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Round Pillars in Architecture: From the Classical Column to the Modern Sculptural Support

Lilly Cao — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:30:00 +0000

The pillar has adorned many of the greatest monumental examples of Western architecture since antiquity, from the Doric columns of the Parthenon to the Corinthian capitals of the Pantheon portico. In the West, the legacies of these classical forms have permutated over the centuries and into modern times: the Doric columns of the Lincoln Memorial, the Ionic columns of the British museum portico, and the Villa Savoye’s pilotis are just a few examples of the classical column’s continued transformation and use over the last few centuries. Today, the round pillar continues to be used in modern design, both functionally and aesthetically. Below, we look into these elements in more detail, including their materials, construction, structural qualities, and several contemporary examples of their use.

Vaugirard Social Housing / Christ & Gantenbein

Paula Pintos — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Vaugirard Social Housing, Christ & Gantenbein’s first completed project in Paris, is a large-scale residential development that redefines the perimeter of a plot in the city’s 15th arrondissement. Mixing urban complexity with the comfort of high-quality housing, it is a unique combination of infrastructure and city life, potentially becoming a new model for subsidized housing.

Roche Multifunctional Workspace Building / Christ & Gantenbein

Paula Pintos — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:00:00 +0000

Roche’s campus in Grenzach-Wyhlen was established more than a century ago as its first manufacturing base near the Swiss border. It now houses around 1450 employees working for Roche Pharma AG (Germany). The campus’ architectural heritage reveals how collaboration has evolved: from a functional industrial space dominated by the manufacture to a human-centered environment fostering interaction and teamwork within a rational and industrial framework.

Lindt Home of Chocolate / Christ & Gantenbein

Paula Pintos — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 07:00:00 +0000

The headquarters of Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss chocolatier, founded in 1845, are located near Lake Zurich on the outskirts of Switzerland‘s most populous city. The firm‘s long and successful history of producing quality chocolate manifests creations from Lindt & Sprüngli as the epitome of quality chocolate. Its products are available in more than 120 countries worldwide. They are sold by 28 subsidiaries in more than 500 of its own stores. Lindt & Sprüngli‘s HQ features a factory, warehouses, an office building, and the new gateway to the campus, the Lindt Home of Chocolate, which is financed and operated by the Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation.This new flagship building is a striking, contemporary counterweight to the eclectic assemblage of buildings.

House with One Wall / Christian Kerez

Karen Valenzuela — Sat, 23 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000

A two-family house is a building with a wall that divides it into two halves. The dividing wall is the only wall in the entire house. It cannot be crossed anywhere. It has to fulfil functions conventionally assigned to several architectural elements. It is the loadbearing structure and the installation core, its folds define all of the rooms and it determines how the view from the entirely glazed building is divided between the two living units.

Werdenberg Castle Renovation and Extension / BBK Architekten

Sabrina Leiva — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 02:00:00 +0000

Located in the municipality of Grabs, Castle Werdenberg is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. In 2013-2015, the castle went through substantial renovations, including the reinforcement of the timber-framed ceiling to the replacement of electrical network as well as upgrading the fire-protection systems to meet the levels required by present codes. Various built-in fixtures inside the existing museum were demolished to allow for a complete redesign of the exhibition spaces.

House Strunk / BBK Architekten

Valentina Villa — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Over a protruding base rises a slender and elongated concrete structure; with a shallow pitched roof, the building falls precisely into the sloping terrain. Located outside the city of Vaduz, in a mixed-use-residential and commercial quarter, the project is designed to reference elements of classical architecture as well as maintaining a vernacular form.

Kunstmuseum Basel / Christ & Gantenbein

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:00:00 +0000

The Kunstmuseum Basel’s new building redefines a prominent location in the heart of the Basel. As a place for the exhibition and preservation of art as well as events, it embodies both a new departure and continuity.

The 20 Most Popular Projects of 2015

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:30:00 +0000

If there's one word that sums up our most popular projects of 2015, it's "diversity." The list features architects ranging from old favorites such as SANAA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and OMA down to newer names like Sculp[IT] and Tropical Space; it also includes everything from museums to multi-family housing and spa retreats to chapels - along with the usual smattering of private residences. Interestingly, this year's list also shows the symbiosis between great architecture and great photography, with no less than 4 projects also appearing in our most bookmarked images from this year's World Photo Day. But despite their diversity, there's one thing all of these 20 projects have in common: great architecture. So settle in, relax and read on - here's our 20 most popular projects of 2015.

Christian Kerez to Contribute to Swiss Pavilion at 2016 Venice Biennale

Sabrina Santos — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 06:00:00 +0000

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has nominated Christian Kerez, a Venezuela-born, Swiss architect, to represent Switzerland at the 15^th Architecture Biennial in Venice in 2016. The exhibition will be curated by Swiss art historian Sandra Oehy, and will be on display at the Biennial from May 28 to November 27, 2016. Switzerland will also be represented by <>, a platform for discussion and debate on contemporary art and architecture.

The Apple and the Leaf: On How in Architecture There Are No Indisputable Truths

Alberto Campo Baeza — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:00:00 +0000

For many centuries, the demands of gravity appeared to give architecture one requirement that was largely unquestionable: that structures must rise vertically. However, with the advent of steel it was revealed that this limit had not been provided by gravity but by our own limited technologies. In this text, originally published by Domus Magazine in Italian and shared with ArchDaily by the author, Alberto Campo Baeza reflects on the architectural freedom offered by steel structures and the arbitrariness they bring to architectural space.

Apartment Building on Forsterstrasse / Christian Kerez

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 14:00:46 +0000

The solid, loadbearing wall slices give shape and form to the open structure without subdividing it. The lighting and the views through the house keep changing thanks to the open floor plan. There is no hierarchy or distinction between the different uses of the flat. They are all the same in construction and material.

Humanitarium / group8

Fernanda Castro — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Historic and location

Student Apartments in Luzern / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 18 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The competition site, a plot of land for public use , is located between the residential area and the area, mainly commercial, bordering the main traffic arteries. The residential area is characterized by small size and uniformity of the houses and big size of the parcels.

Housing and Shops / Christ & Gantenbein

Sebastian Jordana — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

In the centre of Erlenbach, a town on the edge of Lake Zurich, a new housing building has been constructed on the premises of the Schärer Erlenbach company. The former factory, where machines for the textile industry were produced and which used to be so im- portant for the region, has also received a new front building.

Fünf Häuser / Lukas Lenherr Architektur

Victoria King — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The building can be seen as a collage of a selection of typical housing types found in the immediate surroundings of the plot. The types are stacked vertically due to the small footprint of the plot, with each type presenting a different typology vis-à-vis its outside spaces and views, according to the level at which it is situated.

Tamina Thermal Baths / Smolenicky & Partner Architecture

Megan Jett — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:00:00 +0000

COMPETITION

Vocational Education Center / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Andrew Rosenberg — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The project fits the given program in one, single building set at the edge of the plot of land. The building is a single volume, composed of a serial repetition of simple elements. The traditional typology is here characterized by the raising of the complex on a platform and the space below answers the necessity of parking spaces and different storage.