Modern Architecture
Architecture in shadows
The Kimbell Art Museum unveiled Renzo Piano’s design for its new building opposite Louis I. Kahn’s 1972 landmark. While the site plan and section don’t reveal a heck of a lot about the design, it made me wonder why Piano is chosen not only for every other museum design (it seems) but for additions to […]
New icon of Malaysia
American architecture office Asymptote have announced a proposal for a Penang Global City Center. Malaysian government’s plans to boost economic growth in the area. Asymptote wants to create a new icon of the city by horizontal structure that grows into two vertical towers. Buildings are part of 3D urban conception.
Social housing in Paris
French architect,Eduard Francois, designed a project of a hundred apartements in 3 storey buildings. The concept based on solution of exterior, not the buildings themselves. It connect surroundings with organic garden. Houses are bristle by trees and create lanes full of greenery.
Xi gallery by Mass Studies
In korean town Pusan, a building for company Xi was built. The object is a new typological kind that could be called a gallery for comerce. Company Xi is a designer and seller of apartements, so they let build this building as a presentation of their work. The object are lifted up and naked, […]
Foster + Partners design of Capital Airport in Beijing
66 million passengers forecasted to pass through next year, 1 800 miles of cables, 445 lifts, 7 000 car parks. This is a new airport in Beijing, that started with works on August 2004 and is expected to be finished by the end of this year. Ground floor, which lead by functional analises is symetrical, […]
Maserati Museum by Future Systems (Jan Kaplicky)
The Museum nestles in the grounds of the turn of the century Enzo Ferrari house in Modena, Italy - a submerged, soft blue form appearing to grow out of the surrounding landscape. The house being modest in scale has determined the height of the museum. A vast wall of curved, inclined glass draws you into […]
Fight about space for Columbia University
One of the most famous US university is fighting about united space in NY. Columbia University nowdays is alll around NY and student spend hours by travelling. So Uni presents new plan by Renzo Piano and SOM, which are rebuilding university areal on three lined streets in Manhattan. But is not so easy, lot of […]
Urban research by MRGD
MRGD is young architecture office in GB with architects Melike Altinisik, Samer Chaumoun and Daniel Widrig. Not long time ago they revealed their research project of rebuilding of quite boring tower Centre Point in the centre of London. They used nice organic form of some kind of parasite. This parasite don´t suck energy from building, […]
Fluid pavilion by 3deluxe
Pavilion called Leonardo Glass Cube near Bad Driburg in Germany was built by 3deluxe studio. Concrete pathways between green grass are folding to facade, they are surrounded there with glass and going up to the roof, where this 2D concrete elements change themselves to three-dimensional structure that complete interior. (exterior & interior)
Genious use of pre-fabricated materials
These days Dasparkhotel, created by designer Andreas Strauus as a new form of accommodation near Austrian city Linz, starts his third season. The hotel, opened from May till Octobre, is designed from unused increadible robust drain pipes, made from concrete. Simple look-like exterior covers entire 2 metres long room with a double-bed and storage. Other […]
