Next to the bird’s nest and national grand theatre in Beijing’s olympics district is the National Aquatics Center “Water Cube” by PTW Architects,CSCEC, CCDI, and Arup. A soap-bubble concept for a rectangle led to a Weaire-Phelan pattern with 15 different …
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(putneymark– flickr/creative commons license) It is 1.6 miles long and 600 feet high, the largest hydroelectric dam in the world when it opens in 2011, five times larger than the Hoover Dam. At full capacity with 26 turbines it could …
(Hannah & Noah– flickr/creative commons license) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Building by Sir Norman Foster and Partners with Arup is located on the site of the old city hall in Hong Kong. It’s 180m and 47 stories …
(sanfamedia.com– flickr/creative commons license) Next to Tianenman Square and The Great Hall of the People sits the National Centre for Performing Arts, one of many brand new grand structures meant to monumentalize China’s move to international prominance. Paul Andreu’s design …