(stevecadman– flickr/creative commons license) Since it’s creation in 1939, the Battersea Powerstation in London has been an icon of brick structures and of power generation. It is no wonder then that many top architects have been interested recently in making …
Month: May 2015
(tracilawson– flickr/cc license) On September 27, New York City’s new Museum of Arts and Design will open to the public, replacing the 1964 “lollipop” building that once occupied Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture produced a …
Architectural Record reports that an income gap is widening in China, due in part to the rich megastructures going up that only profit the upper class. It seems every day there’s another report of thousands brutally kicked out of …
(HerryLawford– flickr/creative commons license) The Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park, London is Gehry’s first structure in England. The pavilion stands out in Gehry’s typical grand style. “I was thinking of garden parties, the warmth of timber, of stripes in garden …
(Visentico / Sento– flickr/creative commons license) The £350 million Highcross Leicester development in Leicester by Foreign Office Architects is one of several projects revolutionizing international style in architecture. Reaching for the Art Nouveau movement, a wide variety of materials are …
The American Institute of Indian Studies is preparing a database for documentation of architecture from India’s Mughal period. This study of over 100 monuments includes photography and site maps of mosques, tombs, and other monuments. Until its overthrow in …