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Raffles City Hangzhou, China


Raffles City Hangzhou, designed by Dutch firm UNStudio, is a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza. Described by the studio as "a sustainable urban hub for living, working and leisure", the development forms a prominent landmark in Hangzhou's new central business district, with a total area…

Capital Hill Residence; Zaha Hadid's Only Residential Project


Located on a hillside forest outside of Moscow, amongst 65-foot-high (20-meter-high) pine and birch trees, Capital Hill Residence is the only private house designed and built by Zaha Hadid in her lifetime. The house belongs to Vladislav Doronin, who runs property companies Capital Group and OKO Group, and is also the owner of luxury hotel and resort brand Aman. Over a lunch meeting they discussed the brief, ‘floating above…

One Za’abeel Tower, Dubai


One Za’abeel mixed-use complex is currently under construction in Dubai. Designed by Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei, and developed by Ithra Dubai, the latest addition is a mixed-use two towers project with a horizontal connection housing one of the world’s largest cantilevers. The suspended bridge that will link the two towers together floats 100 metres above the ground and will be called The Linx. The innovative design of One Za'abeel puts in…

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