In the next chapter of his ongoing Urban Geometry project, self-taught Spanish photographer Andres Gallardo captures the elements of color, form, and materiality of post-war architecture in Berlin. This photo series, with installments featuring the modern marvels of Beijing, Seoul, Copenhagen, and Tallinn, among other cities, has become representative of Gallardo's personal growth from his humble start in his career as a professional photographer.
Color, Form, and Material: Andres Gallardo Spotlights Berlin's Post-War Modernist Charm
Roy Lichtenstein Temporary Museum / Diogo Aguiar Studio + João Jesus Arquitectos
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Architects: Diogo Aguiar Studio, João Jesus Arquitectos
- Area: 150 m²
- Year: 2018
Oscar Niemeyer's Unfinished Architecture in Lebanon May Become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The unfinished Tripoli International Fair, designed by Oscar Niemeyer for the Lebanese capital, could become a UNESCO's World Heritage Site. Conceived in the 1960s at the request of the then President Fouad Chéhab, the fair remained a symbol of projected modernity for the country.
Drawing on the Road: The Story of a Young Le Corbusier's Travels Through Europe
Voyage Le Corbusier, by Jacob Brillhart, collects for the first time a compendium of sketchbook drawings and watercolors of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret—a young student who would go onto become the singularly influential modernist architect, Le Corbusier. Between 1907 and 1911, he traveled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean carrying an array of drawing supplies and documenting all that he saw: classical ruins, details of interiors, vibrant landscapes, and the people and objects that populated them.
Le Corbusier was a deeply radical progressive architect, a futurist who was equally and fundamentally rooted in history and tradition. He was intensely curious, constantly traveling, drawing, painting, and writing, all in the pursuit of becoming a better designer. As a result, he found intellectual ways to connect his historical foundations with what he learned from his contemporaries. He grew from drawing nature to copying fourteenth-century Italian painting to leading the Purist movement that greatly influenced French painting and architecture in the early 1920s. All the while, he was making connections between nature, art, culture, and architecture that eventually gave him a foundation for thinking about design.
Kengo Kuma Creates Starbucks Store in Taiwan From 29 Shipping Containers
Hot on the heels of its lavish breakthrough Milan store, Starbucks has opened yet another striking and innovatively-designed coffee house. However, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma's design associates an entirely different mood with the company's coffee beverages.
Starbucks Taiwan the company’s first location in the Asia Pacific, consists of 29 white shipping containers, shifted and stacked in a grid-like formation. Within the containers’ 3,444 sqft (320 sqm) of space are a variety of intimate and comfortable spaces. A drive-thru is also incorporated into the design to maximize the store’s convenience to its customers.
Habitation GOVI / Crahay & Jamaigne
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Architects: Crahay & Jamaigne
- Area: 119 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Cedar, Ipe, Knauf, Prelasti, afzelia
The Fantoni Plaxil 8 Manufacturing Building / Studio Valle Architetti Associati
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Architects: Studio Valle Architetti Associati
- Area: 8500 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Airmec, BIT, CADO, Carpin, Cime, +19
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Professionals: Mg Progetti
Sun City Kobe Tower / Richard Beard Architects
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Architects: Richard Beard Architects
- Area: 500000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: DANTO, Eriko Horiki, Meji Dairiseki, YKK AP
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Professionals: Art Advisory Services, Auerbach Glasow, BAMO, Kajima Corporation, Kenchiku Setsubi Sekkei Kenkyushu, +3
AD Classics: Pennsylvania Station / McKim, Mead & White
This article was originally published on February 11, 2014. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.
New York City’s original Pennsylvania Station was a monument to movement and an expression of American economic power. In 1902, the noted firm McKim, Mead and White was selected by the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad to design its Manhattan terminal. Completed in 1910, the gigantic steel and stone building covered four city blocks until its demolition in 1963, when it ceded to economic strains hardly fifty years after opening.
Exion Office Building / I Like Design Studio
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Architects: I Like Design Studio
- Area: 4000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Conwood, Dhamdee Chemical, Tostem, Western Decor Corporation
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Professionals: Kor-IT Structural Design and Construction Co.
Hodolany Resort / Atelier-r
House Tempe / Eoghan Lewis Architects
Penthouse in Magdalena / Taller David Dana
Heart of the Park Buildings at Shelby Farms Park / Marlon Blackwell Architect + James Corner Field Operations
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Architects: James Corner Field Operations, Marlon Blackwell Architects
- Area: 34978 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Canup Engineering, Fleming Architects, Pickering Firm Inc., Renfro Design Group, Semple Brown Design
Artist Mr. June Brings Urban Facades to Life with Layered Three Dimensional Murals
Artist David Louf, aka Mr. June, has earned a reputation for creating striking urban art, most recently using three-dimensional murals that play off architectural elements. As Colossal reports, within the last year Mr. June's geometric abstractions have become increasingly architectural as they aim to challenge viewer’s perceptions. Producing work since 1985, Mr. June recently completed a 130-foot diameter dome in North Carolina and a 3D mural for Urban Nation in Berlin.
MF House / Estudio V2 Arquitectos
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Architects: Estudio V2 Arquitectos
- Area: 340 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Anacleto, Aukot, Chiusaroli, Korte & Korte, Mobilis
RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon's Monumental "Deltewerk //" is a Tribute to the Majesty of Dutch Flood Defenses
Amsterdam-based RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon have completed an imposing Dutch monument paying tribute to the country’s centuries-old flood defense systems. “Deltawerk //” appropriates the enormous decaying test models in the Waterloopbos national monument, a former Dutch Hydrodynamics laboratory.
Deltawerk //, which opened September 27th, is envisioned as a “tribute to the majesty and seemingly indestructible power of the Dutch delta works,” shedding new light on the “practice of preserving cultural heritage.”