Oceanus Complex by Paul Andreu

If Stanley Ho has his way, by 2009 passengers arriving in Macau will walk off the gangplank and into a massive HK$6.2 billion complex of shops, offices, apartments, a 600-room hotel and casino. Oceanus development centers on a half-kilometer-long main building shaped like a ship's prow pointing into the harbor, adjoined by a two-story shopping arcade leading to the ferry terminal. The 3.3 million square foot project will be topped off by a 180 meter-tall tower. The project will sit half on land yet to be reclaimed and the remainder on the site of the New Yaohan department store, which is set to move to a new complex next to the Macau Tower; the Jai Alai entertainment and retail center and an empty lot. more