(greenoid– flickr/creative commons license) Sauerbruch Hutton designed the Behörde für Stadtentwicklung in Hamburg Wilhemsburg, completed in 2013. The complex begins with a tall high rise and central lobby with glazed facades. It spreads on both sides with wavy wings. The …
Month: December 2015
(MTAPhotos– flickr/creative commons license) Grimshaw Architects and Arup Engineering designed the Fulton transportation hub in Lower Manhattan, completed in 2014. The rectangular building fits the site, with glazed facades and hefty metal structure that fits the modern face of New …
(JasonParis– flickr/creative commons license) Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch designed the Jewish Center in München, Germany, completed in 2007. The stone-clad base recalls the ancient Hebrew temple of Solomon. It is thick, protective, and permanent. It protects a rectangular structure …
Sir John W. Simplson and E.J. Milner Allen designed the Kelvingrove gallery as part of the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition. The grand entrance faces Kelvingrove Park, and the building includes a concert Centre Hall with seats for 3,000 people. …
Buildings are foremost a means of shelter. The essential structure was originally the roof—an assembly of wood, masonry, or metal that kept out natural elements. Modern technologies improve this effort. We use new roof materials and water shedding methods that …
(Sharkomat– flickr/creative commons license) Herzog & de Meuron designed the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg, Germany. It is still under construction though it was scheduled to be completed in 2012. Cost rose from €241 million to €450 million in the …
(Giåm– flickr/creative commons license) Adrien Fainsilber and Peter Rice designed the City of Science and Industry at the Parc de la Villette in Paris. It was converted from a sales hall to the museum in 1986. Bernard Tschumi designed the …
(daryl_mitchell– flickr/creative commons license) Benthem Crouwel Architects designed the extention to the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, completed in 2012. The original building was designed in 1895 by A.W. Weissman. The building is treated as a container of overall space. …
Civil engineer Robert Stevenson designed the lighthouse of Bell Rock in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Completed in 1810, it is one of the oldest sea-washed lighthouses in the world. The difficultly of construction makes this one …
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Congresso Nacional in 1985, in the heart of Brazil’s government, Brasilia. As with much of Niemeyer’s Communist style, it is a cold and desolate design that rises like a deserted utopia in the midst of shantytowns …