“The access road to the bathhouse is embodied in a concrete structure that builds landscape and organizes the territoty. Materialize a path or simply build a large walk six meter above the ground level leading from the city to the river, accross the emptiness of Ticino valley urban void. Relate the public space of the […]
Biscione_Quartiere INA-CASA_Genova_ Luigi Carlo Daneri e Eugenio Fuselli_1956-68.
Cooper Residence by Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman Architects via Somewhere I would like to live
Buildings define the personality of a city|!!| even in Honolulu|!!| where the natural environment outshines our built one. Which buildings define Honolulu?
The New City Hall of Bat-Yam, a mostly vacation town located to the south of Tel-Aviv, represents one of the most original and advanced projects of new architecture in Israel. El nuevo ayuntamiento de Bat-Yam, una localidad vacacional localizada al sur de Tel-Aviv, representa la nueva arquitectura de Israel con un proyecto original y avanzado […]
Eating is the new exercise at the German Gymnasium, now a Mittel European-style restaurant in London’s King's Cross
The elders of Trinity College Dublin wanted a building that spoke to the 20th century as characteristically as its neighbours the Old Library and Museum Building did to the 18th and 19th centuries respectively. And speak to the 20th century it certainly does. Designed by Koralek at the tender age of 28, without ever having set foot in Ireland, it was the first building in what would turn out to be a long career. It was built in situ by G. & T. Crampton using concrete poured into Douglas fir formwork. To this day it retains the power to provoke strong reactions in all who see it. Written by Greg Sheaf
Image 7 of 15 from gallery of 18th Ave City Homes / Malboeuf Bowie Architecture. Photograph by Andrew Pogue
Image 9 of 14 from gallery of Charles Correa: India's Greatest Architect. Photograph by Charles Correa Associates
There are a lot of gazania around the library, but it's hard to photograph them like this (I was lying down). Postcards that show the library in a sea of gazania are cheating with photoshop. This view is at least real. (There is a nice patch of gazania, it just doesn't surround the library.)
Image 2 of 20 from gallery of Capitol Hill House / SHED Architecture & Design. Photograph by Mark Woods
The homeowners were attracted to the 40’ x 120’ lot for its central location in Seattle’s East Capitol Hill neighborhood. They approached SHED...
KUBE Architecture renovated a row house in Washington DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood for a couple in their 70's where cooking and artwork were a main focus.
Exploring treasures in the Museum of Finnish Architecture
Most of the areas outside the two first (central) zones of London have loads of ugly apartment-block "tower" buildings. And considering that the first...
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Image 1 of 15 from gallery of Capitol Residence / PB Elemental Architecture.
It wouldn’t be a Soviet holiday without crude-oil baths, radon-water douches and regulated diets
Manila, capital city of the Philippines, is home to more than 20 million individuals and is one of the biggest urban areas on the planet. Because of its enormous estimate, Manila could be unfathoma…
Image 11 of 60 from gallery of Unpacking Paul Rudolph’s Overlooked Architectural Feats in Southeast Asia. Photograph by Darren Soh
The infamous Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang may have stolen the spotlight but North Korea can boast many other examples of unusual cutting-edge architecture.
Gensler designed the new School of Business, Capitol Federal Hall, at the University of Kansas located in Lawrence, Kansas. People believe that serendipity is about […]
The architect's 'most complete work'
Image 1 of 32 from gallery of Pancho Guedes, Sculpting a New Africa. via Architecture of Doom
Full page infographic describing the repair and restoration work in the dome of the U.S. Capitol building. Online package can be found here: wapo.st/capitol-repair
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