(Pline– wikipedia/creative commons license) The Romans built built a stone structure around this ancient Celtic spring in medieval times. The amount of water produced by the spring varies, but it is often a significant torrent of water that splashes around …
Month: January 2016
Mecanoo and Buro Happold designed the new central library in Birmingham (not to be confused with Birmingham Central Library), completed in 2013. The £8.5 million project is part of a rejuvinated civic centre for the city with religiously historical themes. …
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff and Dattner Architects designed the 7 IRT Flushing Line subway extension to New York’s 34th Street-Hudson Yards. As part of the Hudson Yards redevelopment, this project was bid in an attempt to get the 2012 Olympics. But …
(bobarcpics– flickr/creative commons license) Zaha Hadid Architects designed the SOHO China offices central Beijing, completed in 2012. Bridges between five buildings are flowing and continuous, blurring the transition between outside and inside. It is a futuristic vision in a culture …
Values In Design Timeline Solar Alignments Similar Buildings At the heart of Chichen Itza, a stepped pyramid served as temple to the “feathered serpent” god Kukulcan. The solar alignments and architectural details give clues about the function of this …
(tillwe– flickr/creative commons license) Yi Architects designed the € 79m Stadt bibliothek for Stuttgart in Eastern Germany. It was completed in 2011. Each side of the cube building is 45m long. The gridded windows glow colors at night, and by …
Zaha Hadid Architects designed the conference center complex Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan, completed in 2012. The white roof structure folds away from the fluid landscape to cover various building functions. It contains a museum, auditorium, and multi-purpose room. The white …
(madprime– flickr/creative commons license) Cambridge Seven Associates designed the Boston Children’s Museum expansion in 2006. The museum had moved in 1979 to the site of an old brick wool warehouse. This $47m expansion added a modern steel and glazing front …
Gilbert Stanley Underwood designed the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, completed in 1927. It stands on the village site of the native Miwoks, and is situated between Yosemite’s most memorable sites: Half Daome, Glacier Point, and Yosemite Falls. Interior …