The most anticipated buildings of 2021

January 13, 2021 at 06:55 p.m.
The most anticipated buildings of 2021. PHOTO: Domus
The most anticipated buildings of 2021. PHOTO: Domus

 

Of everything that was canceled or postponed in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic, these architectural projects were waiting to see the light and receive millions of visitors, and include art galleries, museums, gardens and urban plans.

Humboldt Forum 

The Italian architect Frank stella recreated three of the baroque facades of the extinct Berlin palace and added a fourth designed by his studio for the Humbolt Forum; where part of the collections of the Ethnological museum and the Asian Art Museum.

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550 Madison Canopy and Garden

The Norwegian architecture studio, Snøhetta, was intended to replace the iconic glass masonry that characterizes AT & T's postmodern building, located in the Madison avenue from New York; however, he had to find another remodeling proposal due to the negative reactions it unleashed.

Thus, the revised scheme, based on the original design of Phillip johnson y John burgee, includes a new partially covered garden that will open in 2021.

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Bee'ah Headquarters

The undulating campus created by Zaha Hadid Architects for Bee'ah, an environmental and waste management company based in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), is inspired by the desert dunes and was devised to minimize energy consumption.

Its features include a reflective coating, solar panels and recycled materials. It is scheduled to open in spring 2021.

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Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center

Designed by MAD In Nanjing, this structure is a dazzling play of proportions between tree-covered mountainous skyscrapers and low-rise buildings with sloping roofs and gardens.

The traditional and futuristic typologies of Nanjing they are combined in a project that extends over 180 thousand square meters along an entire block.

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1000 trees

The real estate development of the study heatherwick, near the arts district M50 de Shanghai, contains a thousand trees that grow on its own concrete podium.

Each pot is placed in the corner of dozens of interlocking blocks and terraces that scale down toward the top of the buildings, giving the appearance of a tree-covered mountain.

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