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Västerås Travel Center, Sweden


Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for a transport hub in Sweden. BIG first revealed a preliminary plan for the site in 2015. Key to the updated design is a more distinctive, flowing roof that extends beyond the edges of the 17,000-square-metre building to invite people in from multiple points. The shape is similar to a billowing sail or a sheet attached to a line at multiple points.…

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Center, China


Aedas recently won the design competition for a pioneering project at the Shenzhen Campus of the Cooperation Zone. The project occupies a prominent site at the heart of the Cooperation Zone. Located along the Shenzhen River, the 3,870,000 sq m Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Center includes a 3,000,000 sq m Shenzhen Campus on the northern bank and an 870,000 sq m Hong Kong Campus on the southern…

Floating Theater of Glass Sails, China


Architecture studio MAD has designed a theatre for the city of Yiwu, China, which will be surrounded by water and topped with "glass sails" to give it the appearance of a boat sailing on a river. The new theater is defined by a layering of glass sails that are reminiscent of the Chinese junks (a type of Chinese ship) that once transported goods across the waters, while their curves…

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