If you were a Greek tourist in the 1st century BCE you would likely have had something in your hand that would be quite familiar here in the 21st century. A guide book. The most popular guide book of the Hellenic world listed seven wonders of the world that should be visited by any Greek traveler.
Of those seven wonders, six no longer exist. The Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus were lost to natural causes, the Temple of Artemis and Statue of Zues destroyed by human hands, and no one knows what happened to the Hanging Gardens. The remaining wonder is the Great Pyramid of Giza. This colossal Egyptian structure is so grand a work that even today, 4,500 years after its construction, it is still considered by some to be the most impressive civil engineering project in history, beating out feats like the Panama Canal, the Hoover Dam, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
The pyramid isn’t just an ancient wonder. Just as the Great Pyramid has managed to survive into modern times, so has our love affair with the simple but powerful angled shape. Modern architects and engineers continue to build pyramids. These modern pyramids may not be stone tombs to ancient pharaohs, but are no less stunning for all that. Read on after the break for six examples.
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« Pour tous les hommes, dans les villes et dans les fermes : Le soleil dans le logis ; Le ciel au travers des vitrages du logis ; Les arbres sous les yeux, depuis le logis. Je dis : les matériaux de l’urbanisme sont : le soleil, le ciel, les arbres, l’acier, le ciment dans cet ordre et dans cette hiérarchie.»
Failed Architecture (FA) is a research platform that aims to open up new perspectives on urban failure—from what it’s perceived to be, what’s actually happening and how it’s represented to the public. Supported by a website, travelling workshops and a series of lectures, FA seeks to develop ongoing and open conversations with experts and the public at large.
Did the series of architectural statements that shocked postmodern thought in the late 70s survive the decades or was it consumed by the very typology it sought to parody?
If you don’t have access to an architecture library (and even if you do), sifting through shelves can take hours. Buying books can be even more painful — for your wallet, at least. Instead, why not browse this list of 25 books that are all free and easily accessible online? Some are well-known classics of architecture literature, but we hope you find a few surprises as well.
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Something of an architectural force majeure is sweeping across Paris, and it's just not a case of news media covering architecture but rather the opposite: Snøhetta have been chosen as architects for the new headquarters of the Le Monde newspaper in Paris. The Norwegian rising stars emerged victorious among the top-tier firms invited to submit proposals, as the international media outlet looks to move from its current home in Christian de Potzamparc’s iconic but pricy contemporary structure. The other seven participating practices read as a who’s who of in-vogue industry names: Shigeru Ban Architects, David Chipperfield Architects, Manuelle Gautrand, Hardel and Le Bihan, OMA, Renzo Piano and 3XN.
The winning design features a distinctive, shape-shifting façade that incorporates a mixture of transparent, translucent and opaque fragments, comprising a surface that appears homogenous from a distance but increases in complexity as you approach. LEDs will be embedded within the building’s surface, intended to display “abstract levels of data” that represents the company’s continuous “flow of information."
The commission takes on added significance given the timing of the announcement, which comes just two weeks after the terrorist attack on the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Snøhetta’s co-founder Kjetil Thorsen alluded to the project’s resonance within this context, saying that the firm “recognizes the importance of this task in the current debates on the content of freedom of speech.”
Snøhetta’s selection is the latest in a long line of high-profile projects to be proposed by big-name firms in the French capital over the last year. Major cultural buildings by Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel have opened in recent months, while SANAA and Herzog & de Meuron remain bogged down in struggles to get their respective retail and residential projects off the ground.
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Durante ésta semana pasada he publicado un nuevo artículo en la revista de arquitectura online Cosas de Arquitectos. En ésta ocasión se trata de un diario de visita a la gran obra manifiesto de la arquitectura moderna, la Villa Savoye de Le Corbusier. Aprovechando mi estancia en París durante las Jornadas Europeas del Patrimonio para realizar una visita a un edificio de buena arquitectura. Mi elección no pudo ser más acertada.
We are a young photographic group “Karbon” from Poland and we want to show you the beauty of forgotten and underestimated industrial heritage in our home – Upper Silesia.
Monumental buildings, cosmic postindustrial structures, rising above the horizon chimneys, shaft and water towers, crumbling and overgrown with grass and trees abandoned ruins of mines, ironworks and factories and even wild heaps taken over by nature – this is the beauty of our industrial landscape and forgotten history.
Famous as it may be, the Chrysler Building holds many fascinating secrets. Here are 10 including what's in the spire, the basement, a lost observatory, and more
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Con su forma triangular, el Campus Kolding creará un nuevo hito significante en Kolding. El edificio está ubicado en los terrenos de Grønborg en el centro de Kolding cerca del puerto, la estación y el río. El campus creará una nueva plaza central junto al Río Kolding y por lo tanto formará una estrecha relación con las otras instituciones educacionales del pueblo, la Escuela de Diseño de Kolding y la Escuela Internacional de Negocios Kolding.
La fachada es una parte integrada del edificio y juntos, crean una única y cambiante expresión. Adentro en el vacío de cinco pisos, la disposición de las escaleras y balcones de acceso crean una dinámica especial donde la forma triangular repite su patrón en una continua variedad de posiciones mientras sube a los distintos pisos. Las actividades de abren hacia la ciudad de manera que la plaza del campus y el universo interior del estudio se transformen en un sólo espacio urbano interconectado con un parque verde atrás y una plaza recreacional adelante. La luz solar cambia y varía a lo largo del día y del año. Por lo tanto, el campus está equipado con cortinas solares dinámicas (dynamic solar shading) a lo largo de la fachada, las cuales se ajustan a las condiciones climáticas específicas y patrones de uso para proveer una iluminación óptima y un clima interior apropiado. El sistema de cortinas solares consiste de aprox. 1,600 persianas triangulares de acero perforado. Éstas son montadas en la fachada de forma tal que puedan ajustarse a los cambios de luz y entrada deseada de luz al edificio.
Cuando las persianas están cerradas, quedan en posición horizontal a lo largo de la fachada, cuando se abren sobresalen de la fachada, entreabiertas o totalmente abiertas, dotan al edificio de un aspecto muy expresivo. El sistema de protección solar está equipado con sensores que miden continuamente los niveles de luz y de calor dentro del edificio, con esta información regulan las persianas mecánicamente por medio de un pequeño motor. El artista Alemán Tobias Rehberger se ha encargado de la decoración del SDU Campus Kolding. Las decoraciones tienen como tema central el tiempo, aparecen como relojes integrados al edificio: a la fachada, junto al auditorio y las salas de clases.
For me, university was about finding the confidence to explore creativity, the notion of self, and determining my own measurements of expectation. Last year I wrote an article entitled “10 things you don’t get taught in architecture school,” which provided advice on how to succeed in an academic setting. Having now graduated, the following article is reflective of my first 2 years working full time in architecture.
My experience in the office so far has required another round of self-configuring: repositioning the value of free thinking, redetermining the notion of self within the larger context of someone else’s expectations, and managing my objectives with those of others. The measurement of success is no longer determined by me, but by various organisational objectives and requirements.
Essential to the journey of finding my current job, I have initiated substantial life changes that include establishing a career strategy, reevaluating how I position myself in the field of architecture, and questioning who I am as an individual and what I want to contribute to the profession.
Computer-generated graphics have gotten sophisticated beyond our wildest dreams and video games are almost completely realistic at this point. However, a new crop of games takes a different approach, opting instead for an overtly graphic approach. It might have something to do with the fact that we have now all but mastered the technology to create hyper-realistic architecture and environments. As in architecture itself, there is no longer a challenge in verisimilitude — thus, cartoonish graphic design becomes a more compelling option.
Let the record show that December 2014 may well mark a turning point for Norwegian architects Snøhetta. They have received good news at all stages of the des...
Mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries, the Tulou are large fortified buildings representing a specific and traditional housing type of the Fujian province of Southern China. Their recurring layout is made up of a thick enclosure wall, rectangular or circular, which hosts the...
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Bordered by rue des Orteaux, rue de Fontarabie, and the Passage Fréquel, the Fréquel-Fontarabie block is the last stage of the development of the mixed development zone of the la Réunion neighborhood. This effort has sought to reduce the visible level of inhabitability, build new housing, value existing resources, and design nearby public facilities in an effort to create quality public spaces. The project to build thirty housing units has pursued a dual goal: to reconstruct the older urban fabric through small interventions within an overall framework of sustainable development.
Located at the edge of the former village of Charonne, the Fréquel-Fontarabie block is a palimpsest that reveals an older layout of small, rather elongated parcels. There are also traces of a “Faubourg” type of architecture, characterized by low-slung buildings consisting of urban houses situated at the edge of their parcels, with an interweaving of alleys, courtyards, and pedestrian walkways. At the corner of rue de Fontarabie and the Passage Fréquel, one can see the vestiges of this small-scale, private allotment of land. Today the neighborhood
also includes vast housing complexes that sit on much larger parcels.
Ten amazing airports from around the world, both realised and proposed by architectural firms such as Foster + Partners and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
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