Underwater architecture

The Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta released plans for Europe’s very first underwater restaurant in Lindesnes in 2017. Making the dream of many come true, the company has opened the doors of the underwater restaurant for guests a few days back.

Following news that Europe's first submarine restaurant has become covered in marine life, we've rounded up seven examples of underwater architecture.

The Coralarium is the newest aquatic sculpture by artist Jason deCaires Taylor (previously here and here). Built in a large developed coral lagoon in the Maldives, the semi-submerged installation is positioned so both human and marine visitors can interact with sculptural elements on the skyline, inter-tidal waterline, and seabed. To reach the Coralarium, island guests traverse about 500 feet (150 meters) of shallow water, seascaped with underwater poplars and endemic corals. More

Set to become the world’s largest marine observatory with an underwater restaurant, the partially submerged Centre is imagined as a whale’s head rising over Australian waters.

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The observatory is an architectural concept intended to create a ‘gate’ opening seacoast to the underwater world of flora and fauna. The object is situated in a coastal area and forms a spatial connector between the beach and the sea. The aim of the project is to attempt to create a marine observatory whose structure would merge well with the beach area without overwhelming the seaside landscape. The body of the building refers both to the form of a sea wave and to that of living species…

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You don't have to pull a Jonah to get in the belly of a whale. Okay, so this one's not alive, and it probably doesn't smell like rotting krill inside. London Architecture firm Baca Architects designed the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre to be fun and also pay homage to the graceful whale. It's meant to |