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National Swimming Center, Beijing

The striking exterior of the National Swimming Center, being constructed for the 2008 Olympic Games and nicknamed, the "Water Cube," is made from panels of a lightweight form of Teflon that transforms. The building into an energy [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

The design for the Sacred Heart medical centre is optimised ...

Destination design firm WATG was the design architect for Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend which opened Sunday, 10 August in Springfield, Oregon. Set on 181 acres along Oregon’s McKenzie River, the 1million sq ft medical cente [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

The Impact of Blogging on Architecture?

In a really fine review of the New York Times’ new headquarters building, which appeared in that paper yesterday, the critic Nicolai Ouroussoff made some interesting observations about the interplay of the design with current digita [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

East Timor

Welcome to East Timor, southeast Asia's newest nation. Independence has brought mixed fortunes to this recovering conflict zone, and it remains a country in transition. But it has fine beaches, colonial towns, rugged mountains and a lush in [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

Suleimaniye Mosque

The Suleimaniye Mosque in Istanbul was built in 1550. The architect, Sinan, based his design on Byzantine churches, in particular the Hagia Sophia. The large central dome above a square opens to smaller spaces vaulted by buttressing half- [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

The Imperial Palace

For more than seven centuries, the great empire of the Habsburgs was ruled from the Imperial Palace. Today, the Gothic Imperial Chapel, where the Vienna Boys’ Choir performs during High Mass on Sunday, is a remnant of the Imperial Pal [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Muslim Architecture

Muslim architecture has always caught the eye of today’s researcher due to its highly technical nature of work that includes a number of wonderful structures of different kinds of buildings that are from small to grand. What is most [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Times Square

Times Square in New York City, formerly Longacre Square and often referred to as the "Great White Way" because of the Broadway theaters' lights that illuminate the district, is formed by the intersection of three streets—Bro [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2007 | Comments : 0

Burj Al Arab - Luxuries Unlimited

When you go to the city of fun and entertainment, you never miss its greatest adventures and backdrop it has to offer. With Dubai as the city of Gold in modern times, we can’t miss to visit the World’s 1st 7-Start Hotel “B [...]