Month: March 2019

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Populous Designs the Western Hemisphere’s Largest Esports Arena

March 26, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Architecture practice Populous has announced plans for a $50 million esports and entertainment venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dubbed Fusion Arena, the project will be the home of the Philadelphia Fusion esports franchise as the largest esports venue in the western hemisphere. Seating up to 3,500 guests, the project will host a variety of live entertainment programming and events. The arena was made to be the first of its kind for next-generation consumers.

The Tulip by Foster + Partners on track to be approved by City of London

March 26, 2019 India Block 0
Foster + Partner's The Tulip is on track to get planning permission

The City of London has said that Foster + Partners’ 305-metre-high The Tulip has “the potential to become an architectural icon”, in its planning report on the proposed tourist attraction. Planning officers praised the form of the spire in a 152-page report published by the City of London ahead of the planning committee meeting next week, reported Building Design. The

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Time-lapse movie shows submersion of Snøhetta’s underwater restaurant

March 26, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Construction photo of underwater restaurant Under by Snøhetta in Båly, Norway

This movie shows the completion of Europe’s first underwater restaurant, designed by Snøhetta, as it is submerged off the coast of Båly, Norway. Snøhetta constructed Under on a barge 20 metres from its final site over the course of six months, before it was manoeuvred and sunk in July 2018. The time-lapse footage condenses the

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Mexican architecture “more like a spirit than a style” says Frida Escobedo

March 26, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0
Mexican Architecture Scene Frida Escobedo Interview Video

In the second of a series of short movies about Frida Escobedo, the Mexican architect describes the architecture scene in her home country. Speaking exclusively to Dezeen in London, Escobedo said that contemporary Mexican architecture is united more by the way in which it responds to challenges than by  a common aesthetic. “Mexican architecture is

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OPEN Architecture’s Art Park Opens in Shanghai Inside Old Fuel Tanks

March 26, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

OPEN Architecture’s highly-anticipated Tank Shanghai has opened to the public following six years of design and construction. Located on the banks of the Huangpu River in the city’s West Bund, where five abandoned aviation fuel tanks once served the historic Longhua Airport, the scheme gives shape to a new type of contemporary arts center. OPEN’s design features a seamless combination of art, nature, and urban life, “transforming containers of fuel into containers of culture while paying tribute to the site’s industrial past.”