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7 Extraordinary Buildings Inspired by the Natural World


BEIJING NATIONAL STADIUM: BEIJING Designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron for the 2008 Olympic Games, the locals nicknamed this stadium the “Bird’s Nest” before it was even completed. The stadium accommodates concerts and other special events, and also hosted the Winter Olympics in 2022.     ATOMIUM:…

Jiashan Museum & Library, China


Jiashan Museum & Library is an eco-friendly and green development demonstration area in the Yangtze River Delta, in China. With a limited plot area, the project lacks space to accommodate a large-capacity outdoor public activity venue. The architects took the open void in the middle as the core, and combined three architectural volumes around it to enclose a square for the crowd. The square provides resting space for citizens,…

Cyber-Urban City in the Metaverse, by ZHA


ZHA has unveiled a virtual "libertarian micro-nation" in the Metaverse titled The Liberland Metaverse, where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. People can also buy plots of land and set up businesses in the virtual city and if they do so, they will also have a stake in the physical Liberland.   …

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