Yoyogi National Gymnasium’s state-of-the-art technology and exacting engineering, along with its elongated sweeping roofline, introduced a new modernism to Japan while still evoking the grace and timelessness of traditional Japanese architecture.
Nestled in a Moroccan oasis where ancient mineral springs have drawn visitors for centuries, the Sidi Harazem Thermal Bath Complex represents a marriage of nature, public space, and modern architecture. Built four years after Moroccan independence, the complex is the ambitious statement of a new nation determined to create modern and forward-thinking gathering places for its citizens.
Bauhaus Building, Dessau, Germany – revered Dessau structure designed by architect Walter Gropius one of twelve recipients of Getty Foundation’s Keeping It Modern Grants, architectural conservation grants dedicated to significant 20th century buildings.
Design: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. Casa Invisibile is a flexible housing unit, which consists of a prefabricated wood structure designed for turnkey implementation at any designated site
Design: Atelier About Architecture. It took three years to complete the design of House W with numerous redesign and adjustments in between. Atelier About Architecture has invested great effort and the process witnessed its own growth
Gemma Observatory Southern New Hampshire, rural North East American building design by Anmahian Winton Architects in the mountains this building sits at the end of a steep, half-mile gravel drive. It is situated at the center of a three-mile radius “dark” landscape with very little light pollution, USA.
The Middle East Technical University Faculty of Architecture Building in Ankara is considered the premier example of modern architecture in Turkey. Designed by Turkish-born architect couple Altuğ and Behruz Çinici as a manifestation of a forward-looking nation.
A 20,000-sqft space in a historic cast-iron building in downtown Louisville’s West Main Street Historic District. The gut-renovation aimed to restore strength and clarity of the original building whilst creating a dynamic new space for contemporary art and performance.
AIA news – “Architecture can have great impact on meeting climate challenges, as we well know. But this is just one of the pressing issues on which architects can make a difference. We can—and must—do more.” says American Institute of Architects 2017 President Thomas Vonier.
The A’ Design Competitions are held in numerous creative fields to acknowledge the greatest design works from all countries in all disciplines. Entries to the A’ Design Awards are blind peer reviewed by an influential jury panel of leading scholars, top press members and experienced professionals
Building design by Cartwright Pickard Architects comprising new café pavilion and event space carefully inserted into original Boilerhouse courtyard. The project also renewed the Grade I Listed Founders Building plus the original stable block.
Design: NBJ Architectes. L’agence NBJ Architectes vient de livrer le projet de 87 logements Lez in Art dans la ZAC Rive Gauche à Montpellier présentant des volontés spécifiques en matière de développement durable.
The underground in Sweden’s capital (in Swedish tunnelbana) is world’s longest art gallery, 110 km (68 miles). With art in 90 out of its 100 stations, created by over hundred different artists this art display is something out of the ordinary.
Design: Davide Macullo Architects. This building is a small construction that takes on a universal meaning; creating a relationship between the DNA of a place and its future and represents a contemporary interpretation of the historical values of a place.