Posted June 15, 2008 
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There are many structure projects who seek the LEED certification awarded by the USGBC, but not many get it. Still, it’s worth trying and big efforts will be repaid therefore the city of Las Vegas has begun the construction of an 18 million square feet sustainable development.
Posted June 14, 2008 Comments(9) 
In a recent article we informed you that Chicago will be the home of an impressive structure, the Eco-Bridge. Well, if you thought that the bridge is great, wait until you’ll see the Chicago Spire which is destined to become world’s second tallest building. The tower was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and in 2011 when it will be completed it will be 2000-feet tall.
Posted June 13, 2008 Comments(2) 
A city that has made some important changes and “upgrades” in the green sector. It’s one of the greenest cities in the world, but it would be better if I say that in the next few years it will be among the greenest as for now, they didn’t complete so many environmentally-friendly projects.
Posted June 12, 2008 Comments(13) 
I don’t think that I have to say more about Dubai. Everybody knows that there you can find the most impressive structure in the modern world - world’s most luxurious hotel, Burj Al Arab and world’s tallest building , Burj Dubai. Now, they have prepared a new impressive structure: it’s the Rotating Tower designed by David Fisher’s Dynamic Architecture.
Posted June 10, 2008 Comments(0) 
Nowadays, the most incredible structures and buildings are built in Asia, America or in the Middle East. Well, sometimes there are some great projects in Europe like this concept design by The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Dutch development company, Multi Vastgoed. Called the Coolsingel Project because it’s going to be built in Rotterdam’s shopping district, the Coolsingel.
Posted June 6, 2008 Comments(4) 
As Dubai is growing really fast and they build visionary hotels and towers for tourists, they also look to improve the cultural life of the area. For the Seven Pearls district, Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a new opera house and cultural centre will will support about 5000-square meter of exhibition space.
Posted May 30, 2008 Comments(7) 
Cybertecture is the architecture of the 21st century and the company that will take it even further is James Law Cybertecture International. The company was assigned by Vijay Associate (Wadhwa Developers) to design a building like no other for Mumbai, India and they came up with the Cybertecture Egg.
Posted May 20, 2008 Comments(80) 
Dubai makes history! As of today, you can find the tallest man-made building in Dubai. The skyscraper is called Burj Dubai (burj means tower in Arabic) and the tower overtook the Warszawa radio mast in Poland which measures 646 meters. The Dubai-based skyscraper measures 650 meters and it’s expected to get even bigger and will reach 819 meters to the aircraft beacon.
Posted May 16, 2008 Comments(6) 
A revolutionary architecture project has been unveiled for Abu Dhabi, UAE. A 40-story tower was designed by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture from Asymptote and the construction will be completed by 2011. The tower will be called Strata Tower and will be 160 meters high.
Posted April 19, 2008 Comments(1) 
We are already accustomed with those extraordinary buildings in Dubai, but we never get bored because there is always something new. The facade of the Pixel Tower will have 18-stories and it was inspired from bubbles in a champagne glass. This new structure is destined for Dubai’s Waterfront and it was designed to minimize the heat-gain and provide a better view over the Persian Gulf.
The author of the incredible design is James Law and the Pixel Tower is a part of his Cybertecture. Pixel Tower and it facade are scheduled to be completed in 2010.
