Kurilpa Bridge / By Cox Architecture

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cox Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Christopher Frederick Jones

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: TRANSPORT

Kurilpa Bridge is the world’s largest structure to be based upon the principles of ‘tensegrity’, the term coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller to describe a system of balanced compressive and tensile forces.

Crater Lake Installation / By 24° Studio

Kobe, Japan
24° Studio
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Photo © Courtesy of 24° Studio

The design motive was influenced by the history of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 that led to inevitable changes within built environment sparring only the nature that surrounds Kobe.

Samitaur Tower / By Eric Owen Moss Architects

Culver City, California, United States
Eric Owen Moss Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Tom Bonner

The Samitaur Tower is an information tower, constructed at the corner of Hayden Avenue and National Boulevard immediately across from the new Expo light rail line arriving from downtown Los Angeles in June, 2011. That intersection is the primary entry point into the re-developed zone of Culver City.

Top of Tyrol, Mountain Peak Platform / By LAAC Architekten

Mount Isidor – Stubai glacier in Tyrol, Austria
LAAC Architekten
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Photo © Courtesy of LAAC Architekten

During recent years a number of observation platforms have been created attempting by different means to confront the visitor with the beauties of nature.

BIG Wins the Stockholmsporten Master Plan

Stockholm, Sweden
BIG
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Image © Courtesy of BIG--Visualization

BIG + Grontmij + Spacescape are the winning team for the Stockholmsporten master plan competition to design an inviting new entrance portal into Stockholm at the intersection of a newly planned super-junction.

Metropol Parasol in Seville : By J. MAYER H. Architects

Seville, Spain
J. MAYER H. Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Alda

April 2011 marks the completion of "Metropol Parasol", the Redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville, Spain. Designed by Berlin-based J. MAYER H. architects, this project has already become the new landmark for Seville, a place of identification and to articulate Seville's role as one of the world´s most fascinating cultural destinations. 

Arboretum on Cebeli Hill : By METEKIYAN

Antalya, Turkey
METEKIYAN
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Image © Courtesy of METEKIYAN

Turkish Architects METEKIYAN have shared their proposal for the Landmark Project on Cebeli Hill in Antalya, Turkey.

Gate of Kaohsiung : By Forrest Fulton Architecture

Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Forrest Fulton Architecture
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Image © Courtesy of Forrest Fulton Architecture

This competition entry for the Kaohsiung Cruise Terminal and Port Service Center in Taiwan comes from Forrest Fulton Architecture.  The architects approached the design of a new gateway as a challenge to design a contemporary version of the traditional city gate.

Taiwan Tower Competition proposal : By GilBartolome ADW

Taichung, Taiwan

GilBartolome ADW

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Images © Courtesy of GilBartolome ADW

The Taichung City Government has organized a competition to provide a new landmark for Taiwan hosting a museum of the city, the offices for the department of urban planning and an environmental quality monitoring station.