#Heatherwick, #MVRDV & #Mecanoo among shortlisted #designs for "new world wonder"
Dutch social venture Shift has revealed the 5 shortlisted #designs in a competition to design & promote action against #climatechange ✅
#Future #ClimateCrisis #Green #Solar #CleanEnergy #Wind #Technology
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Rotterdam
#rotterdam #mvrdv #portlantis #maasvlakte2

#urbanism #landscape #urbanphotography #photography #urban #allcitiesarebeautiful #architecture #streets #architecture #photography
#streetphotography #flashesphotography #urbangaze

Rotterdam
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#urbanism #landscape #urbanphotography #photography #urban #allcitiesarebeautiful #architecture #streets #architecture #photography
#streetphotography #flashesphotography #urbangaze

Rotterdam
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#urbanism #landscape #urbanphotography #photography #urban #allcitiesarebeautiful #architecture #streets #architecture #photography
#streetphotography #flashesphotography #urbangaze

Rotterdam
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#streetphotography #flashesphotography #urbangaze

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🌸💖 ニュースは、常に変化する社会の動きを反映しています。今回のトピックスは、政治と社会に関する重要な話題が中心です。ニュースを見て、自分なりの意見を持つことが大切です。 🌸💖
#ニュース #政治 #社会 #香取慎吾 #消費税減税 #高市首相 #MVRDV #ドバイ #前橋市長

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Tiffany Façade ​. Beijing MVRDV . photos: © Tiffany & Co A new Tiffany & Co. flag…

Plataforma Pujiang / MVRDV MVRDV finaliza la Plataforma Pujiang, un pabellón de madera y mirador que se integra en la naturaleza de las colinas de Chengdu.

Plataforma Pujiang por #MVRDV en #Jinhua, #China

#Arquitectura

#CentroDeObservación, #Estructuras, #Sustentabilidad

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Wooden Wonders . Chiayi MVRDV . photos: © Shephotoerd For the 321st anniversary c…

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Chengdu Platform . Pujiang MVRDV . photos: © Arch-Exist MVRDV has completed const…

MVRDV’s Spherical Grand Ballroom Redefines Mixed-Use Architecture in Tirana A luminous sphere is rising in Tirana, Albania, and it’s set to become one of Europe’s most audacious architectural statements. MVRDV, the Dutch architecture firm known for pushing boundaries, has won the international competition to reimagine the site of the old Asllan Rusi Sports Palace with The Grand Ballroom—a 100-meter-diameter orb that defies conventional building typologies. The project merges seemingly incompatible programs into a single sculptural form. A 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball sits at the heart of the structure, surrounded by hotel rooms, residential apartments, restaurants, and public spaces. Where most architects would separate these functions into distinct volumes, MVRDV stacks them vertically within the spherical envelope, creating a building that reads as both monument and machine for urban living. Designer: MVRDV The organizational strategy reveals a sophisticated understanding of public and private gradients. At ground level, where the sphere meets the earth, it creates an impression in the landscape, carving out a lower floor that welcomes visitors into the building’s most accessible spaces. From there, the programming ascends in horizontal layers, transitioning from communal arena spaces through semi-public hotel facilities to private residential units at the upper reaches. This vertical choreography ensures each function occupies its optimal position within the geometric constraints of the sphere. The exterior treatment showcases MVRDV’s characteristic attention to facade articulation. A gridded skin of vertical and horizontal structural elements wraps the entire volume, creating rhythmic openings that modulate light and views while maintaining the sphere’s overall coherence. These apertures serve dual purposes: they provide necessary transparency for the various programs while reinforcing the geometric purity of the form through their careful distribution across the surface. The Grand Ballroom arrives at a moment when Tirana is actively reshaping its architectural identity. The capital city has emerged as a laboratory for contemporary design in recent years, attracting international architects to contribute bold proposals. MVRDV’s sphere positions itself as a civic anchor, a building scaled to read from across the city while engaging pedestrians at street level through its distinctive ground-level imprint. The technical ambition matches the formal boldness. Engineering a sphere of this scale requires sophisticated structural solutions, particularly when accommodating the varied spatial demands of arena seating, hotel rooms, and residential layouts within a continuous curved envelope. The gridded facade likely performs structural duties alongside its aesthetic function, distributing loads across the entire surface. This project represents a departure from the fragmented, multi-building approach that typically defines mixed-use developments. Rather than clustering separate towers around a shared plaza, MVRDV consolidates everything into a singular object. The sphere becomes a self-contained urban district, a building that functions as both landmark and neighborhood. It’s architecture as spectacle, certainly, but spectacle in service of density and programmatic diversity. The Grand Ballroom positions MVRDV within a lineage of architects willing to embrace geometric extremes. It stands as proof that even the most fundamental shape—the sphere—still holds potential for radical reinvention in contemporary practice. ### SHARE * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Click to print (Opens in new window) Print * More * * Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor *

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MVRDV’s Spherical Grand Ballroom Redefines Mixed-Use Architecture in Tirana A luminous sphere is rising in Tirana, Albania, and it’s set to become one of Europe’s most audacious architectural statements. MVRDV, the Dutch architecture firm known for pushing boundaries, has won the international competition to reimagine the site of the old Asllan Rusi Sports Palace with The Grand Ballroom—a 100-meter-diameter orb that defies conventional building typologies. The project merges seemingly incompatible programs into a single sculptural form. A 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball sits at the heart of the structure, surrounded by hotel rooms, residential apartments, restaurants, and public spaces. Where most architects would separate these functions into distinct volumes, MVRDV stacks them vertically within the spherical envelope, creating a building that reads as both monument and machine for urban living. Designer: MVRDV The organizational strategy reveals a sophisticated understanding of public and private gradients. At ground level, where the sphere meets the earth, it creates an impression in the landscape, carving out a lower floor that welcomes visitors into the building’s most accessible spaces. From there, the programming ascends in horizontal layers, transitioning from communal arena spaces through semi-public hotel facilities to private residential units at the upper reaches. This vertical choreography ensures each function occupies its optimal position within the geometric constraints of the sphere. The exterior treatment showcases MVRDV’s characteristic attention to facade articulation. A gridded skin of vertical and horizontal structural elements wraps the entire volume, creating rhythmic openings that modulate light and views while maintaining the sphere’s overall coherence. These apertures serve dual purposes: they provide necessary transparency for the various programs while reinforcing the geometric purity of the form through their careful distribution across the surface. The Grand Ballroom arrives at a moment when Tirana is actively reshaping its architectural identity. The capital city has emerged as a laboratory for contemporary design in recent years, attracting international architects to contribute bold proposals. MVRDV’s sphere positions itself as a civic anchor, a building scaled to read from across the city while engaging pedestrians at street level through its distinctive ground-level imprint. The technical ambition matches the formal boldness. Engineering a sphere of this scale requires sophisticated structural solutions, particularly when accommodating the varied spatial demands of arena seating, hotel rooms, and residential layouts within a continuous curved envelope. The gridded facade likely performs structural duties alongside its aesthetic function, distributing loads across the entire surface. This project represents a departure from the fragmented, multi-building approach that typically defines mixed-use developments. Rather than clustering separate towers around a shared plaza, MVRDV consolidates everything into a singular object. The sphere becomes a self-contained urban district, a building that functions as both landmark and neighborhood. It’s architecture as spectacle, certainly, but spectacle in service of density and programmatic diversity. The Grand Ballroom positions MVRDV within a lineage of architects willing to embrace geometric extremes. It stands as proof that even the most fundamental shape—the sphere—still holds potential for radical reinvention in contemporary practice. ### SHARE * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Click to print (Opens in new window) Print * More * * Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor *

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Il render della Grand Ballroom di Tirana, progetto dello studio Mvrdv che integra un'arena per 6.000 spettatori, un albergo, appartamenti e altri spazi destinati a servizi e commercio. Credit photo: courtesy Studio Mvrdv

Render della piazza interna della Grand Ballroom, progettata dallo studio Mvrdv, che fa parte della serie di nuove architetture a cui è affidato il compito di ridisegnare l’identità visiva e culturale della capitale albanese. Credit photo: courtesy Studio Mvrdv

Render del Palazzo dello Sport Asllan Rusi, nucleo della Grand Ballroom di Tirana, progettata dallo studio Mvrdv. Sotto le tribune sono previsti due campi d'allenamento aggiuntivi mentre alcune camere dell'albergo affacciano direttamente sull'impianto per consentire agli ospiti di assistere agli eventi. Credit photo: courtesy Studio Mvrdv

Il render della vista dall'alto dell'arena Asllan Rusi, nucleo della Grand Ballroom di Tirana, progettata dallo studio Mvrdv. I piani più alti dell'edificio ospitano attici duplex con terrazze private e uno skybar panoramico a doppia altezza, affacciato sulla città. Credit photo: courtesy Studio Mvrdv

Per il momento è soltanto un render, ma la Grand Ballroom di #Tirana ha i numeri in regola per diventare uno degli edifici più iconici del mondo. Progettata dallo studio #Mvrdv, avrà diametro di oltre 100 m e ospiterà un'arena da 6000 posti, piazze pubbliche, un albergo, servizi e residenze private.

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#MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand #Ballroom, a #sportsarena in Tirana, #Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide #sphere modelled on a sports #ball.
#Future #Design #Modern #Engineering
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The Grand Ballroom . Tirana MVRDV MVRDV has won the competition for the new Aslla…

MVRDV collaborated with Metadecor, Airshade and Alumet, among others, to create the SOMBRA pavilion as an 'ode to the sun.'

☀️QOTD: What inspires you more in design: innovation or simplicity?

Caption : MVRDV Architects – SOMBRA, Venice, Italy

Credit : Jaap Heemskerk

#mvrdv #architecture #sombra

Eindhoven
#eindhoven #effenaar #mvrdv
#urbanism #landscape #urbanphotography #photography #urban #allcitiesarebeautiful #urbanism #streets #architecture #photography
#streetphotography #flashesphotography #urbangaze

Silodam o el barrio vertical. #MVRDV

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GATE M West Bund Dream Center . Shanghai MVRDV MVRDV has completed the GATE M We…

Mike Kelley vs MVRDV
#artwatchers #peoplelookingatart #boijmansvanbeuningen #mvrdv #mikekelley #depot #rotterdam #art

Duane Hanson vs MVRDV
#artwatchers #peoplelookingatart #boijmansvanbeuningen #mvrdv #duanehanson #depot #rotterdam #art

Anselm Kiefer vs MVRDV
#artwatchers #peoplelookingatart #boijmansvanbeuningen #mvrdv #anselmkiefer #depot

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SOMBRA Pavilion . Venice MVRDV For the Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice…

The Valley #amsterdam #urbanism #architecture #landscape #urbanphotography #cityscape #architecturephotography #photography #mvrdv @mvrdv.bsky.social

De Silodam, MVRDV architects #Silodam #MVRDV #Blackandwhite #Photography #Longexposure #Amsterdam

The market square becomes vertical! We won the competition to design a public building in Zhubei [Taiwan] combining a market with cultural spaces. sustainability in seismic zones is hard, we try by making the building transformable.

#mvrdv #zhubei #marketarchitecture #publicbuildings #taiwan

Centro de visitantes y exposiciones Portlantis / MVRDV Construido en 2025 en Países Bajos. Imagenes por Ossip van Duivenbode. Una máquina para contar historias: Portlantis de MVRDV ofrece a los visitantes una nueva perspectiva sobre el puerto de Róterdam....

Centro de visitantes y exposiciones Portlantis en #PaísesBajos #MVRDV

#Arquitectura

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Portlantis . Rotterdam MVRDV Comprising a stack of five rotated exhibition space…

Construction start: This is the LuLa Light Mall – an open-air, porous shopping centre stimulating outdoor living – in the Luxelakes eco-city of Chengdu! by #mvrdv

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Downtown One . Tirana MVRDV Downtown One shot by Instagram users. Downtown One i…