Changi Airport Terminal 3 Architecture of Modern & Futuristic

Changi International Airport in Singapore remains attractive. Passengers who are in transit for hours, did not feel bored in the airport all day. Moreover, since January 2008 and then, having Changi Terminal 3, a new terminal with a unique architecture.
Built with a 1.75 billion dollar fund of Singapore, Changi Airport Terminal 3 building area of 380 000 square meters is designed by CPG Corporation and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LP. Its location just across from Terminal 2. Passengers from other terminals, can use the Skytrain which comes every five minutes.


The uniqueness of Changi Airport Terminal 3 is seen from the roof of the "butterfly", where soft natural light into the building. Modern design of Changi Airport Terminal 3 this seems to fit in with contemporary architectural design trends.

Another uniqueness of Changi Airport Terminal 3 is the presence of a vertical green wall five stories high as 300 meters. The Green Wall looks at the arrival hall and departure lounge and baggage claim. The Green Wall covered with vines interspersed with four waterfalls.

Transit passengers can enjoy cable TV programs on couches. Passengers also can download a gadget battery charger provided in a special place. Passengers who are tired, can try to massage the feet of reflection from the tools provided Osim. Children are also not lose time to play because it is available where children play.

And that is also fun are all wifi airport area is an area that can be accessed free of charge, after the passenger asked for a username and password by showing your passport and boarding pass.

The layout concept of Terminal 3 of Changi Airport, shopping centers and transit arrival hall designed so as to become a place of comfort. Most of the terminal floor is carpeted so that the impression of a very elegant feel. Parquette partly coated.

The use of transparent glass in the building of Terminal 3 this allows passengers to enjoy the view from all angles, including shopping and dining room. Passengers can freely choose which outlets will be visited. More than 100 retail outlets and 40 places to eat and drink is opened in Terminal 3.

Changi Airport Terminal 3 should be proud because a lot of new outlets and the first built at the airport. Guylian Belgian Chocolate From Cafe (the first was opened outside of Belgium), travel retail outlets Ferrari (the first was opened outside the European region) and store the world's first World Cup, and the first Apple and Sony stores are built at the airport, the first Vertu boutique in the airport in Southeast Asia, the cabin the first SK-II beauty at the airport, to the first Hard Rock Cafe outlets to open at the main international airport.

Changi Airport Terminal 3 capacity is 22 million passengers per year, bringing the total capacity of this airport reached 70 million passengers who move each year. In this new terminal, there are 28 Aerobridge gates, and eight of them are designed to receive the A-380 aircraft.

Changi International Airport is an area of 13 square km, a distance of approximately 17.2 km from the central business district of Singapore. The airport is the headquarters of airlines of Singapore Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo, SilkAir, Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia Airways, Valuair, and Jett8 Airlines Cargo. Qantas airlines using Changi as a major transit point flights from Australia to Europe.

Changi became the headquarters for the largest number of foreign airlines. In April 2008, recorded 4340 weekly flights operated by 80 airlines serving 130 cities in 59 countries worldwide.

Changi important contribution to the economy of Singapore, because it absorbs 13 000 workers.

In 2007, Changi record 36,701,556 passengers, up 4.8 percent over the previous year. This makes Changi enters as the 19th busiest airport in the world, or the fifth in Asia in 2007.

Changi is one of the busiest cargo airport in the world, with 1.89 million tons of cargo in the year 2007. Since opening in 1981, this airport has won more than 280 awards in the period of 20 years (1987-2007), including 19 awards The Best Airport.

Changi continues to renew itself, build various facilities to serve the passengers, including the building of Terminal 3. Passengers in transit and had to wait for hours, got the city tourist facilities for free for two hours in the program "Free Singapore Tour". The number of people is limited 12 people. Passengers of all nationalities are guided by a tour guide.

This is how Singapore to serve passengers who come from various parts of the world. As a country that sell services, Singapore succeeded in making Changi Airport as the country's main window. (Robert Adhi KSP, from Singapore Changi International Airport)

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Observation Tower, a House in Dubai Energy

Another building that will be offering new skyscraper in Dubai, UAE, an observation Spiral tower that was introduced by XTEN Architecture. Tower ZPO, the structural lattice of the facade there is a pretty inspired by traditional motifs, and land for solar panels, geothermal heating and cooling, green roofs, and dirty water recycling systems. Tower was designed almost entirely constructed of materials that can be recycled at zero net energy. Tower is also able to create energy from sunlight as a source of energy itself.

According XTEN Architecture, design woven in this tower is inspired by traditional Islamic patterns. At the top of the tower is divided into three stretches like "petals" that sticks out into the front reflecting the history and future of Dubai. The first stretch of which leads to Mecca (qibla Muslims).




Moving clockwise, "petals" both lead to the old city of Deira, an area where there are traditional markets, mosques, forts, and wind towers.






From the observation deck on the third stretch of the tower one shows changes in the skyline along the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road.



Despite this phenomenal building has energy-friendly concept, if you look at the condition of the decline of tourists visit the world and the lack of supply of steel and other resources, it still is a bit exaggerated views of its function as an observation tower.



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Unique Buildings

BUILDING BASKET (UNITED STATES)

The idea came from Dave Longaberger, who was the founder of The Longaberger Company, which eventually manifested in the form of basket giant and used as the office of the company. According to Dave is the best idea and believed by the present buildings. This company will enjoy better performance. 'Basket' this start used on December 17, 1997 as the Home Office of The Longaberger Company.

HOUSE DANCING (CZECH REPUBLIC)

The Dancing House is the designation for office building located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. Designed by architect born in Croatia, Vlado Milunic worked with architect Frank Gehry from Canada. Adding the building began in 1994 and new completed in 1996.

The futuristic design of the building is expected to be one cultural centers in the country. Originally named 'Fred and Ginger ", and lies between the building of the Neo-Baroque, Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau in Prague is very famous. On the roof of the building there is a French restaurant. Some time this building was used for the office, not as a cultural center as planned earlier, because of its strategic location for the business world.

PIANO HOUSE (CHINA)

Piano-shaped building was built in An Hui Province, China. Seen here is also part of an escalator violin-shaped building. This building was built as an effort to develop tourism potential in the area.

KANSAS CITY LIBRARY (UNITED STATES)

Kansas Library is a building with a roof of the coolest in the city.
Previously, residents were asked to select the most influential books and has the image of Kansas City. And finally the books were realized in the form of the library roof.

ROBOT HOUSE (THAILAND)

Robot Building, located in the central business district of Sathorn in Bangkok, Thailand, used by United Overseas Bank of Bangkok. Designed for the Bank of Asia by Sumet Jumsai to describe a computerized system of the bank.

BLUE HOUSE (NETHERLANDS)

Located in the city Delfshaven, Rotterdam, this building was first designed by N & M Hijnen Schildersbedrijf. This building is made also with the approval of this building that the paint will remain selected blue color to make it look unique.

ASTRA HOUSE (GERMANY)

Unique building is a brewery located in Hamburg, Germany.
This unique building can be raised or lowered through the building core. But now this building has been destroyed reportedly bought over brand beer (Astra) by larger companies.

ELASTIC BUILDING (POLAND)

Elastic building was designed by Szotynscy Zaleski, was inspired by the fairy tale world made in Jan Marcin Szancer and paintings Swedish artist, Per Dahlberg. Building in Poland has an area of 4000 square meters in shopping centers Sopot, Poland.

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The Architecture of Ancient Greece

Architecture (building to be worked into an aesthetic design) began to expire in Greece from the late Mycenaean period (about 1200 BC) until the 7th century BC, when urban life and prosperity back and to the extent where the government buildings can be done. But since the ancient Greek buildings are archaic and early classical period were made of wood or clay, there was nothing remaining ruins of the building, excluding land and there is almost no written sources on early architecture or descriptions of the building. Most knowledge of Greek architecture comes from the minority regarding the building of classical style, Hellenistic and Roman periods (since the architecture of Rome followed Greek style). This means only the temple that building strong survive.

Architect is an expert craftsmen who are employed by the nobility or the rich. There is no difference between the architect and building contractor. Architects design a building, hire workers and experts to build and is responsible for budget and timely completion of both. He did not enjoy the status, unlike the architects of modern buildings. Even the architect's name not known prior to the fifth century. An architect like Iktinos, who designed the Parthenon, which today is valued as an architectural genius, were treated at that time in his life no more than a merchant.


Building a standard form of the Greek government is known to have the same shape of the Parthenon, and even the Romans built their buildings, engikuti Greek style, like the Temple for all the gods in Rome. Building on the general shape of a cube or a cube or a long rectangular and made of limestone. Marble is an expensive building material in Greece: high quality marble came only from Mt Pentelus in Attica and from several islands such as Paros, and transportation is very difficult path. Carved marble used in the decoration, not structurally, except in the most magnificent buildings like the Parthenon period Classical era.
Points from the low roof of Greece made a square shape three on each side of the building, pediment that which is generally filled with sculptural decoration. Along the side of the building, between the columns and roof, is a row block is now known as the entablature, whose surface presents a ruangang for sculpting, decorating, known as the metopes and triglyphs. Nothing can save bagunan Greece from the collapse, but the original building can be seen in some modern imitation of Greek buildings, such as the Greek National Academy building in Athens.

Another common architecture format that is used in Greek architecture is tholos, a circular structure in which the best example is in Delphi and religious purposes is to serve the devotee of the temple, propylon or patio, which flanked the entrance to the open space and nature reserve (the best known examples is on the Acropolis of Athens), and the Stoics, a long narrow hall with an open colonnade on one side that is used to set the row column Greek temple. Stoics who has restored a Stoic Attalus was could be seen in Athens

The basis of the long rectangular or cubes in general flanked by colonnades (rows columns) at the top of either two or on four sides. This is the format of the Parthenon. As an alternative, a cube-shaped building will make a portico-pole (or pronaos in) Greek terms) as the formation of the entrance, as seen in every temple to all gods. Greeks understood the principles of building curved brick work but very little use in building the Greek and Greek buildings do not put the dome on top of their building but the roof of their building with wooden beams covered with terra cotta (or sometimes limestone).


Temple is commonly known, the best place in the world of architecture. Temple did not have the same function in serving as the modern gerja. For one thing, altar bearing an open skies within the temenos, or holy place of sacrifice. Temple acts as a storage items that are considered directly related to the god who was worshiped. The temple is a place for worshiping the god to leave their votive offerings, such as offering sculpture, On the inside of the temple, Cella, so most of the worshipers of storing goods in their worship and storage vault. And the building is generally covered by the other column lines.

Every city in Greece with all its size also has a palaestra or gym. This room is very open with an open roof facing the sky and lined with colonnades, was used for the championship athletics and exercise as well as a center of social activity clubs and associations are also places men. Greek cities also need at least one bouleuterion or trial, a large building which puts pertemuanyang space as the city council (Boule) and a courthouse. Because the Greeks did not use arches or domes of buildings, they can not build a large space without a roof supported by, bouleuterion is an internal row and column pole used to prop up the roof above.

Finally, each city has a theater in Greece. This is used for public meetings or drama. Events in the theater ranges from six in the second century BC (see the Greek Theatre). Theatre is generally defined in a hillside outside the town, and has a row of seats determined in a half circle around the central area of the orchestra or event. Behind the orchestra was a low building called the Skene, which acts as a warehouse, a dressing room, as well as the background on which the action takes place in the orchestra or the play. Numerous Greek Theatre remained almost intact, the best known is the Epidaurus theater.

There are two main styles of Greek architecture, the Doric and Ionic. This name is used only for the Greeks themselves. and reflects their confidence in the Ionic and Doric from the dark ages, but this is not entirely correct. Doric style is used in mainland Greece and spread from there in the Greek colonies in Italy. The Ionic style is used in the big city Ionia (now the west coast of Turkey) and partly from the Aegean islands. Doric style became harder and formal, which is ionic so much more loose and decorative. Corinthian style with lots of decoration is the final development of the Ionic style. This force is known to to the capital, but there is much difference in points between design and decoration styles.

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