“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
10 Architectural facts
Aug 18th
Did you know that?
- There are 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
- There are 1860 steps to the top of the Empire State Building.
- The largest stained glass window is located at Kennedy Airport in New York.
Dubai Architecture, Before and After
Jul 5th
Dubai is one of the strangest, if it’s not the most strange thing in architecture. Before twenty years, a huge percentage of people didn’t know that there is a city with the name Dubai. Now, Dubai is one of the most popular cities of the world. What happened? Where did they find so much money that fast? How are they still getting even more developed? Is there anyone who can answer this question?
How are these possible?
-Specialist say that Dubai will have the largest waterfront development of the world.
-The worlds Island. There are 300 islands and they will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million each.
Olympic Residence – The Skyline Of Limassol
Jun 29th
The towers are not finished yet and from this website you can see their progress live:
http://www.olympicresidence.com/article.php?id=44
Limassol is a city of Cyprus. For years now, Limassol was one of the highest points for Cyprus’ visitors. This new building, an architectural icon as is described by many people, can make Limassol even more attractive. This is the most exclusive residential project of Cyprus. The project consists of two towers which they can easily impress someone with their architecture design. The towers’ apartments include the latest technology and are build with the highest standards. It’s a five star hotel with modern facilities.
China architecture
Jun 24th
China has been characterised by many people as the City of the future. Everyone who is interested in the place of architecture can see this development.
Here you can see the Top Spectacular Buildings in China:
Building Underwater – 7 Difficulties
Jun 20th
The last few years we saw people to become more friendly to the environment, as they understood that the global warming is not something funny. This relationship between people and the environment can be seen from the two underwater restaurants. The first one is Poseidon at Fiji Islands and the other one is Hydropolis which is located at Dubai.
Building Underwater bring people into the environment. Some scientists say that underwater constructions destroy sea life and others say that underwater constructions help the sea to create biologies so the sea life can be improved.
However building underwater includes many difficulties:
Eiffel Tower facts
Jun 14th
Did you know that:
-Eiffel tower is located in France (Paris) on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River.
-Eiffel tower was first planned out around 1884.
-Eiffel tower was finished 31 of March 1889.
-Eiffel tower took about two years to be build, between 1887 and 1889.
South Africa-World Cup Stadiums (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban South Africa)
Jun 11th
South Africa’s World Cup which starts on 11/6/2010 will take place in ten stadiums.
-Durban Stadium (Durban) The best thing in terms of design for this stadium are the two large archways which arc 100 meters above the stadium
-Green Point Stadium (Cape Town) Is one of the most artistic football stadiums in South Africa. It’s exterior is covered with noise-reducing material. Green Point Stadium will be used for the one of the two semi-finals.
-Soccer City (Johannesburg) Again this one is one of the most artistic or maybe the most artistic stadiums in Africa continent. It’s ground’s design was inspired from calabash. More >
A Shining Solar Skyscraper for Shenzen
Jun 9th
The building will be build by the Austrian architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. The tower will be located in the centre district of Shenzhen which is an economic centre in the south part of China. In this building the China Insurance Group will locate it’s offices. The tower will be about 200m heigh with 49 storeys. It’s footprint area will has a size of 1600m2 . The exterior part of the tower will be covered with photovoltaic cells and a mechanism will be established to increase wind resistance, tint the inside part of the building from sunlight, provide natural ventilation(is the natural removal of air through an indoor space) and display multimedia banners on its ”walls”. The exterior design with photovoltaics and the wind mechanism will help More >
3D Images (Red and Blue glasses)
Jun 4th
Here is something which has no connection with architecture. Yesterday I bought a pair of red/blue 3D glasses and I was really impressed from what I saw. I connected my laptop to a TV to see some pictures in a bigger screen and the result was amazing. A 3D image is actually an image which consist of two images. More >
The Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects
Jun 4th
The Stone Towers is one of the most recent news from the place of architecture. Stone Towers are located at Cairo and they were designed by Zaha Hadid. It is designed for the Rooya Group of Egypt. It is a 525,000 square meters office and retail complex for the royal group. As is said, the towers will be located in the Stone Park district of Cairo. Zaha Hadid’s ideas were taken from the ancient Egyptians’ stonework. The surface will be covered with recesses and protrusions which will emphasise the light and shadow on the surfaces. More >