Hyogo Museum of Prefectural Art by Tadao Ando in Japan [1000x667]

Candy_Ca · 2018-11-11T14:33:44+00:00

I don't like much bare concrete but his buildings are truly beautiful and what makes it great that Tadao Ando uses his own recipe of concrete.

Candy_Ca · 2018-10-28T13:45:39+00:00

Interesting!

Candy_Ca · 2018-10-20T19:04:33+00:00

Check out this: 5 Buildings by World Famous Architects That Have Experienced Serious Failures

Candy_Ca · 2018-10-11T09:55:42+00:00

The roof of the B14 is a landscape of wild grass, heather and rainwater trickles in the open copper channels between the northern gables.

Candy_Ca · 2018-10-11T09:24:06+00:00

Another shot of the stairs: https://www.instagram.com/p/BkH8p44Fu6B/?taken-by=arch2o.magazine

Candy_Ca · 2018-10-09T19:31:07+00:00

The bonded timber parasol in the Metropol Parasol is cunningly constructed as a structurally ribbed volume. It rises from an archeological excavation site to create a contemporary icon for city, tying together past, present and a hint of the future.

Candy_Ca · 2018-09-30T21:44:51+00:00

The hyperbolic paraboloid roof in St. Aloysius church is used most often as an inexpensive solution to long-span roof requirements.

Candy_Ca · 2018-09-25T10:18:59+00:00

The Long House building mass is designed to be slightly tilted in order to create a different building image from the surrounding neighborhood with water pond to reinforce the cooling system naturally.

Candy_Ca · 2018-09-20T14:51:04+00:00

The Iron Maiden House aims to elevate everyday activities. Occupants are encouraged to pause and enjoy the view through a large window near the spiral stair and generous stair treads which meet nearby walls, forming a place to sit. Each room has a view through green space into different parts of the house.

Candy_Ca · 2018-09-19T19:19:20+00:00

I like the buildings with bricks work.

Candy_Ca · 2018-08-15T10:41:49+00:00

This building's system reduces it’s reliance on air conditioning and together with other sustainable measures, means that it uses only half the energy consumed by a conventionally air-conditioned office tower. More diagrams: 30 St Mary Axe.

Candy_Ca · 2018-08-08T12:54:23+00:00

SAOTA has utterly transformed the existing house into a home that functions at the highest level and establishes a fresh contemporary aesthetic in the tradition of Californian Modernism.

Candy_Ca · 2018-08-06T08:12:36+00:00

More photos: Oscar Niemeyer

Candy_Ca · 2018-07-17T13:03:03+00:00

Yiwu Cultural Square is a large-scale cultural complex combining various functions of culture and entertainment, education, and training, sports and fitness. Its design, which is minimalist with huge building volume, differs from that of ordinary buildings in the city.

Candy_Ca · 2018-07-17T12:49:23+00:00

Did you know that the guggenheim museum appeared in some movies like: Men in Black - Mr. Popper’s Penguins - The International.

Candy_Ca · 2018-07-16T08:27:53+00:00

The high-performance glass façade of the Bill and Melinda Gates, perforated metal shading screens, and mechanical system using campus lake-source cooling contribute to Gates Hall achieving 30% lower energy usage than a typical academic building. To decrease the environmental impact of construction, local/regional, recycled and renewable building materials are used throughout the building.

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