CNN has included two buildings scheduled to open in Taipei next year on a list of landmarks to look forward to in 2016.
The Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Tower, designed by French architect Vincent Callebaut, is a spiraling residential tower that will also be one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world once it opens.
Taiwan’s capital will also see the opening of the Taipei Performing Arts Center in 2016. This center is square-shaped, and features a gigantic round ball and rectangle protruding from its sides. It was designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of architectural partnership OMA.
Other buildings on the list include New York’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Zayed National Museum, also in Abu Dhabi, and the Ping An Financial Center in Shenzhen, China.