyo 8ky Iree
23 Mar|na |s a new |uxury res|dent|a| bu||d|ng |n
Duba|. The 90-story, 380-meter- (1,247-t.-) ta||
concrete bu||d|ng |s current|y the ta||est res|dent|a|
bu||d|ng |nthe wor|d.
Location: Dubai, UAE
Architect: Hafeez Contractor;
KEO nternational Consultants
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Spaceport Amer|ca represents a new ront|er |n space
tour|sm as the wor|ds |rst purpose-bu||t commerc|a|
spaceport. The term|na| and hangar ac|||ty, des|gned by
Br|t|sh arch|tectura| |rm Foster Partners, |s s|eek and
modern, yet |t b|ends seam|ess|y |nto the ar|d New Mex|co
|andscape. lts a|so h|gh-techand env|ronmenta||y-r|end|y.
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Architect: Foster + Partners
8poceport Americo
Located |n Stockho|ms K|sta d|str|ct, the v|ctor|a Tower |s a
str|k|ng angu|ar T-shaped structure that has a g||sten|ng
g|ass acade. Twenty-two o the towers |oors are occup|ed
by the Hote| Scand|c, wh||e the rest o the bu||d|ng |s devoted
to o|ce and conerence space.
Location: Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Architect: Wingardh Arkitektkontor AB
Victorio Iower
MountingExpectations: Keepingupwiththegrowth
Surpass|ng the Skyscraper era today we have reached the
t|me where |t |snt enough or coo| bu||d|ngs to be ta||. They
now need to be attract|ve as we||, s|nce the pub||c pa|ate or
arch|tecture has grown |ncreas|ng|y soph|st|cated. These
|con|c bu||d|ngs shou|d cont|nue to turn heads or |ong t|me
res|dents or |rst-t|me v|s|tors or years to come. They may
a|so be useu| |andmarks and s|gnposts. L|ke another amous
arch|tect once sa|d - "See|ng a d|st|nct|ve sky||ne |s ||ke an
estab||sh|ng shot |na mov|e - lt te||s youwhere youare!"
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