(joiseyshowaa– flickr/creative commons license) Paul Andreu designed Terminal 3 for the Dubai Airport. The white marble finish and gold trim on the columns decorate a light and open structure. Dubai’s airport Terminal 3 has the largest floor space of any …
Month: September 2015
(stevecadman– flickr/creative commons license) Jean Prouve (1949-51) designed the Tropical House as a prototype for modern residential buildings in Africa. Three were first built in Brazzaville, Congo in 1951, but is now on display around the world, including the Tate …
Bishop Fulbert oversaw construction of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres near Paris, France. Fire destroyed the original church in 1020 A.D. and the Geoffroy de Lèves’s Romanesque basilica in 1134 A.D. When yet another fire destroyed most of the town …
(angermann– flickr/creative commons license) Lundgaard and Tranberg designed the Tietgen Student Dormitories in Copenhagen, Denmark, completed in 2007. Marianne Levinsen and Algreen & Bruhn did the landscaping, Aggebo & Henriksen installed art, and COWI were engineers. The design celebrates individual …
(John (& Beth) Zacherle– flickr/creative commons license) Charles and Ray Eames designed the Eames Hous or Case Study House No. at 203 N. Chautauqua Blvd. Pacific Palisades in Southern California. It overlooks the coastal beach in a heavily wooded area. …
(zaigee– flickr/creative commons license) Frederick DeLongchamps of Reno designed The Temple of Transition at this year’s Burning Man in Black Rock Nevada. Over 53,000 people showed up for the event this summer, practically a city of visitors camping out. Booths …
(aagius– flickr/creative commons license) Grimshaw Architects designed the Cross Station development in Melbourne, for Civic Nexus. The massive roof floats freely above the platforms to allow connections to nearby venues. The steel structure gestures in the direction of travel. The …
(Stella Dauer– flickr/creative commons license) Eduardo Corona, Roberto G. Tibau Pitombo and Antonio Carlos designed the Planetário Professor Aristóteles Orsini in Ibirapuera Park of São Paulo, Brazil. The building opened in 1957 and closed in 1999 due to roof leaks. …
(Michael Cavén– flickr/creative commons license) Henning Larsen Tegnestue designed the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, completed in 2007. The modern, woven outer facade slightly conceals a vast, open interior. At 121ft tall, it has 8 floors and 14,600m2 of space. It …
Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) Self-Portrait (1659) Dutch Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) An Old Lady with a Book (1632) Dutch Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) The Apostle Paul (1657) Raphael (1483-1520) The Small Cowper Madonna (1505) Italian Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) The …