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Bangkok’s Airport is Badass

Bangkok’s Airport is Badass

Suvarnabhumi Airport was one of my first introductions to modern airport design. The new Bangkok airport terminal was completed in

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Toyo Ito at Island City

Toyo Ito at Island City

Located in the central park of an artificial island off the coast of Fukuoka Japan is a stunning building by

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a 90’s Vision of the Future of Housing

a 90’s Vision of the Future of Housing

Nexus World is an urban housing experiment in Fukuoka Japan, masterplanned by 2019 Pritzker Prize laureate Arato Isozaki in 1991.

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Teshima Art Museum

Teshima Art Museum

Near Japan’s famous architecture island of Naoshima is another serene island of architectural significance, Teshima. The droplet-shaped architecture of the

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Japan’s Architecture Island

Japan’s Architecture Island

Naoshima, a remote island off the main Japanese island of Honshu, is an architectural paradise. The island is located a

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Frank Gehry’s Fishes Around the World

Frank Gehry’s Fishes Around the World

Frank Gehry has been fascinated with fish since his childhood when his grandmother would keep live carp from the local

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David Chipperfield in Seoul

David Chipperfield in Seoul

The new Amorepacific building, designed by British architect David Chipperfield, is one of the best new buildings I’ve seen in

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Samsung’s Starchitect Designed Museum

Samsung’s Starchitect Designed Museum

Somehow I had never heard of the amazing Leeum Museum until researching for a recent trip to Seoul, Korea. The

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Zaha Hadid in Seoul

Zaha Hadid in Seoul

The site of a former stadium in Seoul has been transformed into Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), an art centre that

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Marrakech Airport

Marrakech Airport

Marrakesh Airport (RAK) is a stunning arrival and/or departure point to the chaotic city. Designed by E2A Architects, the building

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YSL Museum Marrakech

YSL Museum Marrakech

I was lucky enough to have a chance to visit the absolutely stunning, recently opened Musée Yves Saint Laurent in

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Amanda Levete in Lisbon

Amanda Levete in Lisbon

The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) was recently completed by acclaimed architect Amanda Levete along Lisbon’s waterfront. The

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Alvaro Siza’s Lisbon Pavilion

Alvaro Siza’s Lisbon Pavilion

Built for the World Expo in 1998, Alvaro Siza’s Lisbon Pavilion is an elegant and enduring architectural masterpiece. After hearing

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Gare do Oriente

Gare do Oriente

I’ve always been inspired by the extravagantly expressive works of Santiago Calatrava. Gare do Oriente, one of Lisbon’s main train

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Melbourne Tectonics

Melbourne Tectonics

Melbourne is a city without any architectural stylistic restraint, and it’s kind of amazing. A juxtaposition of colonial, modern, postmodernist

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Robin Boyd Foundation

Robin Boyd Foundation

I’ve visited a lot of architect’s houses around the world, but the home of famed Australian architect Robin Boyd is

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Asia Society Hong Kong

Asia Society Hong Kong

Designed by renowned American architects Tod Williams & Billie Tsien Architects, this cultural centre sits on a hillside site on Hong

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Thomas Heatherwick in Hong Kong

Thomas Heatherwick in Hong Kong

Did you know that one of Hong Kong’s iconic shopping centres, Pacific Place, was extensively refurbished by acclaimed designer Thomas

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Daniel Libeskind in Hong Kong

Daniel Libeskind in Hong Kong

I don’t think that many people know that Daniel Libeskind designed a building in Hong Kong, the Run Run Shaw

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Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong

Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong

I hadn’t been to a new building by Zaha Hadid in a while so I was stoked to see her

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Vienna University Campus

Vienna University Campus

On a recent trip to Europe, I had the opportunity to visit the brand-new Vienna University of Economics and Business

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Modern Olympic Ruins in Athens

Modern Olympic Ruins in Athens

A couple years back while visiting Greece, I took a trip out to visit the site of the 2004 Athens

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Towards an Urban Architecture

Towards an Urban Architecture

Over the past few years, I spent a lot of time backpacking across Europe by train (my favourite method of

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10 Buildings I Love

10 Buildings I Love

Here’s a list of ten of the coolest buildings I’ve seen in my architectural travels:  1. McCormick Tribune Campus Center

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