The Grow hotel is an innovative hotel concept which is being developed to serve the business community in Sundbyberg and Solna municipalities. The building is in the shape of a chevron to emphasize the green setting for the hotel which embraces the nearby park behind the hotel. Keeping with the green theme, there is an outdoor patio and green roof that hotel guests can partake in or even go to the park that is nearby. The ground floor is mostly transparent which is very warm and welcoming.

The Patient hotel in Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet is a comfortable modern take on hospital visits. Designed for self sufficient patients who need medical attention but live far away and need accommodation to receive treatment, can lodge here rather than being stuck in a hospital.  The building was designed with a lot of open space such as an atria and balconies that are private for the patients as well as having a very warm and open theme. There is also parks and other city functions nearby should they be able to go to so that it’s not all just being stuck in a room.

This is the Brasilia Digital TV Tower in Brasilia, Brazil. Inaugurated in April of 2012, this tower was designed by Oscar Niemeyer to resemble a flower. The structure leads to an antenna that broadcasts a signal out to the Federal District and its surroundings. The Tower also has two observatories that are located on each side of he building to mimic leaves on the steam of a flower. The higher of the two observatories is a restaurant that gives the diners a panoramic view of the city. The other observatory is used as an art gallery with similar views of the city. Oscar Niemeyer’s use of curves and abstract shapes can be seen here as the entire structure has smooth lines.

In 2007, Steven Hall finished the Bloch addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2007, Time magazine ranked the museum’s new Bloch Building number one on its list of “The 10 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels” and it considers places from all over the world. Steven Hall won the international competition for the design and his plan was to build five glass pavilions to the east of the original building which they call lenses. The lenses top a 165,000-square-foot underground building known as the Bloch Building. The addition cost around $95 million. The design for the new addition utilizes sustainable building concepts such as green roofs to achieve high insulation and control stormwater. Also, the double-glass cavities of the lenses gather sun-heated air in winter or exhaust it in summer. Hall built this addition in a way to not upstage or block the existing build.

The Royal Arena in Copenhagen was designed for international level sporting events and concerts. The project was inspired with the Scandinavian aesthetic as well as having a good neighbor policy in mind. The philosophy behind it was that since most arenas like this are outside the city limits, they purposely built the Royal Arena in the middle of the city. Therefore, a lot of thought was put into this building to not just having it being empty space but to figure out levels of congestion for big events. To achieve optimal flow for events, it was designed with a single podium that efficiently dictates the flow of spectators throughout the plazas, pockets and gathering areas. When big events not in use, the space can also be used for public use and gatherings.

The A2A Ambiente plant is able to collect plastic collected from differentiated waste collection and, thanks to innovative technologies and automated solutions, recover it as material to be returned to the community, creating value from start to finish. One of the most advanced technological sites in Europe created by A2A Ambiente – an A2A Group company was designed by Giovanni Valotti, and the Chief Executive Officer, Valerio Camerano.

This new apartment A2A style living in Balanagar, Hyderabad is without the most modern and advanced architecture there is to date. A2A means application to application which means these homes will supply you with every benefit or need possible. Although from my research these types of buildings are very new I would recommend taking a look at what these buildings offer!

The New Sydney Fish Market is an ambitious project that 3XN is building currently. As fishing is a big part of the economy and culture there, this port will elevate that experience and bring with its economic success from its tourism and from locals wishing to purchase. It is not fully designed and built yet as it is currently housed in a series of old warehouses and post-industrial buildings. The plan is to open the space while making the market experience as authentic as possible. There are also plans to separate the operation aspects of the market but still allow visitors to see mingle in the area and for tourists to observe or even partake and buy should they choose.

This building is the Cathedral of Brasilia, constructed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1970. Niemeyer was a modern architect and that is evident throughout the structures that he designed. This Roman Catholic Cathedral is designed to be like a water tank with the sanctuary being underground. There is also a pool that surrounds the Cathedral that helps to keep the inside cool. Niemeyer favored the use of abstract shapes and curves over that of straight, perfectly clean lines. This is evident throughout a majority of the buildings designed by Niemeyer and can be clearly seen in the design above.

The Hunters Point Library was proposed 15 years before it was finally finished being built. Steven Hall won the competition for the design, but it is believed it took so long to build because the city gives the contract to build the design to the lowest bidder. The lowest bidder often times has problems finishing builds and they are still given projects. The library is 22,000 square feet and was finished it 2019. It is a public library located off the river in Queens New York and is also a public park. It as an aluminum-painted concrete shell its windows pull in natural light. The inside is made of bamboo which creates a warm atmosphere. There is a ground level auditorium and a terrace on the roof which creates amazing views of the city. The inside of the library is very open and flows which makes for the most energy efficient design and the greatest amount of public green space.