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Nur Alem: Museum of the Future, Kazakhstan


In 2017, Kazakhstan hosted the EXPO International Specialized Exhibition. EXPO 2017 was designed by Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture with a special focus on the exhibition topic, Future Energy. The key architectural structure of the exhibition complex was the pavilion of Kazakhstan – Nur Alem. This is the world’s largest spherically-shaped building, measuring 100 m in height from plinth level and 80 m in diameter. Its total area is 24,000…

Elbphilharmonie Mixed-Use Complex, Germany


The Elbphilharmonie, designed by Herzog & de Meuron Office, is located in the historic Sandtorhafen, which was Hamburg’s old working harbor for centuries. The Elbphilharmonie with its impressive glass facade and wave-like rooftop rises up from the former Kaispeicher building; Hamburg’s biggest warehouse on the water. The Kaispeicher was built in 1875 and destroyed in the Second World War, it was then rebuilt and renamed Kaispeicher. 1,000 curved window…

Chaoyang Park Plaza, China


Chaoyang Park Plaza is a mixed-use development constructed in the central business district of Beijing, China. The 120m-high plaza (including 10 buildings) comprises 120,000m² of commercial, office and residential space. “Chaoyang Park Plaza” is an expansion of nature. It is a classical approach to Chinese garden architecture, where nature and architecture blend into one another. “We want to blur the boundary between nature and the artificial, and make it…

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