New York is a city of contrasts like no other. There are virtually dozens of impressive buildings that capture our imagination and attention when we stroll past. Rick Bell, head of the Center of Architecture in the New York chapter of the American Institutes for Architects released this list of impressive and remarkable must see buildings in New York.
It is clear upon studying these buildings that there are reasons on why Bell deems them as must see structures in New York. There is clearly a sense of awe when we look at them and we would love to get your feedback in which would be your favourite out of the lot.
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This stunning piece of architecture is Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art campus located in a wooded valley in Singapore.
Designed by Singaporean architects CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, the award-winning 5-storey building is surrounded by a turfed green roof that blends with the grassy ground contour it emerges from, giving it a strong visual impact.
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Stirling prizewinners, David Chipperfield architects have won yet another international competition, this time, the design of the 120,000sq m masterplan of the arts and technology quarter in Segovia, Spain.
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We came across this via MoCo Loco. It is a compact space saving four-room house by German industrial designer Luigi Colani. It contains a six square metre cylinder that comprises a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. The cylinder rotates and ‘delivers’ the room of choice to you in the main living area by a remote control. Outside of the cylinder, there is a separate space for a toilet and small hallway.
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The UAE capital city of Abu Dhabi is set to have another addition to its ever expanding skyline. The Tameer Towers development, designed by U.S architect Hilson Moran of Gensler and Structural Engineers, would be a premium mixed use development consisting of 6 buildings spanning over a land space of 465,000 square metres. It would be located on an exclusive area in Shams, between the Arabian Sea and a 1million square feet Central Park.
There would be 4 residential towers, a commercial tower, a 7-star-luxury-business hotel, stepped villas and townhouses, a private marina and a vibrant canal promenade.
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This is the winning entry of the competition for the design of the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in the ancient Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius. A design of the Pritzker prize-winning maestro architect Zaha Hadid, this silvery space-ship building would certainly stand out in the very traditional capital of Vilnius know more for it’s 12th century cathedrals than high tech architectural designs like this one.
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