‘Projet Triangle’ by Herzog & de Meuron... New Paris Skyline

Herzog & de Meuron - Pyramid, Paris (Copyright Herzog & de Meuron)

Herzog & de Meuron - Pyramid, Paris (Copyright Herzog & de Meuron)

Plans showing a pyramid-like tower rising 590 feet ( 180 Meters ) above Paris - the first skyscraper to be built inside the French capital in 30 years -

Conceived by the Swiss agency Herzog & de Meuron - who designed the Tate Modern and the "Bird's Nest" stadium for the Beijing Olympics - the edifice is described as "a sort of Kheops' pyramid

The 50-story building will be located in the south-west of the city at the Porte de Versailles.

The privately-financed building nicknamed the ‘Delanoë tower’ is expected to contain offices looking outward and a luxury 400 bedrooms hotel looking towards the city center. There are also plans for luxury boutiques, a panoramic restaurant, a swimming pool, hanging gardens and a Babel-like "museum of languages of the world".

The tower is scheduled for completion in 2014 and is the first of six high-rise developments planned in the city.

Via: Telegraph.co.uk

Gazprom Skyscraper Turns Green

Russia’s state-controlled energy Company Gazprom has unveiled a fabulous design for their new office building planned in St. Petersburg.
The new design by architectural firm RMJM proposes to use plants to control the building’s temperature

The glass tower with double walls will sandwich hundreds of trees and plants to provide heat in the winter and cooler temperatures in the summer.
The exterior will be clad in temperature-color changing glass panels.

The ecologically aware energy company will be located between the Okhta tributary and the River Neva, some 5 kilometers from St. Petersburg’s city center

Despite the resistance of the public opinion, could this new tower become St Petersburg's new landmark?
Construction is planned to start later this year with completion scheduled for 2012.