A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
Designed by Daniel Libeskind in collaboration with WRNS Architects, the extension of Contemporary Jewish Museum is so contrast. They make the connection between the old and the new by applying symbolic Hebrew letters, don’t ask!. Located in San Francisco, the…
Designed by Alison Brooks Architects for Lyford Investments, the Herringbone Houses located in Wandsworth, south London. These houses uniquely applying timber facade using prefabricated timber cladding. The two houses, in Wandsworth, south London, get their name from their herringbone-pattern timber…
Designed by the 2004 Pritzker winner, Zaha Hadid, the Nordpark Cable Railway comprised of four station (Congress Station, Loewenhaus Station, Alpenzoo Station, and Hungerburg Station) with its unique design related to each site. I like the streamlined design, which is…
Designed by Richard Meier, the Jubilee Church located in Rome and serving more than 8,000 residents. As a church and community center, the Jubilee was designed with modern formalism in mind but still adopts historical integrity in order to revitalize…
Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, the New Museum of Contemporary Art has been opening in New York since 1 December 2007. The museum located at 235 Bowery and claimed as the first fine art museum ever constructed from…
Two-third of Netherlands is below sea level, thats why the country protected by an ingenious system of “polders” and strong flood barriers. Now those method is mentioned as old technique or defensive against water. According to Koen Olthius from Waterstudio,…
Located in Hamburg, Germany, the An der Alster 1 Office Complex was designed by J. Mayer H Architects which completed in August 2007. The unique facade is mentioned as the answer to the unique context which is situated at the…
Claimed as the first-ever LEED-platinum carbon neutral building, The Aldo Leopold Foundation Headquarters now crowned as the greenest building ever built. Located in Fairfield, Wisconsin, the building was designed by Kubala-Washatko Architects and Boldt Construction. “This building does things that…
