(bortescristian– flickr/creative commons license) UN Studio’s defining project, the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany derived its shape from the tri-swirling shape that also forms the Mercedes logo. The trefoil organization pervades this project from structure and program down …
Month: June 2015
(Knut Arne Gjertsen– wikipedia/creative commons license) ALA Architects won the competition for the Kilden Performing Arts Center for Sørlandet in Kristiansand, Norway. The site is a hinge for the downtown and a recreational area. This building seeks to connect th …
(Arenamontanus– flickr/creative commons license) The Satolas TGV was designed by Santiago Calatrava, who is well known for organic sculptural imagary in engineered structures, usually bridges. This competition winning transportation hub between the airport and the city evokes images of a …
Gensler and Associates designed the new Ritz Carlton and J.W. Marriott hotels downtown L.A. in the entertainment district. The complex includes a convention center, grand ballroom, and 54 story tower. Together with the Disney Concert Hall and Los Angeles City …
The first M. H. de Young Memorial Museum was built in 1894 and became a stripped down and ugly in the fifties, as was common in those days. After the ’89 earthquake damaged the building, Herzog and Meuron together with …
(Universidad EAFIT– flickr/creative commons license) The magnificant Biblioteca Parque España by Giancarlo Mazzanti stands like a castle hewn out of solid black rock, perched about Santo Domingo Columbia. The project was completed in 2007. The valley is circumvented by …
(senhormario– flickr/creative commons license) Lelystad in Netherlands is receiving a huge revitalization in its town center, and the Agora Theatre by Ben van Berkel with UNstudio is the crowning piece. The expression of change in the theater’s kaleidescopic form is …
(Reading Tom– flickr/creative commons license) The aim is for this gentle, sculptural building built on the prominant Liverpool harbor to become the word’s top museum about a city. It will showcase the city’s musical and artistic achievment, expecting to …
By Arup Associates, in a remote region high in the Indian Himalayas west of Tibet, Ladakh India. Built under the patronage of the Dalai Lama, this school has enormous cultural and regional significance, as well as environmental standards and international …
(FHKE– flickr/creative commons license) Juxtaposed to the old 1933 “Temple to Art” in Kansas City is a new addition by Steven Holl Architects, called the Bloch building. As one proceeds from the old building, five glass lenses manipulate the visitors’ …