Milan, Italy
A dramatic canyon like entrance, defined by two undulating 12 metre high walls will welcome visitors to the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo. Unveiled this week, the Foster + Partners design for the pavilion reveal a narrow site, set to be transformed into a contemporary reinterpretation of a UAE ancient desert city.
Image: Foster + Partners
Courtesy Arch Daily
London, England
Italian architect Renzo Piano has been commissioned to redevelop Fielden House, a 1970s office building on London Bridge Street. The site for the new 27-storey residential tower is located right beside Piano’s 310-metre glass skyscraper The Shard, which was opened less than a year ago.
Image: Shutterstock
Courtesy Dezeen
Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s first sustainable high-rise will be home to the world’s tallest vertical garden when it is completed in 2016. Each of the building's 164 apartments will feature a self-sustaining garden terrace with a built in irrigation system that will combine to create a 46-storey living façade of vegetation.
Courtesy World Architecture News
Washington D.C., United States
Washington’s decades-old rail system has received the prestigious 25 Year AIA Award - given to structures that demonstrate architectural resilience for 25-35 years. First opened in 1976, the system of 86 different stations scattered across 106 miles, was designed by architect Harry Weese over 40 years ago.
Image: AIA Twenty-five Year Award
Courtesy Bustler
Pärnu, Estonia
Warsaw-based studio, WXCA has won Estonia's Baltic Sea Park Competition with their design of floating pavilions situated around a square. The floating Forum of Art is meant to enable integration and interaction between all Baltic countries and their artistic heritage, while also emphasizing a connection between the city centre and the Pärnu River.
Image WXCA
Courtesy Inhabitat
