(arekolek– flickr/creative commons license) Szotynscy Zaleski designed the Krzywy Domek w Sopocie on Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street in Poland. It was based on work by children’s book illustrator Jan Marcin Szancer and Swedish painter Per Dahlberg.Green shades cover sheet metal …
Month: September 2015
Responsibility for the community during an earthquake extends well beyond the architect. Regardless of their skills and ethics, when clients and the general community refuse to do what is necessary, coming catastrophes are sure to take lives. In our built …
(Leandro’s World Tour– flickr/creative commons license) Oscar Niemeyer designed the President’s workplace, the Palace of the Highlands at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, Brazil. It was completed in 1958 and recently restored. The central 36,000m2 building includes four …
(Antonella Profeta– flickr/creative commons license) Zaha Hadid Architects designed the MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo in Rome, Italy, completed in 2009. Intertwining streams of lines flow through horizontal and vertical spaces, bringing together a variety of buildings. …
^bram_souffreau– flickr/creative commons license) Johan Berte led the design for the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Station in Utsteinen Nunatak in Dronning Maud Land. It is a zero emission Antartic base that creates all of its own energy and recycles its waste …
(Citizen59– flickr/creative commons license) Madame Tussauds London wax museum on Baker Street is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Central London. The copper domed building is a planetarium. More Info (tnarik– flickr/creative commons license) (Mad-Lunatic– flickr/creative commons license) …
(edwin.11– flickr/creative commons license) Larry Oltmanns designed the Hong Kong Convention Center in Wan Chai North, most recently expanded in 2009. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd led the design. Covered walkways lead to the …
(roryrory– flickr/creative commons license) Like graffiti? Jean Nouvel designed the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris, France. It is only right that kids be free to create street art freely here, as cultural honesty and cubist transparency is the …
(Richard Allaway– flickr/creative commons license) I.M. Pei designed the Bank of China tower (BOC) in Hong Kong, completed in 1989. It rises 367 meters and 70 stories, with a geometrical pattern of thick inner structure and exterior glazing, four linked …
The Edificio Inteligente building now holds Columbia’s utility company EPM. The massive structure for 5,000 employees is called the “intelligent building” because of its many ‘smart’ feature. A moat full of fountains surrounds the building to suppress fire in the …