Commissioned by the Nansha District Bureau of Culture & Sports following the 2023 international design competition, the centre has been designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in collaboration with the Guangdong Architectural Design & Research Institute.
Project name
Greater Bay Area Sports Centre
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Teodor Andonov, Shajay Bhooshan, Taizhong Chen, Heba Eiz,Vegard Elseth, Matthew Gabe, Sonia Magdziarz, Ling Mao, Keerti Manney, Xin Swift, Ke Yang, Chris Whiteside, Svenja Siever, Tul Srisompun
Collaborators
Guangzhou Architectural Design & Research Institute (GDAD), China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute (CSWADI)
Structural engineer
GDAD, CSWADI
Environmental & MEP
GDAD, CSWADI
Lighting
Lichtvision Design & Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute (THUPDI)
Construction
China Construction Eighth Engineering Division & China Construction Third Engineering Division Façade Engineering: RFR(Rice Francis Ritchie sarl) Engineers, GDAD, CSWADI
Supervision
Guangzhou Runhe Consulting Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Pearl River Supervision and Consulting Group, Guangzhou Construction Engineering Supervision Co.
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Sports Architecture
The world’s longest driverless transit system, the Riyadh Metro network spans over 176 kilometres across 6 lines and 85 stations. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station serves as the key interchange on the network.
Project name
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Marco Amoroso, Vincenzo Caputo, Abdel Halim Chehab, Lee Cubeddu, Rawan Al-Derjem, Domenico Di Francesco, David Fogliano, Manuele Gaioni, Marko Gligorov, Subharthi Guha, Alexandros Kallegias, Lisa Kinnerud, Alexandre Kuroda, Stefano Iacopini, Carolina López-Blanco, Jamie Mann, Mohammadali Mirzaei, Arian Hakimi Nejad, David Wolthers, Nicola McConnell, Mario Mattia, Massimo Napoleoni, Niki Okala, Carlos Parraga- Botero, Sohith Perera, Izis Salvador Pinto, Carine Posner, Neil Rigden, Paola Salcedo, Nima Shoja, Thomas Sonder, Vincenzo Reale, Kate Revyakina, Roberto Vangeli, Seungho Yeo
Civil engineer
BuroHappold
Structural engineer
BuroHappold
Environmental & MEP
Zamil
Construction
BACS Consortium
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
Eden Project Dundee has been granted planning permission after a decision was made at a meeting of Dundee City Council this week.The decision follows an intensive period of community engagement and co-creation which saw the Eden Project team host events across Dundee with comments and feedback on the project being incorporated into the planning app...
Project name
Eden Project Dundee
Architecture firm
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Completion year
January 2026
Collaborators
Nicoll Russell Studio, Expedition Engineering, GROSS.MAX, Atelier Ten, Buro Happold, WSP, Charcoalblue, Art of Fact, AECOM
Client
Eden Project International Limited
Typology
Regenerative Design & Sustainability, Arts & Culture, Community
The Gordie Howe International Bridge project team has begun final steps to connect the bridge deck over the Detroit River.
Project name
The Gordie Howe International Bridge
Architecture firm
Erik Behrens AECOM
Location
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Principal architect
Erik Behrens
Design team
Bridging North America (BNA) including Dragados, Fluor, Aecon with AECOM
Structural engineer
AECOM and partners
Photography
courtesy of WDBA
Client
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA)
Status
Construction started 2018, Construction completion is planned for September 2025 with the first vehicles expected to travel across the bridge that fall
Typology
Industrial › Bridge
Construction works have reached roof level at the new 3.2 million sq. ft. development above Hong Kong’s High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus.
Project name
XRL Topside Development
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Karthikeyan Arunachalam, Anthony Awanis, Sam Butler, Gerry Cruz, Steven Chung, Kaloyan Erevinov, Thomas Frings, Brandon Gehrke, Zachariah Hong, Leo Liu, Tom Liu, Maria-Christina Manousaki, Pray Mathur, Anastasiia Metelskaia, Irena Predalic, Haseef Rafiei, Dhruval Shah, Hunter Sims, Vincent Yeung
Built area
3.2 million ft²
Visualization
Atchain, Hayes Davidson, Superview
Client
Max Century (HK) Ltd and Century Opal Ltd
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-Use Development
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) announced that it will build a comprehensive and sustainable Equestrian Village as part of its strategy to develop an equestrian sector for AlUla County in north-west Saudi Arabia.
Written by
Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU)
Photography
Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU)
AECOM, METROPOLIS: AFI2B is the only A+ class business center located in the center of Moscow, next to Belorussky railway station. BC AFI2B is the flagship project of development
company AFI Development which built business centers, 5* hotels and buildings in Europe, USA and Israel.The building was designed in accordance with the requirements of...
Project name
Business Center AFI2B Class A+
Architecture firm
AECOM, METROPOLIS
Location
2nd Brestskaya st., 48, Moscow, Russia
Photography
Marika Volkova
Principal architect
Andy Snow
Material
Glass panels, natural marble, porcelain stoneware
Typology
Business Center, Multifunctional Office Complex
Taj Resort and Spa is the morphology of the traditional Himalayan village with a structure that negotiates and creates a dialogue with the contours. The relationship of the design with the rivers and rivulets in the valleys, the materiality, local construction knowledge and memorable collaborations are all crucial determinants of the architectural...
Project name
Taj Rishikesh, Resort & Spa
Architecture firm
Edifice Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Location
Singthali, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249192, India
Photography
Bharath Ramamrutham
Principal architect
Ravi Sarangan
Design team
Radhika Dey, Pallavi Jitkar, Binu Kuriakose, Akshata Bane, Kolathu Baskaran
Collaborators
Concept Architects - YH2 Canada
Completion year
September 2019
Interior design
Eco-ID, Singapore
Structural engineer
S V Damle
Environmental & MEP
AECOM
Client
Arjun Mehra, Darrameks Hotels Pvt. Ltd
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
