The Shanghai World Financial Center stands as a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city's emergence as a global capital. Arch.: KPF - Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, New York

The Shanghai World Expo exhibition is an occasion for Luxembourg to boost its profile on the Asian continent. Arch.: Hermann & Valentiny

That efficiently designed buildings are often aesthetically attractive is once more proved by the Princess Elisabeth Station. Arch.: International Polar Foundation, Bruessel

The $12 million project will house the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame as well as the North Louisiana Regional History Museum. This new museum will operate as part of the Louisiana State Museum system. Arch.: Trahan Architects

AFL Architects & local practice Prism, have designed this 45,000 seat Stadium and associated support facilities as a joint venture team. The Stadium will be one of the key host venues for the Football World Cup in 2010.

Trahan Architects, known for its sublimely minimalist work and expertise in institutional design that is forward looking and sensitive to local ecology, aspires to add a new architectural gem to the city.

At the centre of the landmark Yas Island mega-scheme in Abu Dhabi, sits the world's first Ferrari Theme Park, designed by Benoy - a thrilling brand experience like no other. Arch.: Benoy Architects

The preliminary vision for Songdo Landmark City, located in Districts Six and Eight of Songdo, is a multi-use development with the centerpiece being the 151-story Incheon Tower. Arch.: John Portman & Associates Inc.

The building reveals a number of design ideas which make it a leading project in contemporary world architecture. Arch.: Woods Bagot / NH Architecture, Melbourne

The Elbphilharmonie will be located on a historically significant site at the Hamburg harbour. It will be constructed at the point of the Sandtorhafen. It is the first industrial harbour basin Hamburg's. Arch.: Herzog & du Meuron, Basel/Schweiz

Officially opened to the public on 21 July 2009, the 61,300 m² retail mall represents a significant expansion of Singapore’s public sphere, providing both internal and external spaces to be enjoyed by all. Arch.: Benoy Architects London

The MOMEMA has a striking design by world renowned architects, UNStudio, which brings together elements of the sea and Dubai's tradition of seafaring.

The FIFA World Cup 2010 is intended to become an "African" World Cup that represents the flair and culture of the continent - also the Soccer City Stadium, designed by the South African architects Boogertman & Partner.

With the design for the Burj Al-Taqa, the German architectural firm Gerber Architekten international GmbH in cooperation with the environmental engineers DS-Plan has presented plans for a revolutionary ecological high-rise building.

The Centre is France's first national cultural institution to embark on a policy of decentralisation, reinventing its original model in a new geographical region and upholding its core values. Arch.: Shigeru Ban Architects Europe & Jean de Gastines

Marquis is a multi award-winning development whose most recent accolades include two honors at The Developers & Builders Alliance's 2007 Community Advancement Awards. Arch.: ARQUITECTONICA Miami

The Moses Mabhida Stadium and the adjacent open space are centrally located in Durban’s new sports quarter. A 104-meter high arch reaches upward, high over the stadium, like a kind of visible statement. Arch.: gmp-Architekten

The combination of a free developed shape, a special defined base and the careful consideration of the Hafencity elevation concept guarantees the Integration of the project in the urban context. Arch.: Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto

Waterfront is Dubai's largest development to date providing homes for a prospective 1.5 million new inhabitants, effectively doubling Dubai's population and creating one million jobs. Arch.: Rem Koolhaas / OMA

Dockside Green is the largest development of city land in Victoria's history. With a LEED Platinum rating targeted for each building on site, the project is a global showcase for large-scale sustainable development. Arch.: Busby Perkins+Will

The complex was built according to plans created in cooperation by Prof. Peter Schweger (ASP Schweger Associates General Planning GmbH, Hamburg) and Sergei Tchoban (nps tchoban voss Architects BDA, Berlin)

A Myth has awakened from a long sleep: the legendary Castle Velden which gained famousness far excess of the austrian border. Arc.: Jabornegg & Pálffy, Vienna

Los Faros de Panama, or the Lighthouse of Panama, is an extraordinary mixed-use development offering residential, commercial, leisure and entertainment space in a growth area of Panama City. Arch.: Chapman Taylor, Madrid

The site of the new headquarters is located at the crossroads of the two main roads of the Ensanche (1862) in Bilbao. Arch.: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

The government wished that the operahouse should be a monumental building which would mark Norway as a cultural nation as well as highlighting the social and cultural importance of The Norwegian Opera & Ballet.

The complex consists of three seperate towers with variable height and five basement levels as a parking garage. Arch.: Anin Jeromin Fitildis & Partner

Outstanding architecture in conjunction with ground breaking technology: These are the characteristics of the Shopping Square "Meydan". Arch.: Foreign Office Architects.

Designed mainly for offices, this superstructure features 52 stories, a double heliport and seven underground levels, with a parking capacity of 1,350 units. Arch.: Abraham Senerman - ASLSencorp S.A.