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Eight years and $31 billion from now, Seoul, Korea's Yongsan business district's cityscape will feature a whole new set of super-tall, futuristic buildings. The project is led by a seemingly odd alliance between Samsung Corporation and the National Pension Fund Service.
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Teardrop Skyscrapers and a Metonymic Park in Seoul 2016
Eight years and $31 billion from now, Seoul, Korea's Yongsan business district's cityscape will feature a whole new set of super-tall, futuristic buildings. The project is led by a seemingly odd alliance between Samsung Corporation and the National Pension Fund Service. More »
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Austria got a major facelift last month with the completion of the Nordpark Cable Railway, which connects four major rail stations with a wildly popular ski resort at Innsbruck. The fantabulous igloo theme and the space station-like interiors are all thanks to star architect Zaha Hadid, who previously designed a ski jump in Innsbruck that won the Olympic Committee's 2005 Gold Medal for Design.
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Space-Age Igloo Train Station at Ski Resort
Austria got a major facelift last month with the completion of the Nordpark Cable Railway, which connects four major rail stations with a wildly popular ski resort at Innsbruck. The fantabulous igloo theme and the space station-like interiors are all thanks to star architect Zaha Hadid, who previously designed a ski jump in Innsbruck that won the Olympic Committee's 2005 Gold Medal for Design.
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University needed a major image boost. So administrators hired hot shot London-based architect Zaha Hadid to create a brand new building, the Innovation Tower, which will house its design school. Starting in 2011, students will disappear into the spaceship-like main lobby via escalator and continue up to four stories of translucent workspaces illuminated with oddly shaped skylights. More pics after the jump.
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A Transluscent Addition to the Hong Kong Skyline
Hong Kong Polytechnic University needed a major image boost. So administrators hired hot shot London-based architect Zaha Hadid to create a brand new building, the Innovation Tower, which will house its design school. Starting in 2011, students will disappear into the spaceship-like main lobby via escalator and continue up to four stories of translucent workspaces illuminated with oddly shaped skylights. More pics after the jump.
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