Two Dutch designers, collectively known as HUNK-design, have transformed their 19th century top floor apartment into a "unique city paradise." Architect Bart Cardinaal and artist Nadine Roos, who have lived in parts of the house in central Rotterdam since their student years, have created a large outdoor terraced space amid the rooflines of a built up area. By demolishing the existing pitched roof, they have constructed what they describe as their "Cabrio apartment."
Dutch Architects Transform Rotterdam House Into Terraced "Urban Paradise"
Light Matters: Creating Walls of Light
Modernism induced a shift in lighting away from luminaires and towards invisible light sources that render spaces in a purer (forgive the pun) light. For the first time, lit walls were used to define rooms and to structure architecture. Today I’d like to explore early prototypes - including Philip Johnson’s Brick House and the Seagram Building - and discuss how their lighting techniques continue to influence architecture today.
Sancaklar Mosque / EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture
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Architects: EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture
- Area: 700 m²
- Year: 2012
Zorlu Center / Tabanlioglu Architects + EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture
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Architects: EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture, Tabanlioglu Architects
- Area: 639 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Akturk construction industry, Balkar Engineering, Beta teknik, Okutan Engineering
Light Matters: Sacred Spaces
The use of light can lead to very diverse feelings: a ray of sunlight calls attention; glare overpowers; the nocturnal sky fascinates, while a dense dark forest arouses fear. Religions have made use of these experiences to convey the mystic aspects of their respective deities — accordingly, so too do their erected buildings.
After the break, an exploration of the different approaches for using light as a vehicle of symbolic meaning and spiritual experience in religious spaces.
Hall 32 / Böll Architekten
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Architects: Böll Architekten
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: DTF Ingenieure, Hagen Ingenieure
Lukas Church Conversion / Böll Architekten
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Architects: Böll Architekten
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Planergruppe Oberhausen GmbH, ahw Ingenieure GmbH, Münster, Dohrmann
Social Complex / Agirbas & Wienstroer
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Architects: Agirbas & Wienstroer
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2013
The New Warehouse Depot / Böll Architekten
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Architects: Böll Architekten
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: INCO Ingenieurbüro GmbH, BSCON
NRW State Archive / O&O Baukunst
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Architects: O&O Baukunst
- Year: 2013
Astana Medya Center / Tabanlioglu Architects
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Architects: Tabanlioglu Architects
- Area: 83280 m²
- Year: 2012
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model / Robbrecht en Daem architecten
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Architects: Robbrecht en Daem architecten
- Area: 2336 m²
- Year: 2013
Studio Boot / Piet Hein Eek + Hilberink Bosch Architecten
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Architects: Hilberink Bosch Architecten, Piet Hein Eek
- Year: 2012
On Art, Urbanism, and Gehry in LA: A Conversation with Edwin Chan
In this article, which originally appeared in Metropolis Magazine’s Point of View Blog as “Q&A: Edwin Chan,” Iman Ansari interviews Edwin Chan, a design partner at Frank Gehry architects for 25 years, about Gehry and the many significant cultural and institutional projects he worked on before starting his own practice, EC3.
Iman Ansari: When we look at the work of Frank Gehry or Thom Mayne, as LA architects, there is a certain symbolic relationship to the city evident in the work: the industrial character of these buildings and elements of the highway or automobile culture that tie the architecture to the larger urban infrastructure, the scale of the projects, as well as the conscious use of materials such as metal, glass or concrete. But as freestanding machine-like objects sitting at the heart of the city these buildings also embody certain ideals and values that are uniquely American, such as individualism, and freedom of expression. In your opinion how is Frank Gehry's work tied to Los Angeles or the American culture?
Edwin Chan: Absolutely. I think Frank's work definitely has DNA of LA as a city. We talk about the idea of a democratic city a lot, and coincidentally Hillary Clinton mentioned that in her speech recently saying: “We need a new architecture for this new world, more Frank Gehry than formal Greek,” because it's the expression of democracy. In that sense you could think about the building embodying certain type of values that are manifested architecturally.
Gates Vascular Institute / Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign
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Architects: Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign
- Area: 476500 ft²
- Year: 2012
WORLD PHOTO DAY: The 13 Architecture Photographers to Follow Now
In honor of World Photo Day, we've rounded up the 13 architectural photographers who have been impressing us most in 2013. From industry heavyweights, like Iwan Baan and Thomas Mayer, to relative new comers, such as Miguel de Guzmán and Fran Parente, these photographers have traveled the world, getting the architectural shots we only dream of. See all 13, after the break...
Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute / Cannon Design
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Architects: CannonDesign
- Area: 476000 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Turner Construction (GVI) and LPCiminelli (CTRC)
Ueberflieger Bridge / Agirbas & Wienstroer
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Architects: Agirbas & Wienstroer
- Year: 2012