(batintherain– flickr/creative commons license) The Whale apartment building by young architect Frits van Dongen is in the rejuvinated Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Docklands) of Amsterdam, close to Borneo bridge. It was completed in 2000. The building fits oddly into the rigid, …
Month: July 2015
CPG Corporation & Skidmore and Owings & Merrill LP designed the Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 (T3), which opened in 2008. The 380,000-square-metre building cost $1.75 billion. This is just another addition to a well-loved airport which received …
(Ray Tsang– wikipedia/creative commons license) Daniel Libeskind designed the Denver Art Museum. it opened in 2006, as Denver sought to add cultural prestige in the height of the “Bilbao Effect” phenomenon. Libeskind drew inspiration from the geometric landscape of the …
(dave7dean– flickr/creative commons license) Zaha Hadid designed the Phæno Centre in Wolfsburg, completed in 2005. An odd-shaped building rises above the urban field, with a course of roads winding around sleek concrete cones, with squares of light above. A red …
(scarletgreen– flickr/creative commons license) The unexpected environment in Yoro Park causes visitors to “rethink their physical and spiritual orientation to the world.” Designer Shusaku Arakawa and creator Madeline Gins designed 148 paths that weave aimlessly through augmented but familiar elements …
(hendrix682– flickr/creative commons license) Rafael Viñoly designed the Kimmel Art Center for the Philadelphia Orchestra. A large glass barrel vault that is more familiar with train stations rises over the white box of a 2,500-seat symphony hall. It opened in …
(Jeremy Levine Design– flickr/creative commons license) This project in South Eagle California included a remodel and addition to a hillside home. Designed by Jeremy Levine, it was completed in 2008. A red stucco block juts over an open-air porch. Concrete …
(zayzayem– flickr/creative commons license) The Customs House in Sydney Australia was constructed in 1844 for the Customs Service, and refurbished in 2003 as it was transformed into the City of Sydney Library. MakMax and Chris Bosse of LAVA created the …
(cvander– flickr/creative commons license) The H&M Harajuku Tokyo store is a fitting addition to modern upscale stores of Tokyo that look to architecture rather than billboards and window displays to sell their products. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons designed …
(Michael Hicks– flickr/creative commons license) The IDS center was designed by famed post-modernist Philip Johnson, and opened in 1972. This headquarters for Investors Diversified Services still stands as the tallest building in Minnesota. The ground-floor Crystal Court takes the sleek …