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VARSO TOWER, POLAND FOSTER + PARTNERS
Foster + Partners is delivering a glazed 53-storey tower located in the heart of Warsaw. Varso Tower will boast flexible workspace, commercial units and an observation deck for tourists in the centre of the capital.
The 310 metre facility will be the highest building in Poland once completed and the first project of this scale to be rated BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ in the country. Varso is part of a wider development comprising two other office buildings designed by Hermanowicz Rewski Architects that will "cascade" from a joint multi- storey podium. The project will revive a brownfield area in the capital near the main railway station, with completion scheduled for 2020. Ref: 87464
SHANGHAI LIBRARY, CHINA SCHMIDT HAMMER LASSEN
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has won the commission to create a glass library that will become “the focal point” in Shanghai’s largest city park. The architects saw off competition from Kengo Kuma, David Chipperfield and Dominique Perrault to design the abstract facility, which will be clad in clear, insulated and fritted glass arranged in horizontal bands that are angled to minimise solar glare and reflect the surroundings.
Located in the 140-hectare Century Park, the library will “float” above the tree canopy and over two pavilions housing a 1,200-seat performance venue and a children’s library. The building will be organised around a grand central atrium with three staggered reading rooms connecting various parts of the library. Once completed in 2020, the 110,000 m2
facility will complete a trilogy of cultural projects in the
Pudong district including the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre and the Science and Technology Museum. Ref: 71379
KING FAHD STADIUM, SAUDI ARABIA SCHIATTARELLA ASSOCIATI
Schiattarella Associati has been awarded a contract to refurbish the 50,000-seat King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Rome-based architectural practice will create an artificial 'hill' at the base of the stadium and will also refurbish the ground's West Stand. The hill will house 1,000 parking spaces underneath and provide direct access to the West Stand. The new structure will boast a lacerated design to allow natural light into the underground levels.
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