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Butterfly Skyscraper, Canada


Architecture studio Revery Architecture has completed a skyscraper with white, cylindrical facades that integrates into an early 20th-century church in Vancouver. The Butterfly rises 178.6 metres in Vancouver and is now the third-tallest structure in the coastal Canadian city. Its form consists of straight, interconnected cylindrical forms clad in glass and white pre-fabricated concrete panels that frame balconies on the perimeter and a breezeway formed in the recesses between the…

Cao'e River Culture and Art Centre


UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released its design for a sweeping arts centre. Named Cao'e River Culture and Art Centre, the building will be set on the banks of the Cao'e River and host local and international productions of opera, theatre, dance and drama. It will comprise a series of venues including a 1,400-seat grand theatre, a 7,500-square-metre heritage museum and a 10,000-square-metre art gallery, unified by sweeping interconnected…

Jomoo Headquarters, China


Architecture studio OMA has completed the Jomoo headquarters in Xiamen, China. The 105-metre-tall skyscraper is the first office campus for Jomoo, China's largest sanitaryware company. The project is located at the intersection of two contrasting landscapes: the dense urban fabric of high-rise buildings and the natural backdrop of forested hills. In response, the design adopts a continuous, sculptural form that merges podium and tower. A multifaceted base, informed by the…

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