(hellethom– flickr/creative commons license) Gigon and Guyer designed the Donation Albers-Honnegger completed in April 2004. This museum of the EAC and the Le préau des enfants, also shown here, are meant to foster artistic creativity in young people. (hellethom– flickr/creative …
Month: August 2015
(Leandro’s World Tour– flickr/creative commons license) Behnisch und Partners designed the LB Nord bank in Hannover, Germany, completed in 2002. Great blocks of office space cantilever up to 17 meters over the city in this Deconstructivist design. It is described …
(Jeremy Levine Design– flickr/creative commons license) The Morgenthau Residence in Silver Lake California is a two story Bungalow by Jeremy Levine Design, remodel completed in 2006. Decks, trellis elements, and sliding glass were added to the original house to soften …
Like the expanding of the sacred Mandala, Buddhism spread throughout the world from of a sacred center. The physical temple realized this spread into Korea and Japan in ancient times, mainly through political initiatives. This began with the Soga clan’s …
(Dario Sušanj– flickr/creative commons license) Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed the Hundertwasserhaus Wien in Wien, Austria. Architects Joseph Krawina and Peter Pelikan realized the project, completed in 1986. The colorful and organic surfaces are covered by 250 bushes and trees. Intellectuals and …
(andy liang– flickr/creative commons license) Jiang Huan Cheng of the Shanghai Modern Architectural Design Co. designed the Oriental Pearl Tower 东方明珠塔 at Lujiazui in the Pudong district of Shanghai, by the side of Huangpu River. It was completed in 1994. …
Frank Gehry designed the Frederick R. Weisman Museum at the University of Minnesota in Twin Cities Minnesota. The typically metal building strategically places windows which overlook the Mississippi river and downtown Minneapolis. It was completed in 1993. The broken up …
Santiago Calatrava designed the Torre Telefónica telecommunication tower in Barcelona, completed in 1992 for the Summer Games. The twirly tower meets the ground very delicately at a pin-point, seeming to float in the air like a twisted paper clip. The …
(infomatique– flickr/creative commons license) Dundrum diverted much of its road traffic from main street with a new bypass behind the West Side. At the same time, the city built a Luas tram line for mass transit, with this long suspension …
(Ian Muttoo– flickr/creative commons license) Alsop Architects and Robbie/Young+Wright Architects designed the Sharp Centre for the Ontario College of Art and Design, completed in 2004. It is a raised “table top” to open up the public urban space below. The …