(oryrory– flickr/creative commons license) This pedestrian bridge designed by IBA connects Spoorenburg and Java-eiland’s Borneo quarter of the ‘Oostelijk Havengebied’ in Amsterdam. It was completed in 2000. This modern take on Amsterdam’s famous canal bridges takes four horizontal planes and …
Month: July 2015
(laurenatclemson– flickr/creative commons license) The city of Amsterdam transform their Oostelijk Havengebied from decline into a successful urban renewal project. Various international architects transformed old abandoned port buildings into the most sought after residential buildings in the city. Sjoerd Soeters’s …
(kanegen– flickr/creative commons license) Kenzo Tange Associates designed the National Yoyogi Stadium for the 1964 olympics. It accommodates 13,291 people for sporting and entertainment events. A smaller stadium has smaller athletic events and an indoor pool. Gentle curving ramps reach …
Sir Norman Foster and Partners designed the Canary Wharf Tube Station in London, England, which opened in 1999. It is the busiest station outside of Central London, handling 40 million people each year on the Jubilee Line. Light …
Renzo Piano designed the Parco della Musica on the site of the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. It includes three buildings which are called by Piano “music boxes”: Sala Santa Cecilia, Sala Sinopoli, and Sala Petrassi. It opened in December …
(Nanashinodensyaku – flickr/cc license The Narita Airport in the Tokyo area of Japan is an important story of eminent domain causing conflict with the people. Originally called the New Tokyo International Airport, the first terminal opened in 1972. But this …
Richard Meier with F.J. Ramos i Associats designed the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona at the Plaça dels Àngels, which opened in 1995. For some reason it has become a sort of pilgrimage site for skate boarders, and even has …
Oscar Niemeyer designed Le Volcan at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, which opened in 1982. He collaborated with Jean-Maur Lyonnet, with whom he had just completed the French Communist Party Headquarters. The large volcano contains a 1200-seat theatre …
(KhunBhun– flickr/cc license Jacqueline and Henri Boiffils (J+H Boiffils) designed the Siam Paragon สยามพารากอน shopping mall in Bangkok. It opened in 2005 at a cost of $450 million. It contains the largest aquarium in South East Asia, an opera house, …
(cybaea– flickr/creative commons license) The Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel is the tallest building on the west coast waterfront, at 497 ft. The hotel was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and opened in 1992. The smaller Seaport Tower opened …