The most anticipated buildings of 2022

  The identity of the S. Pellegrino brand is deeply rooted in its origin in San Pellegrino Terme where majestic nature and a lively entrepreneurial culture coexist. The Danish studio’s project, reinterpreting the archetypal elements of Italian building tradition – the piazza, the avenue, the portico – is firmly rooted in the landscape between the river and the mountains, offering an environment where production and culture, nature and architecture are interrelated to enhance the perceptual and fruitive experience of staff and visitors.  

Located in Istanbul's historic Beyoğlu district on the western shore of the Bosphorus Strait, opposite the Sultanahmet district, the new museum that will replace the existing one located between the Galata district and the port is designed not only as a cultural container but also as a strategic node in the process of urban regeneration aimed at improving connectivity between the old city to the west, the Bosphorus to the south, Tophane Park to the north and the Galataport area to the east.

Located as part of the general regeneration project for the Rose de Cherbourg site, the Hekla tower has a triangular layout conditioned by the shape of the plot and a faceted glass and steel volume housing 48 floors of offices, services and a "Club Space" with a panoramic terrace. Reaching a height of 220 m, the new building, which will accommodate up to 5,800 employees, will be a totemic presence with light and attractive forms in the Défense skyline.

The new LEGO Campus, located in a park and consisting of eight interconnected buildings designed to provide working and creative space for 2,000 employees, has a dynamic and playful image that represents the Group's figurative approach. The use of green roofs and durable materials and a particular attention to the protection of biodiversity reveal the commitment to the reduction of environmental impact and eco-sustainability.

In the Oosterdokseiland area in the centre of Amsterdam, the subject of one of the most impressive urban regeneration processes currently underway in Western Europe, Booking.com's new headquarters will be a multifunctional hub housing not only the Group's offices but also shops, residences and public areas for meeting and socialising, based on a design approach that focuses on the quality of use of the spaces from a microclimatic point of view. 

The renovation preserves the spirit of the historic 1957 building designed by Van den Broek en Bakema, maintaining the original concrete structure and adding an upper floor. The building houses shops on the ground floor and a hotel with 180 rooms on the upper floors and is characterised by essential and elegant elevations in which the stone stringcourses alternate with the empty spaces of the large windows; an internal patio spreads natural light and ventilation in the centre of the structure while a panoramic roof terrace offers a privileged view of the surrounding urban landscape.

In the Sápmi region, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people, the Sámi Beaivváš National Theatre, the Sámi High School and the Reindeer Herding School are institutions with strong local roots. The new Snøhetta building aims to strengthen the role of these institutions by bringing them together in a single shared facility that will be dedicated to cultural and educational activities, reindeer husbandry and handicrafts. Spacious and flexible spaces will be housed in an envelope of sinuous forms designed to integrate harmoniously with the surrounding natural landscape.

Dance House will be the most important cultural centre in Finland related to the promotion of dance at both amateur and professional levels. Located in a former 1940s cable factory, the architecture is inspired on the one hand by the industrial memory of the place, which emerges in the surfaces with rusty steel finishes and on the other by the lightness of dance suggested by the diaphanous reflective steel facades. Inside, flexible and versatile spaces lend themselves to the widest variety of use and representation.

The complex is a tribute to the culture of craftsmanship and the values of sustainability. The square, orthogonal grid houses the Hermés brand's leather goods workshops and internal green courtyards and is surrounded by a wall of low arches made of locally produced bricks framing the workshops. Intended to be the first low-carbon passive industrial building in France, the work is designed with the utmost attention to microclimatic well-being and virtuous energy production.

The Taipei Performing Arts Center is an iconic piece of architecture that stands out in the area of the Shilin night market, known for its lively street culture. The complex is characterised by a central cubic volume on which the three theatres are grafted: two cubic (Grand Theatre for 1,400 seats and Multiform Theatre for 840 seats) and one spherical (Globe Playhouse for 800 seats). Different planimetric configurations give the rooms maximum flexibility, while the distributive path that crosses indiscriminately the spaces for the show and those for production involves in the same exploratory path functional areas generally hidden from the public.  

In the new river city of Wenzhou, in an economically growing area near the Yangtze River Delta, the World Trade Centre is part of the Oubei Sanjiang urban transformation project, characterised by a wide variety of functions. The complex, made up of towers housing offices, shops, residences, accommodation and cultural services, emerges with its sculptural forms in a large park, much of which is accessible to the public, which constitutes the dominant connective element and interfaces harmoniously with the riverfront.  

Located in the economically vibrant Ninjing Pukou district, the project includes two towers: one, 200 metres high and crowned at the top by a wrapping covered with creepers covering almost 5,000 square metres, housing offices, a museum, a green architecture school and a private rooftop club, and the other, 108 metres high, containing a 305-room hotel and a swimming pool. The buildings evoke the spirit of Milan's Bosco Verticale and are characterised by alternating balconies and green pools: the balconies will host a total of 27 native plant species, 600 large trees, 200 medium-sized trees and over 2,500 shrubs and ground cover plants. The greenery covering the 4,500 square metre area will contribute to the regeneration of local biodiversity and the reduction of CO2 emissions.

Located in the Cotai district of Macao and already in operation since 2015, the Hollywood-style resort has now been expanded by Zaha Hadid Architects, who have designed new reception and entertainment facilities in the second phase of the complex's development, including one of the largest water parks in Asia, a multiplex complex and exhibition and conference spaces. The project involves two towers, designed with particular attention to energy saving and sustainability criteria, housing 900 hotel rooms, restaurants and shops and inspired by the figurative language of Art Deco.

Danish architectural firm BIG, in collaboration with Lennar, one of the leading home builders in the US, and ICON, a construction technology company pioneering large-scale 3D printing, has designed the largest 3D printed house project to date. Using innovative computer and robotic tools and advanced materials, the project will result in 100 affordable, energy-efficient and durable homes, thanks to cost savings from reduced construction time and costs and reduced production waste.

In the former industrial area of Gowanus, the three-building complex houses 18 residential units on five floors and revisits the theme of metropolitan living by introducing an effective balance between the values of domestic intimacy on the one hand and those of community life on the other: the L-shaped layout is organised around three green courtyards which are the main spaces for public connection and social interaction and which, in the density of the surrounding buildings, create an unusual, pleasant oasis of intimacy  

The new building for HEC Montréal, located at the intersection of the Quartier des Affaires, the Quartier des Spectacles and the Quartier International, is an innovative centre designed to promote synergies between the school and the city's business community. It will house 27 classrooms, a 300-seat auditorium, offices, an artificial intelligence research centre and a conference and event space, as well as public facilities - a library, café, interior garden and courtyard - that connect the building with the neighbourhood.

The project to expand the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney is conceived as a system of light, transparent, open pavilions in a parkland setting, which delicately relate to the existing 19th century museum building and gently slope into the topography of the site towards Woolloomooloo Bay. The complex will house predominantly 21st century works with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, doubling the current exhibition space.

As part of the urban regeneration of the Quay Quarter area, which envisages the installation of new multifunctional activities for a total of more than 150,000 m² on the basis of the masterplan designed by BVN, the Quay Quarter tower, designed by the Danish studio 3XN and supervised for the executive project by BVN, 200 metres high and with 49 floors, incorporates the structure of an existing building and is designed to guarantee maximum microclimatic benefits with minimum energy consumption.

The complex, designed to convey the values of inter-religious dialogue, peaceful coexistence and cultural exchange, includes three buildings for worship for the main monotheistic religions (a mosque, a synagogue and a church) and a fourth relational space not affiliated with any one creed. The buildings stand out as pure volumes, each with a different orientation, rising from a common central platform housing a public green space with a connective function, both physically and metaphorically.

The expansion of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - Israel's national art school - on a hill in the heart of Jerusalem involves a six-storey complex including study rooms, classrooms, laboratories and administrative offices, as well as public areas such as galleries, shops, a cafeteria, courtyards and gardens. In order to integrate the building into its context and create a perceptive link with the surrounding historic city, the project is characterised by horizontally staggered concrete floors that follow the natural gradient of the terrain, interspersed with large bands of glass through which natural light and the external landscape filters.