Antoni Gaudí designed La Pedrera “The Quarry,” completed in 1912. He designed it for Roser Segimon and Pere Milà, who made their wealth from attrocities in the America’s and were famous for their love of money. Typical for Gaudi, the …
Month: October 2015
(karaian– flickr/creative commons license) Artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen of Snøhetta designed the . Similarities can be seen with the Oslo Opera House which the two collaborated on as well. Metal clads a timber structure in a …
(London Chow– flickr/creative commons license) Jean Nouvel designed the One New Change shopping centre next to St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, UK. Important paths of travel, views, and gathering places wrinkle the form of the 220,000ft2 building, most notably the …
Sverre Fehn designed the Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjaerland, Sogn og Fjordane Norway. Located at the scenic Jostedalsbreen National Park, it was completed in 1991 and added on in 2002 with the Ulltveit-Moe Climate Centre. Fehn received a Pritzker prize …
(Loz Flowers– flickr/creative commons license) French architect Jean Nouvel designed the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 in London, England. Bold geometric planes rise softly from the city toward the park, overlapping each other. The steel and polycarbonate forms form a box …
(Magnus D– flickr/creative commons license) Swiss architect Peter Zumthor designed the 2011 Serpentine Park Pavilion in London, England. The black rectangular structure introduces itself in the human-built natural setting as a timber framed structure of gauze and black Idenden over …
(Elango.– flickr/creative commons license) Hariri Pontarini Architects and Robbie/Young + Wright Architects designed the Schulich College of Business and Executive Learning Centre on the edge of York University in Toronto Ontario Canada. Completed in 2005, it offers 260,000ft2 as a …
(korom– flickr/creative commons licens)e Zoboki – Demeter and Associates Architects designed the Művészetek Palotája in Ferencváros Budapest, Hungary, completed in 2005. ARTEC designed the world-class acoustics for the Concert Hall. The Bartók National Concert Hall seats 1,700 people and features …
Michael Arad and Peter Walker designed the Reflecting Absence memorial for the victims of the 911 terrorist attack on Ground Zero, New York. Two sunken reflecting pools mark the footprint of the World Trade Towers that collapsed on September 11, …
(J_blu– flickr/creative commons license) Henning Larsen Architects designed the Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall & Conference Centre as a revitalizing element for the east harbor. The color of the black Icelandic sand forms great masses in this building and shimmer like …