Norman Foster. Hearst Tower

click : New York Times article by Nicolai Ouroussoff

click : wikipedia

click : Hearst Tower on Foster's official site


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Kohn, Pedersen, Fox. World Trade Center Tower 5

map : 130 Liberty St, New York, New York, USA 5 WTC first from right (actually Deutsche Bank Tower being dismanteled), then Maki's 4 WTC, Roger's 3 WTC, and Calatrava's Transportation hub


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Michael Arad & Peter Walker. National September 11 Memorial & Museum


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Santiago Calatrava. World Trade Center Transportation Hub


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Santiago Calatrava. Bilbao Airport


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Adrian Smith for SOM. Burj Khalifa. WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING : 818m

click : article "Burj Dubai to open Dec. 2"


UPDATE:
won't open till January 2010. Read article
interview with archictect Adrian Smith by Blair Kamin 1/6/10

Read critic by Christopher Hawthorne for LA Times
read article by Jenkins for The Guardian
"Culture Monster" by C. Hawthorne for LA Times
"The Burj Dubai: New world's tallest building shows that nothing succeeds like excess" by Blair Kamin for Chicago Tribune 
"Adrian Smith, personifies city's global reach" by Blair Kamin for Chicago Tribune
Goldberger Interview at Khaleej Times 

"You don’t build this kind of skyscraper to house people, or to give tourists a view, or even, necessarily, to make a profit. You do it to make sure the world knows who you are"






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David Childs for SOM. Skidmore, Owens & Merrill. 7 World Trade Center


Picture by author taken on Oct 06 from Ground zero site. 7 WTC is the first building to the right



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Cesar Pelli. Four World Financial Center

map : 250 Vesey St, New York, NY 10281, USA
The view on the World Financial Center from the Hudson River, with the World Trade Center gone. From left to right: 3WFC(piramid roof), 4 WFC (stepped piramid roof), 2 WFC(dome), 1 WFC (cut piramid)


Picture by author from Ground zero site. Oct 06. 4 WFC is seen at the back (stepped pyramid roof), beetween 2 WFC and 3 WFC (first buildings from the left)
click : Pelli official website
click : web info



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Cesar Pelli. Three World Financial Center


In the picture is the covered bridge collapsed in 9/11 that connected to World Trade Center across West Street

Picture by author. Oct 06. Taken from Ground zero site. 3WFC is the second from the left
click : Pelli's official site
click : wikipedia
click : web info



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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Apple Store


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David Childs of SOM. Skidmore, Owings, Merril. Time Warner Building


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Renzo Piano. New York Times Building


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I.M.Pei. Bank of China


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I.M.Pei. National Gallery, East Wing


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Polschek Partnership. Newseum


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Paola Moure. Centro Cultural CPES





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José Cubillas. Vivienda unifamiliar de verano



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Luis Alberto Elgue. Cooperativa Cootrapar




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Carlos Jiménez. Edificio ICONO


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