New trends emerge in architecture. Old styles are left behind and architects now go for the ultra-modern look, the futuristic style of buildings. They shouldn’t be blamed for this, don’t get me wrong, I actually admire this attitude. It’s bold and it must be appreciates because they’re looking ahead in the future and setting some landmarks for the young architects that will come. For us, the humble mortals, they’re offering a great spectacle of shapes and colors, leaving us the opportunity to simply gaze at their brilliant work.
You know how in the 90′s, many great architects were gathered in Netherlands to rejuvenate the city with modern buildings? Well, it’s time for Dubai and Beijing to collect all the architects with vision. They have an intelligent strategy of investing in modern buildings in order to attract tourists and also prepare themselves for the future. Fortunate for them, they have a lot of space to build new architectural wonders, unlike European cities were there isn’t place to build even a small boutique.
You may have seen some of these buildings, they’re already classics among the fans of conceptual architecture, but I bet that there are some of them that you will see for the first time. There are few of them which still are in the project faze, some of them are in the building process and most of them, of course, are already built.
Agora Theatre – Lelystad, Netherlands
Air Force Academy Chapel – Colorado, USA
Apeiron Hotel – Dubai, UAE
Art School – Singapore
Atomium – Brussels, Belgium
Baj Pomorski Theatre – Torun, Poland
Bank Office – Hannover, Germany
Bicentennial Conservatory – Adelaide, Australia
BMW – Munich, Germany
Burj Al Arab – Dubai, UAE
Bus Station – Casar, Spain
CCTV Headquarters – Beijing, China
Centre Pompidou-Metz Museum – Metz, France
City Tower – Cheongna,
Commercial Complex – New Orleans, USA
Conrad Hotel – Beijing, China
Cooper Union – New York, USA
Coop Himmelb(l)au High School – Los Angeles, USA
Crooked House – Sopot, Poland
Cybertecture Egg – Mumbai, India
Dancing Building – Prague, Czech Republic
Danish Pavilion – Shanghai, China
Design Museum – Holon, Israel
Promenade Hotel – Dubai, UAE
Technosphere – Dubai, UAE
Dubai Towers – Dubai, UAE
Dynamic Tower – Dubai, UAE
Eden Project – Cornwall, UK
Esplanade Theatres – Singapore
Frame Hotel – Dubai, UAE
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum – Minneapolis, USA
Futuristic Building – China
Futuroscope – Poitiers, France
Galaxy Soho – Beijing, China
Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain
Hotel Marques De Riscal – Elciego, Spain
IAC Building – New York, USA
Jack Colker Union 96 Station – Beverly Hills, USA
Lilypad
Olympic Stadium – Montreal, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Art – Nice, France
