World Trade Center Oculus

On March 4, 2016, the World Trade Center Transportation Center in Lower

Manhattan, New York, United States, opened to the public. The Oculus
was incorporated into the master plan for the World Trade Center by Daniel
Libeskind and Santiago Calatrava. The structure's white metal-clad steel
ribs extend upward and outward in a monumental gesture resembling the
release of a dove by a hand. The Oculus is home to twelve subway lines,
the World Trade Center PATH station, and dozens of retailers, and serves
more than one million people per week. The ground floor bustles with
commuters, shoppers, and visitors, as well as weekly programs including
farmers' markets, art exhibits, musical performances, and retail events.

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Elbphilharmonie is a concert hall in the HafenCity district of Hamburg,

Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. It is one of the
world's largest. The Elbphilharmonie is the ideal combination of architecture
and music in a singular position in the ancient city port. The project is the
result of a private initiative undertaken by the architect and real estate
developer Alexander Gérard and his art scholar wife Jana Marko, who
commissioned the original design from the Swiss architecture company
Herzog & de Meuron. On almost 1,700 reinforced concrete piles, a building
complex has emerged on the banks of the Elbe that, in addition to three
music halls, will include a hotel, 45 private apartments, and the Plaza with a
360-degree panoramic view of the city. The centerpiece of the
Elbphilharmonie is currently one of Europe's most exciting structural
challenges: A 50-meter-tall performance hall with 2,100 seats that is
acoustically isolated from the rest of the structure for soundproofing
purposes.

Apple Park (2017) by Foster + Partners (Cupertino, California)

Cupertino, California, United States, is the location of Apple Inc.'s

corporate headquarters, Apple Park. It was opened to staff in April 2017,
while construction was still in progress, and replaced the former
headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, which had been established in 1993. The
campus is home to one of the world's most energy-efficient structures,
and the main building, Steve Jobs Theater, and fitness facility are all
LEED Platinum certified. The media have given the main building the
nickname "the spaceship" due to its size and circular skyscraper design
by Norman Foster. Located on a 1.46 km2 (360-acre) suburban plot, it
accommodates almost 12,000 personnel in a 0.26 km2 circular, four-story
skyscraper (64 acres). Steve Jobs wanted the Apple campus to look less
like a business park and more like a nature retreat; 80 percent of the
property comprises green space planted with drought-resistant trees and
flora native to the Cupertino area, and the main building's courtyard has
an artificial pond.

Louvre Abu Dhabi (2017) by Jean Nouvel (Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates)

The $650 million structure finished in 2017 in Abu Dhabi is, if nothing else,
a memorial to a city that lacked paved roads, electricity, and running water
in the 1950s. The 258,333-square-foot structure, designed by Jean Nouvel,
features a sliced and piled dome made of stainless steel and aluminum.
Louvre Abu Dhabi becomes the last destination of an urban promenade, a
garden on the coast, a cool haven, and a light shelter during the day and
evening, its style commensurate with its position as a sanctuary for the
world's most priceless works of art." For the Louvre Abu Dhabi, this means
emphasizing the narratives of human creativity. Beyond individual
civilizations, eras, or time periods, the museum brings together diverse
cultures to shed new light on these shared human experiences.
CopenHill (2017) by Bjarke Ingels Group (Copenhagen)

Amager Bakke (Amager Hill), also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat
and power waste-to-energy plant and recreational facility placed prominently within view of the
city's center in Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark. The facility debuted in 2017 and largely
replaced the nearby old incineration plant in Amager, which is undergoing a coal-to-biomass
conversion (expected finished in 2020). The two plants play a significant part in Copenhagen's
efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. The recreational components of the facility (dry ski
slope, hiking trail, and climbing wall) were inaugurated in December 2018, with an expected 42-
57 thousand yearly visits. In 2020, it burnt 600,000 tons of trash from five neighboring
municipalities, generating enough energy and heat for 80,000 and 90,000 people, respectively.