A project drawn up by Ma Yansong, MAD Architects, in collaboration with the China Academy of Building Research (CASR) is the winner in the competition to design an international cruise hub at the city of Chongqing’s Cuntan Port. It will include a 15,
The Rotterdam firm MVRDV has won the competition for the Shimao ShenKong International Center, a mixed-use development in the heart of the Longgang district of Shenzhen, China. To be known as Shenzhen Terraces, the 101,300-square-meter complex will i
A design drawn up by the British firm Zaha Hadid Architects – in collaboration with the Estonian practice Esplan – has been awarded first prize in the competition for Rail Baltic’s new terminal in Ülemiste, a subdistrict of the country’s capital. The
The design features two pieces that are joined by a light footbridge to keep the presence of a large closed volume from hindering the views over the river. The sloping surfaces seek integrating the new terminal into the roofs of the Alfama quarter...
Barcelona’s importance as tourist destination has led to an increasing number of cruise ships arriving at the city, so the Port Authority decided to place some company terminals in Moll Adossat, the old container port. In the Helix Terminal, the exte
After a period of persistent decadence, the old Lisbon evoked by Amália Rodrigues has become a desirable destination, already threatening to dethrone other popular tourist hubs, such as Venice and Barcelona. An unbeatable example of this metamorphosi
Completely constructed with shipping containers transformed beforehand in the factory, the new cruise terminal of the city of Seville was set up in less than fifteen days.
The Inland Sea (formerly named the Seto Inland Sea) is a body of water separating three of the main islands of the Japanese archipelago, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. In the region of Shikoku, among the more than three thousand is
Wilhelm Klauser The city of Yokohama has opened to its waterfront. The past ten years have witnessed the development by the sea of a new district with a congress center, office buildings, hotels and museums which have multiplied at a vertiginous spee
In spite of carrying a considerable number of flights – a result of its strategic position in the heart of Europe –, the Zürich-Kloten airport does not have a building plan able to face a series of functions in continuous growth and change. The heter
The new terminal is a first-class land-air transport center on account of the high-technology equipment it contains, the breadth of its installations, and its capacity and speed in the handling of cargo. Its architecture builds on criteria normally r
Sir Richard Branson, fundador de Virgin Galactic, ha inaugurado en Nuevo México (EE UU) la terminal desde la que partirán los primeros turistas espaciales. Diseñada de acuerdo al proyecto de Foster + Partners —que, junto a la consultora URS y el estu
The emblem of the World Cup is a wharf. The holding of the World Soccer Championship in Japan and Korea has occasioned the construction of 17 new stadiums in both host countries, but the most innovative work is perhaps a transport building, Yokohama’
Entre el fallo del concurso y el inicio de las obras de la terminal pasaron cuatro años, y la construcción se ha prolongado otros tres más hasta la inauguración del edificio el 2 de junio, coincidiendo con el evento deportivo. Este prolongado lapso d
