In one of Asia’s greenest developments sits Solaris; less of a building, more like a walk in the park.

SOLARIS is located in the research and business park in central Singapore’s onenorth community, the groundbreaking green work, live community . The building is a flagship project in the second phase of this locality. Fusionopolis is an R&D hub for Infocomm Technology, Media, Physical Sciences & Engineering industries which is intended to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship in these fields. This masterplan for the visionary mixed-use development was prepared by Zaha Hadid Architects.

How the Vancouver Winter Olympics site proved that consultants are not at the mercy of their clients. {jcomments off}

{jcomments off}2010: All Eyes on Shanghai. Germany and Switzerland make their mark.

Germany
After soliciting design proposals from across the European Union, Koelnmesse International GmbH, the official organiser of Germany’s pavilion, arrived at a longlist of 25 submissions which was then reduced to a shortlist of six.