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Set to become the largest fountain ever been seen in the world is Dubai’s next master project. The project which is estimated to cost $218 million and is going to be 25% larger than the iconic fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The ‘SkyFarm’ is a concept green building and brainchild of Toronto based scientist Gordon Graff; the 58-storey building would grow crops in Toronto’s downtown theatre district. The building would cover 2.7 million square feet of human-habitable floor space and cover a massive 8 million square feet of arable farm space that could provide enough food for 35,000 people every day.
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The Venetian Macau is right now one of the most impressive and jaw dropping buildings on earth. Owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation (NYSE: LVS) and belonging to one of the richest men in the world, Sheldon Adelson, the Venetian Macau was modeled after it’s little sister in Las Vegas.
Built on the infamous Cotai strip in Macau, the casino is the currently biggest in the world and a feat to human architecture. It is also the third largest building in the world right now.
Officially opened on 28.August 2008 the Venetian is part of an 8 part development that isn’t matched anywhere else on this planet. All owned by the same company.
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Architectural Record have just featured their annual ‘Unbuilt Houses‘ series showcasing some very interesting concept designs of green & sustainable residential single-family dwellings.
Some of the projects are speculative, whilst others are set to be erect this year. Here is a showcase of all 8 projects.
Browse through the designs and tell us your favourite.
Amidst the current controversy surrounding the construction of the Waterfront Museum of Liverpool between it’s ingenious Danish Designers, Studio 3XN and Manchester-based architects, AEW we can’t help but step back and appreciate it’s original design in awe. This is because according to the Studio 3XN, several aspects of its original design, like it’s signature X-wing design have been “meddled” with by AEW.
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Although this is old news for some of our industry savvy readers, we have still decided to reignite our design flare by showcasing all 6 very striking design proposals for the St. Petersburg headquarters of Gazprom, the Russian state owned oil and gas company - back in 2006.
The wining design (pictured above) was submited by London based studio RMJM. This 300 metre (985 feet) building would controversially tower above the historic 18th century Smolny Cathedral on the Neva River which would be on the opposite side of the river.
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Abu Dhabi scores it for us again – this time it’s the Empire Island Tower designed by Liverpool based design studio, Aedas. This striking piece of architecture is bound to add another spark to the Abu Dhabi’s central district skyline.
Here is what the designers’ have to say about their ingenious work
The building bends back away from the street across from a large commercial tower allowing for an enlarged view corridor between the central park of the community and the sea, one block away. The splayed vertical layers converge while rising up before bending forward together as the 230meter tower rises toward the sky and maximizing its views between the park and sea.
