(Ben Cumming– flickr/creative commons license) The “Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas” in Berlin is a powerful piece of art by Peter Eisenman. 2,711 concrete slabs of varying height arranged in a grid pattern are a permanent reminder of …
Completed October 2007, this was Denton Corker Marshall’s first major civic building in UK. John Denton said, “We wanted to create a building that would not only signal and display the transparency and accessibility of the courts and courts …
(paul (dex)– flickr/creative commons license) The Royal Ontario Museum was first built in 1857 in Ontario, Canada. The third expansion by Daniel Libeskind (Bregman + Hamann Architects) replaces a second expansion from the seventies and was completed in 2007 at …
(Ed Coyle Photography– flickr/creative commons license) Zurich-based architecture firm Tilla Theus designed this extravagant home for the governing body of world soccer. Similar to Beijing’s Aquatic Center, the FIFA building features glass exterior that “allow light to shine through the …
(bortescristian– flickr/creative commons license) UN Studio’s defining project, the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany derived its shape from the tri-swirling shape that also forms the Mercedes logo. The trefoil organization pervades this project from structure and program down …
(Knut Arne Gjertsen– wikipedia/creative commons license) ALA Architects won the competition for the Kilden Performing Arts Center for Sørlandet in Kristiansand, Norway. The site is a hinge for the downtown and a recreational area. This building seeks to connect th …
(Arenamontanus– flickr/creative commons license) The Satolas TGV was designed by Santiago Calatrava, who is well known for organic sculptural imagary in engineered structures, usually bridges. This competition winning transportation hub between the airport and the city evokes images of a …
Gensler and Associates designed the new Ritz Carlton and J.W. Marriott hotels downtown L.A. in the entertainment district. The complex includes a convention center, grand ballroom, and 54 story tower. Together with the Disney Concert Hall and Los Angeles City …
The first M. H. de Young Memorial Museum was built in 1894 and became a stripped down and ugly in the fifties, as was common in those days. After the ’89 earthquake damaged the building, Herzog and Meuron together with …
(Universidad EAFIT– flickr/creative commons license) The magnificant Biblioteca Parque España by Giancarlo Mazzanti stands like a castle hewn out of solid black rock, perched about Santo Domingo Columbia. The project was completed in 2007. The valley is circumvented by …