Textured larch shingles and a mountainous roofscape will define InnHub La Punt, an innovation and community centre that Foster + Partners is developing for Engadin valley in Switzerland.
Set to be built in the town of La Punt Chamues-ch in the Swiss Alps, the centre will feature a series of workspaces, sports facilities, shops and a restaurant beneath its undulating roof.
It is designed by Foster + Partners as a space for locals, tourists, technology companies, start-ups and universities to meet and collaborate, and is hoped to enliven the town and create jobs for the community.
Above: InnHub La Punt will be built in Engadin valley. Top image: it will have an undulating roofscape
Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for Lusail Towers in Qatar near the studio's Lusail Stadium, which is being built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Foster + Partners has revealed its latest project for Qatar, a 1.1 million-square-meter landmark development consisting of four high-rise buildings. Part of a larger masterplan also designed by the architects, to be completed ahead of the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar, Lusail Towers is envisioned as a “
catalyst for a new central business district in the city”.
Creating a new downtown district that is sensitive to climate and linked to a new transportation hub, Foster + Partners unveiled Lusail Towers, a development of four high-rises for Qatar. The project that puts in place two towers at 70 stories, and two at 50-stories-high, arranged symmetrically around a central plaza, will host the headquarters for the Qatar National Bank, Qatar Central Bank, and Qatar Investment Authority alongside several other global organizations including Qatari Diar.