This new mixed-use development in the rapidly urbanizing city of Colombo is part of a larger plan by Sri Lanka's urban development agency to create a lakefront promenade. The 69-story development fronts Beira Lake, a manmade lake in the center of the city. The 400-unit residential complex takes full advantage of the relatively small site with a highly rationalized structure that affords every unit cross-ventilation and multiple exposures.

The building form is composed of two slender tower blocks, with one block leaning into the other vertical tower, which supports it. The overall form tapers elegantly toward the sky, maintaining a delicacy on the skyline and maximizing water views. The towers are oriented to the movement of the sun and to harness the tropical breezes, and the units offer 270-degree views of Beira Lake and the Indian Ocean. The staggered stepped form of the leaning tower allows for large terraces, which provide prime city and direct ocean views.

Community gardens and shared outdoor spaces within the building's upper levels feature native Sri Lankan materials and tropical plantings. Other common rooftop amenities at level five, above the retail podium, likewise express the guiding principles of for everyone a garden.

At the ground level, an arcade of retail outlets on the west side faces the lake and sets the stan¬dard for future development along the planned pedestrian promenade. Restaurants on a mezzanine level overlook the promenade and Beira Lake.

Crystal Bridges, both a museum and a cultural center, is located in a ravine with a creek fed by Crystal Springs. Two suspended-cable-and-wood buildings span the ravine, creating two ponds. These structures serve as dams as well as bridges.

The design protects the natural beauty of the site and emphasizes a strong sense of place, employing indigenous materials such as wood, fieldstone, and limestone aggregate. Building walls are concrete with wood inlays, and laminated wood beams compose the roofs. The liberal use of glass throughout the complex provides transparency and enhances views of the site.

The museum comprises a number of independent structures that form a series of pavilions over and alongside the ponds. The two bridge buildings are located at opposite ends of the north pond. The gallery bridge contains galleries while the entry bridge houses reception, dining, and hospitality facilities. The great hall, a multipurpose public space, is surrounded on three sides by the south pond. Additional structures, nestled into the sloping terrain on both sides of the ravine, contain galleries, function rooms, classrooms, a library, curatorial spaces, and administrative offices. In contrast to the convex roofs of the bridges, the concave roofs of these structures visually retain the steep slopes of the site.

The Dream Island Integrated Resort is located on Obudai Island on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary. The project, totaling over 300,000 square meters, includes an entertainment district, a state-of-the-art casino and convention center, and hotels with over 3,000 rooms - all connected by an active marina and canal system. The project integrates new buildings with a network of existing historic buildings and the lush, natural landscape of Obudai Island.

The Island has two distinct halves, the east and the west, which are defined by the Great Bay and the marina. Visitors arrive at the north end of the Island and are introduced to the Resort by a Grand Fountain. From this location they can choose to circulate into either of the two halves of the Island. To the east is the hotel and casino complex and to the west lies the historic and entertainment district. The hotel complex consists of low, discrete buildings that are small in scale and organized along a man-made canal that is oriented north to south.

The hotel roofs accommodate amenities such as swimming pools, jogging paths and gardens. Running parallel to the canal, and below the level of the hotels, is the cardo - a main street of pedestrian activity with views to the Great Bay. Along the cardo guests have direct access to the marina level containing the casino, convention center, retail, restaurants, and waterfront amenities. To the west of the Great Bay a new museum, theater, and visitor's center are woven into the Roman archaeological site of Hadrian's Governors Palace.

Buildings in the historic and entertainment district, which once housed shipbuilding operations, are carefully preserved and converted to a mixed-use retail and entertainment complex. A pedestrian path, enclosed by a transparent glass ceiling, connects the 1600-seat performing arts theater, restaurants, outdoor caf?s, gardens, and a Film-Museum to the south. At the southernmost tip of the island a 112 meter tall elliptical wheel allows visitors to ascend and view the project, as well as survey the Danube River with the mainland of Buda to the west and Pest to the east.