Modern Buildings
Strata Tower, Abu Dhabi
Introduction:
Forty-storey, luxury residential building in Abu Dhabi. The Strata Tower is scheduled for completion in 2011 and, at a height of 160 meters, will be the tallest building in Aldar Properties PJSC’s prestigious Al Raha Beach development.
Construction begins on Asymptote’s Strata Tower in Abu Dhabi, UAE:
Abu Dhabi, UAE—The Strata Tower, a forty-story, luxury residential building [...]
The Montjuic Communications Tower, Barcelona
The Montjuic Communications Tower (Torre Telefónica) is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992.Calatrava’s beautiful and original communications tower was built for Telefónica in the heart of the 1992 Olympic site, to carry coverage of the [...]
Beijing National Stadium
The New National Stadium
The new National Stadium is located on a gentle rise in the centre of the Olympic complex. It is conceived as a large collective vessel. An undulating composition of high and low elevations moderates the bulk of the vessel and gives it a dramatic sweeping form. The stadium’s appearance is pure structure. [...]
CN Tower, Toronto
Located in the heart of Downtown Toronto between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd. Near the top, a 24 sq. metre glass floor allows visitors to watch the streets under their feet.
CN Tower held the title of the “World’s tallest free-standing structure” with a height [...]
Burj Arab, Dubai
It is said that Burj al-Arab was the dream of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, which turned out to be a physical reality years later in Dubai. The tower that resembles the sail of dhow, became the world’s tallest hotel with the height of 321m in 1999, and the iconic tower of Dubai. The [...]
Defining Architecture
Architecture (from Greek word arkhitektonike) is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures for human shelter or use.
A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment, from the macro level of how a building integrates with its surrounding context like town planning, urban design, and landscape [...]