Ilmari Lahdelma of 8-Studio designed the Haukiputaan seurakuntakeskus next to the historic Haukiputas Church in Finland. Completed in 1990, the center offers additional space for worship and teaching services. The visitor enters from a facade of glass blocks. The butterfly …
Month: October 2015
(hmmmayor– flickr/creative commons license) Benthem Crouwel, MVSA, and West 8 designed the Rotterdam Centraal railway station. A grand entrance greets travelers from the main city. This striking angular lobby breaks up the city grid and gestures them into the gridded …
(Dick Thomas Johnson– flickr/creative commons license) Yu Design includes the Toho Cinema in Roppongi Hills among their list of works. The Roppongi Hills development was completed in 2003 at a cost of $4 billion dollars and includes the Mori Tower, …
(jingdianjiaju2– flickr/creative commons license) Aren’t They Just Mobile Homes? A new craze hit the 1960’s. It was a new kind of house. They looked modern and sleek, small and inexpensive. Best of all they were mobile, so you could move …
(Dick Thomas Johnson– flickr/creative commons license) Taisei designed the Yoyogi Seminer Main School building in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. It was completed in 2008. The skyscraper is divided in half. The lower half features a hanging garden and classrooms, and the …
(Up’– flickr/creative commons license) Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane designed the Orange Cube in Quai Rambaud, Lyon. These architects are well known for their docks de Paris project that wrapped a bright glass and metal skin around a formal concrete …
(Tanenhaus– flickr/creative commons license) Snøhetta designed the September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The memorial opened in May 2014 at a cost of $700 million. The crystaline form is the only surviving …
(anni.vartola– flickr/creative commons license) Kristian Gullichsen designed the Malmin kirkko in Helsinki, completed in 1981. Pervasive red brick is balanced with soft wood materials on the furniture and ceilings. The influence of Alvar Aalto can be seen in the vast …
(wit– flickr/creative commons license) Qin Shi Huang began construction of his tomb complex in 246 BC in Xi’an Shaanxi China. Following Emperor Huang’s conquest of all 6 states of China in 221 BC, construction picked up grew to a scale …
(we-make-money-not-art– flickr/creative commons license) Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos designed the Medialab Prado art center for research and exhibition in Madrid. The building was a sawmill from the early 1900s and was transformed into an open flexibile space. Materials can easily be rearranged …