The Hive, NTU

If you feel hungry staring at this building, we'd totally understand. The Hive at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), also known as the Learning Hub looks strikingly like a dim sum basket. The $45 million eight-storey building was designed by renowned British designer Thomas Heatherwick and a hub for the university's newly adopted "flipped classroom" teaching method - in which students watch lectures online and class time is used to delve deeper into the topic through discussions and debates. Ah, to be a student at NTU.