Top 10 Architectural Styles of the Past Year
Year after year, the new year is coming. The idea of what will happen in the new year or what may happen in the future is usually understood by analyzing the old years. And we can know how beautiful, aesthetic and strong the architectural style will be in the future only by discussing the best architectural styles of the previous year. Today’s event is about the top 10 architectural styles of 2021; You can see for yourself how fast the world is moving towards the kingdom of the future.
1. Beijing Daxing International Airport, China
Beijing Daxing International Airport, also known as Beijing New Airport. By 2021, the airport will be able to handle about 45 million passengers under this mega project and it is expected to increase to 100 million in the future. The airport, with the world’s largest terminal, will be able to handle about 4 million cargoes a year. September 26, 2019 was the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. On that occasion, President Xi Jinping inaugurated the airport in Beijing.
The 6 lakh square meter airport has cost 11 billion dollars to build. And it’s so huge that it’s about the size of 96 football fields. Located 48 kilometers south of Tiananmen Square, the airport looks a lot like a starfish, with Chinese media calling it a “starfish.” The airport was designed by the famous architect of Iraqi descent, Zaha Hadid. And his company Jaha Hadid Architecture has worked.
2. Kistefos Museum, Norway
Kistefos is one of the most important sculptural gardens in Europe for contemporary art. The museum was founded in 1996 by art collector and businessman Kristen Sivas. It is now an art museum, with two art galleries and a park of impressive sculptures in a picturesque setting. Every year one or more new sculptures are placed in this park. The park currently has 46 sculptures, including those by Yau Kusama, Klaus Oldenberg, Fernando Botero, Tony Craig, Olafur Eliasson and Anish Kapoor.
Kistephos hosts art exhibitions featuring works by national and international artists every year. Organized in two galleries. One is Nibruket and the other is The Twist. The Twist is actually a masterpiece of architecture, which is simultaneously a gallery, a bridge and an aesthetic sculpture. The 1,400-square-meter building is shaped like a sculpture. Although the building is built like a bridge, the twisted part of the middle path makes it even more aesthetic. The building connects the north and south sides of the Rndselva River.
3. National Museum, Qatar
A 40,000-square-meter ‘dessert rose’ has blossomed at one end of Doha. Despite a two-year delay, the National Museum of Qatar finally opened in late March last year. It was designed by Priscilla’s award-winning architect Jean Nouvel; Who also designed the Louvre in Abu Dhabi. The 40,000-square-meter museum took a decade to build and cost about 434 million. The UK Times called the building “the most magnificent building of the decade,” the Financial Times called it the “Desert Rose of Change,” and The Guardian called it “eye-catching architecture.”
Inside the museum, three chapters of Qatar’s history are displayed in 11 galleries within a kilometer and a half . Not only is this museum unique in its architecture, On the contrary, its interior decoration is also dazzling. Another interesting thing is the diamonds displayed in this museum.
4. Under, Norway
Sitting in the green light eating. The roar of the sea floats in the ears in the pin-drop silence. Chuckie looked to the right and saw the biodiversity at the bottom of the ocean. Don’t be fascinated? Yes, to the world’s amazement, Norway has recently launched the world’s largest and Europe’s first underwater Restaurant, Under.
Under Restaurant, located on the southernmost coast of the Norwegian Sea; Where north and south sea storms and huge waves crash. And all the marine species in the extra salty and slightly salty water come together here. As a result, the natural abundance of biodiversity in this area is further enriched. Designed by Snowheater, the Restaurant will be used as a research center for marine biodiversity.
5. Vessel, USA
Although the vessel is named temporarily, the architecture resembles a vessel or vase. The vessel is actually a public landmark that has been circled up to the 18th floor and has about 60 steps to view the Hudson River and Manhattan. It is one of the largest real estate projects in American history. This magnificent architecture was designed by the British architect Thomas Hederwick.
Before handing over the project to Hederwick Studios, it was suggested that a structure be built in the center of Hudson Yards that would attract visitors and increase publicity in Manhattan. Building, such a spectacular installation between train platforms and all the taller buildings, is truly a daunting task. But this challenge seems to have given more impetus to the construction of unique architecture.
The building has 158 stairwells, about 2,500 individual stairwells and 80 staircases. During this steep climb, there is a chance to relax in the middle of the building and take in the view of the river and the city.
6. Wuxi TAIHU Mancha, China
Towards the end of last year, Steven Chilton Architect Firm built the Wuxi Taihu Stage, designed in a steel structure to look like a bamboo bush. The stage was built in the city of Wuxi, near Shanghai in eastern China. Being close to the largest bamboo bush in China, it has also been developed in the style of the bamboo bush. In the center of the whole architecture is a platform with two thousand seats; Surrounded by stone carvings and glazed walls.
The roof tent surrounds the building from all sides. The tent is carved out of place in a triangular shape; As a result, light comes in during the day with those gaps and a strange atmosphere of light and shadow is created all around. But light and shadow are not its main purpose. It is also a process of keeping things cool naturally.
The illusion is created that the steel pillars in the shape of bamboo bushes look different from different angles. At night, when the lights are on from under the pillars of the building, from a distance, this bamboo bush looks like a heavenly lighthouse.
7. Copenhill, Denmark
Copenhill, or ‘Amager Bakke’ in Danish, is actually an artistic expression of the lack of mountains in the southeastern Amagar region of Copenhagen, Denmark. This aesthetic architecture has been built by the Bizarre Engels Group, or Big, for short, over a decade.
It is an architectural style and a center for energy generation from waste. And the purpose behind its construction is also quite far-reaching. To make Copenhagen the only carbon-controlled city by 2025. The architectural model of Copenhill is, in fact, 1.2 m long and 3.3 m wide, made of aluminum bricks, which cover parts of each other to form a concave shape.
All kinds of state-of-the-art technology have been used inside Copenhill for waste management and power generation. With a capacity to generate energy from 440,000 tons of waste per year, its chimneys will provide electricity to about 150,000 homes. The 410-foot chimney releases one ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each time in smoke from water vapor.
8. Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
To most people, an airport is nothing more than a place for travel and stopping. They have no idea that an airport can attract domestic and foreign tourists. And the Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore has done such an impossible thing. Its latest expansion – Jewel Changi Airport – has given an idea not only of Singapore’s airline but also of its high standard of living.
Designed by Safdi Architect Moshe Safdi, the ten-story structure, in the shape of a glass and steel dome, will attract tourists with its distinctive features. The 1.26 billion airports have 130 hotel rooms and more than 280 outlets.
This main building has more than just a terminal.
Sky Net – A bouncing net of 250 meters; Which is a separate walking net 50 meters long and 25 meters high. Which will give a strange, thrilling feeling.
Shopping – There are numerous souvenir outlets with local and foreign food and clothes.
Canopy Maze – The 500 square meter and 8-meter high maze or labyrinth will temporarily take visitors away from the realm of imagination.
Discover Slides – Two tube slides and two ground slides will delight people of all ages, including children.
Forest Valley and Rain Vortex – This four-story garden is Singapore’s largest collection of indoor plants and the 40 meters high Rain Vortex is the largest high inland waterfall in the world.
Foggy Bowl – This place is fascinated by artificial clouds and fog.
Canopy Bridge – This glass bridge, 23 meters high from the ground and 50 meters long can be seen all around.
9. Leeza Soho, China
Jaha Hadid means something unique, something different, something exceptional. Similarly, Leeza Soho from Beijing, China is a beautiful architecture and the largest artifact in the world. The 45-story building is expected to be an ideal and suitable place for small and medium-sized businesses in Beijing. The building was constructed in a place with a subway tunnel underneath.
Due to the location of the building on this tunnel, the architects of Jaha Hadid have divided the building into two parts; As a result, a huge artem or porch has been created between the two parts. This item is 194.15 meters from the bottom of the building to the very top; Which has surpassed the abyss of the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai to become the largest artisan in the world.
10. Motion Picture Academy Museum, USA
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will be one of the world’s leading institutions for exploring and researching the art and science of film and filmmaking. Renzo Piano, a Pritzker Award-winning architect, has designed a new version and expansion of the old building. The design of the new building is in line with the future plans or goals of the building.
A circular dome-shaped roof with 1,500 flat wooden planks and tempered glass has been erected on the steel-reinforced structure. There is a 1,000-seat theater in this glass ring. The famous Hollywood hill can be seen from the cornice of this roof. Renovation of the museum has cost about 388 million, including interior decoration.