Dutch architect, architectural theorist and urbanist Rem Koolhaas was born in 1944. He studied scriptwriting at the Dutch Film Academy and was a journalist before studying architecture in 1968 at the Architectural Association in London, followed in 1972, by further studies at Cornell University in New York.¼br> in 1975 he founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), a leading international partnership practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis, based in the Netherlands. He heads the work of both OMA and AMO, the conceptual branch of OMA focused design and research. Rem Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University, USA.  Koolhaas was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize for the year 2000.

Convention & Exhibition Centre

A low-rise building that accommodates all primary functions, such as a convention and exhibition centre, hotel rooms, apartments, offices and retail space in a giant sphere that hovers above the ground.

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Born in New Zealand, Anoushka Hempel studied at Sutherland High School.  She moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 where she became an actress before turning to a designer.
She founded Anoushka Hempel Design, London-based international design studio, which is dedicated to architecture, interiors, landscape, products and graphic design. 
Her work includes the creation of 4 significant hotels, residential, restaurants designs as well as commercial projects in over 10 countries.
Anoushka is now a hotelier and designer of global repute, and is ranked by Architectural Design (2002) as one of the top 100 interior designers and architects in the world.

Blakes, London

Created in 1978 by Anoushka Hempel, the Blakes is one of the world`s most luxuries, exciting and fashionable boutique hotels. Awards winner famous for its design, service and privacy.

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Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners is an architectural firm that was founded in 1955 by I. M. Pei, Henry N. Cobb, and Eason H. Leonard. The firm, based in New York, has completed more than 200 projects in various countries across North America and around the world. Besides, the firm has collected numerous awards. The firm`s clients have included major corporations, private developers and public authorities, as well as educational, cultural and religious institutions. Today, the firm is run by 5 partners that are assisted by a staff of 100, more than a third of whom are registered architects.

Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong

The BOC Tower is one of the most recognized skyscrapers in Hong Kong that houses the headquarter for the bank of china Limited. The building consists of 70 floors above the ground and offers parking in 4 basement levels.

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