The most anticipated buildings set to shape the world in 2020
The terminal building, which sits between two parallel runways, was designed to represent the region's architectural heritage. Official press materials cite the influence of 19th-century Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the celebrated Bauhaus art school.More than three years after her death, Zaha Hadid continues to shape the world's cities with her bold, curvilinear creations.
The 3.2-million-square foot development now occupies a huge stretch of riverside in Shanghai. Structural columns emerge from the structure's mass to hold some of the plants and greenery alluded to in the project's name, 1000 Trees. More than a piece of architecture, this is, in Heatherwick Studio's own words,"a piece of topography."Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron / West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Set across a huge swathe of reclaimed land in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, the West Kowloon Cultural District has been more than 20 years in the making. And of the many theaters and cultural institutions set to eventually open in the development, none are more hotly anticipated than M+.The museum is expected to have one of the Asian continent's most impressive collections of contemporary visual art.
Although the building is set to complete within the next few months, it will be another nine to 12 months before its opened to the public. Nonetheless, it's a major milestone for the long-awaited cultural quarter.From October, Expo 2020 will see hundreds of participating countries construct
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