Pat Finn
Expo 2020 in Dubai is still four years away, but it’s already shaping up to be an architecture enthu siast’s buffet. Architizer has previously covered pavilion designs from OMA,BIG and Grimshaw, but now Santiago Calatrava has joined the party with his own remarkable proposal, which was recently approved for construction by the event’s organizers. Calatrava’s building…
Please grab a comfortable seat, I’m afraid I have some bad news. 11 of New York’s most cherished arc hitectural landmarks have vanished. The only clues investigators have are a few photos of uncertain origin depicting the buildings in unidentifiable, barren landscapes. It’s never been easier to land a good seat at the Metropolitan Opera ……
With alt-rock pioneers Radioheadin the news, many architecture fans might be daydreaming about what their favorite buildings would look like “in rainbows.” Well, if Frank Gehry’sFondation Louis Vuitton is among your top icons, you’re in luck: conceptual artist Daniel Buren’s newest site-specific installation Observatory of Light paints this modern Parisian landmark in luminous tones, just…
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) recently unveiled plans for its newest endeavor, a renovation of the are a adjacent to Masaryk Railway Station in Prague, Czech Republic. This major building project will reinvigorate a brownfield urban site that has been derelict for the past several years and will establish a new central business district for the city.…
On June 24th, visitors to London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park can take a 40-second plunge do wn the Arcelormittal Orbit via the world’s largest slide. The twisting, turning attraction takes thrill seekers through 584 feet (178 meters) of inner tube, wrapping around the structure 12 times and providing extraordinary views of London’s city skyline. Designed by…
What is it about the destruction of famous buildings, bridges and statues that both filmmakers and a udiences find so attractive?
Updated by Paul Keskeys, May 2nd 2016. Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub ha s finally opened in Lower Manhattan, over 10 years after the Spanish architect first unveiled his plans for the project in 2004. The dramatic, winged structure — known as the Oculus — has long been controversial, both due to its bold…
The 50th anniversary of Expo 67 in Montreal is coming up next year, and architecture firms are takin g note. Expo 67, after all, was not an ordinary world fair: It still holds the record single-day attendance for a world fair with 569,500 visitors, and it introduced the world to such famous structures as the brutalist…
On June 24, The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) will open the doors to its newest bu ilding, the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion. Designed by Rem Koolhaas’s storied firm, OMA, the 48,900-square-foot (14,900-square-meter) Pierre Lassonde Pavilion nearly doubles the 83-year-old museum’s available exhibition space. OMA describes the structure as a “gateway”: an inviting, contemporary space…