Marine building designs

Marine buildings designs and architects

We select marine building designs around the world. Discover maritime architecture and designs in the sea from across the globe.

Source marine architecture projects information, news and pictures of the best new waterfront building designs globally.

The website features a selection of the best new maritime building designs around the world, by respected designers.

Port House Antwerp by Zaha Hadid Architects

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Port House in Antwerp building

Following its commendation by the Architectural Review’s ‘New into Old’ awards in December 2017, Port House, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, in Antwerp has been named ‘Best Refurbished Building’ at the MIPIM Awards 2018.

Svendborg International Maritime Academy, Denmark

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Svendborg International Maritime Academy Denmark

Danish architecture studios EFFEKT and C.F. Møller Architects have designed SIMAC, the largest maritime education institution in the country, in the port of Svendborg, Denmark. The building’s transparent façade allows natural light to flood the interior in the daytime and as twilight sets, the building becomes a beacon, illuminating the harbour front.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S Copenhagen Offices

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S Copenhagen Offices

Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S Copenhagen offices design by Foster + Partners: new country headquarters occupies a pivotal waterfront position alongside the Øresund crossing – construction of 39,000 sqm company office facility

V&A at Dundee Museum building design

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V&A Dundee

Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma the £80m V&A Museum of Design is now open to the public. Located alongside RSS Discovery on the waterfront it will host major exhibitions and celebrate design heritage. The building emulates Scottish cliffs.

Escaleras y Mirador Vela, Barcelona, Spain

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Escaleras y Mirador Vela Spain

“This project, on the one hand is inevitable, and on the other, very representative. The culmination of Passeig del Mare Nostrum with a walkable façade is proposed as a fundamental element that reconfigures the city’s relationship with the sea,” says architect Carmelo Zappulla, founder of External Reference, Barcelona

Jiuzhou Bay Waterfront Neighborhood Zhuhai

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Jiuzhou Bay Waterfront Neighborhood Zhuhai, Guangdong

SOM designs new waterfront neighborhood for Zhuhai, China’s most livable city. Sculptural canopies inspired by maritime history form low-carbon community in Pearl River Delta tech hub