“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” Mies van der Rohe may well have been talking about masonry made from clay, but for many, the origins of their love affair with architecture can be traced back to the satisfying sound of two LEGO bricks clicking together. You’d be hard-pressed to…
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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 ……
This article is the first in a new series, Reinterpretations, that will identify a single constructi on component and trace it across the body of work from an architecture practice. For an in-depth explanation on the series and its aims, click here. The American architecture practice DILLER SCOFIDO + RENFRO (DS+R) defines itself as ‘an interdisciplinary…
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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…
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Suburbia, the scourge of contemporary urban planners everywhere, is about to be turned on its prover bial head thanks to avant-garde firm MVRDV. The Dutch firm is partnering with housing developers Traumhaus to transform a former US Army barracks in Mannheim, Germany, and it has taken the opportunity to carry out a rigorous reexamination of our…
Ian Gillespie of Vancouver developer Westbank recently announced architect Kengo Kuma as the latest to partner with the company in its ongoing expansion of the city’s skyline. Kuma will add to a list of high-rise projects underway and completed by BIG, Henriquez Partners Architects and James KM Cheng Architects, among others. BIG’s Vancouver House and…