Adrian Welch
Brutalism is the term coined to describe the raw architecture often made with concrete during the 1950s and 1960s (with a later resurgence). I’m an architectural photographer and my fascination with these concrete buildings has led to me document a number of them across the UK (an on-going project).
The New Zealand Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai was commissioned through a limited design competition by the New Zealand Government.
Budi Pradono Architect was asked to design an exhibition space in Ceng de road, and initially wanted to develop the idea of branching tree as he saw that those trees have a specific tilt and that they differ gradually.
The 24 houses for a sensitive site at Burnside in Plockton explore a richer typology than normally found in the typical semi detached landscape often found on the edge of rural settlements.
Hull Truck Theatre, Ferensway building design by Wright & Wright Architects: Main Auditorium seats 450 & flexible Studio seats 150, Humberside, England, UK
The history and elegance of the Lombardy Building, dating from 1926, together with its privileged location in Manhattan, merited a total renovation of this two story apartment.
Arritt Farm House, Virginia building located at Potts Creek, Alleghany County design by OnSite – photos of Arritt Farmhouse Virginia, USA
Ecocities, London architecture photos – photographs by Andy Spain : buildings images, British architecture pictures: interesting UK buildings
The structures are installed in a number of locations across the Museum and are designed as immersive spaces – places both of encounter and reflection – where visitors can escape the chaos of everyday life and directly experience the architecture first hand.
“Balancity”, the title of the German contribution, is devoted to the subject of “balance” within the framework of the Expos’s motto “Better city, Better Life”.
Under the hopeful banner ‘Better City,Better Life’, Expo 2010 Shanghai promises to be the largest universal Expo of all time, with more than 200 participating countries and organizations.
The building assumed spiral develops in a continuous motion that turning around a central courtyard, culminating in a tower facing the front street. In this way the building has a focal point in the tower side as a green area that relates positively with the surrounding context.
FLORA : A Small mountain in the city by budi pradono architects is open for Public by 25 July 2010 at Zhongsan road Taipei, Taiwan ROC
BDP has won the design competition for a new Faculty of Medicine and an administrative building at Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu province in China, by a unanimous vote.