Photographer Khoo Guo Jie of Béton Brut has provided us with some new images of Zaha Hadid Architects? Nanjing International Youth Culture Centre, now nearing completion along the Yangtze river in Hexi New Town, Nanjing?s new central business district.

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Photographer Khoo Guo Jie of Béton Brut has provided us with some new images of Zaha Hadid Architects? Nanjing International Youth Culture Centre, now nearing completion along the Yangtze river in Hexi New Town, Nanjing?s new central business district.Occupying a 5.2 hectare site, the complex contains 465,000 square meters of floor space, which includes a hotel, conference center, offices and underground parking, and is part of a larger masterplan by ZHA that will feature a pedestrian bridge linking the plaza with the other side of the river.
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?The Culture and Conference Centre masterplan expresses the continuity, fluidity and connectivity between the urban environment of Hexi New Town, the agricultural farmland along the Yangtze river and the rural landscapes of Jiangxinzhou Island,? explain the architects.

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The complex consists of two towers rising from a five-story, mixed-use podium. The taller of the towers rises 314 meters (68 floors) and contains a 5-star hotel and office floors, while the 255 meter, 59-story tower will house an a...