(Ethan.K– flickr/creative commons license) Taking the Hyatt San Francisco to the next level, the Grand Hyatt Shanghai is the ‘highest hotel in the world,’ occupying the 53rd to 87th floors of the Jin Mao Tower. In the heart of downtown, …
Month: June 2015
(T(h)ed Ferringer– flickr/creative commons license) LTL (Lewis Tsurumaki and Lewis) Architects designed Bornhuetter Hall for the College of Wooster. A landscaped approach leads to a sort of courtyard defined by vertical sunshades. Wood protrusions allow certain windows to pop out …
(dumbledad– flickr/creative commons license) The chapel at Churchill College came after a long battle between Christians and atheists, who claimed an institution of science and technology should not have a sacred building. Nobel Prize-winner Francis Crick resigned in protest of …
Kengo Kuma and Associates designed the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum in 2005. A canal bisects the museum, perhaps taking a cue from the Nagasaki Peace Museum. Vertical structure of handrails on pedestrian bridges reflect the bamboo forest facades that define important …
Here’s an amazing art installation at the concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Leo Villareal programed 41,000 LED lights to flash interesting patterns as visitors pass through a moving walkway. The sequences …
(suwatch– flickr/creative commons license) Steven Holl Architects designed this 2007 interior for the New York University’s Department of Philosophy. Originally built in 1890, the historic building is clad with red sandstone and has plenty of large windows afford good opportunities …
(Michell Zappa– flickr/creative commons license) Arup and Rem Koolhaas/ OMA, who did the IIT Student Activities Building, designed the Casa da Música in 2005. It has a concert hall, an auditorium, and a restaurant at the top. It’s located on …
(grabadonut– flickr/creative commons license) Nader Khalili won the 2004 Aga Khan Award for this simple and elegant solution for temporary shelters. Sandbags are stacked in circular plans until they form a dome and structure them with barbed wire to keep …
(ollografik– flickr/creative commons license) Jakob + MacFarlane designed the City of Fashion and Design on the docks of Seine’s Left Bank. The green metal pipe structure envelopes an existing 1907 concrete warehouse which generated the logic for the new structure. …
Louis Kahn designed the Fort Worth Kimbell Art Museum in 1972. A rectangle of parallel barrel vaults are inserted into an urban park. The landscaping scrapes under the concrete roof and water features further connect the spaces. A patch of …