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Residenze Carlo Erba, Milan Eisenman Architects and Degli Esposti Architetti

The Italian Job After decades studying its architecture, Peter Eisenman finally builds in Italy. The serpentine structure employs traditional construction-reinforced-concrete columns and structural slabs with bearing walls at the... read more →
  • November 4, 2019
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National Museum of Qatar by Ateliers Jean Nouvel

An immense collision of sandy-hued concrete disks, the building is planned as a loop that winds for almost a mile and makes you feel as if you’ve landed on planet... read more →
  • October 2, 2019
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Design Vanguard 2019: Michan Architecture

“That whole area of the city is built with brick walls,” he explains, “but in an extremely standardized way, because everything needs to be cheap.” Michan upends expectations by carefully... read more →
  • July 8, 2019
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V&A Dundee – Kengo Kuma & Associates

The form of the museum is inspired by the cliffs on Scotland’s north-eastern coastline, with the cladding – dramatic lines of pre-cast concrete that run horizontally around the curving... read more →
  • February 5, 2019
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Basaren Block by Wingårdhs, Stockholm

The white brick-clad structure has rounded corners, not only to allow light to travel continuously around the facade without creating hard shadows. It's a great example of how... read more →
  • January 4, 2019
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A Unique Masonry Home

The existing double story Victorian terrace's zigzag (almost scalloping) brown and gold brick façade was translated and embellished to form the scalloped extension to the rear, whimsically drawing a... read more →
  • November 29, 2018
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Masonry Goes Circular

Using blue brick, the tower’s egg-shaped floors, rising around an almost circular core, evolve towards a more circular form as the building rises. This design would look awesome in... read more →
  • October 29, 2018
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Stadionplein 300, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The canopy with impressive overhang (a 16-metre cantilever supporting two floors) is the most eye-catching feature of the Zuidblok building on Amsterdam’s Stadionplein. It's an exciting balancing act of architecture! Read... read more →
  • October 5, 2018
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Residential Complex in Meygoon / New Wave Architecture

The projects facades were designed and covered with semi-similar rock shape crusts with inspiration from stone and sharp edge rocks around the lot. This trend in design generates... read more →
  • July 30, 2018
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Olafur Eliasson’s first building is a castle-like office in a Danish fjord

Built around a concrete structure, the building's inner and outer walls are built from 970,000 bricks. The artist chose 15 different hues of unglazed brick, along with blue, green... read more →
  • July 3, 2018
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Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten

Like a giant Lego building, the kindergarten is constructed entirely in bare brick forming patterns and openings that is playful to the eyes, conveying a unique aesthetic value... read more →
  • June 4, 2018
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Goergen Institute for Data Science / Kennedy & Violich Architecture

The public circulation sequence is expressed on the exterior facades, with large vertical glazed bays that “breakthrough” the brick envelope to reflect double-height collaboration zones and shared overlooks... read more →
  • April 30, 2018
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18 Fantastic Permeable Facades

A new trend in architecture has emerged: Several of the latest projects are using permeable facades as an attractive option for exterior finishes.Better lighting, ventilation, and visibility are... read more →
  • April 2, 2018
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Kengo Kuma Transforms Shanghai Shipyard Into Multi-Use Complex

Original brickwork was restored on the North facade, but the South facade was demolished years ago. For the West facade, Kuma designed a pixelated gradient brick system which connects... read more →
  • March 6, 2018
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Historical Museum by Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei, Frankfurt, Germany

The choice of materials and their application are also sympathetic to Frankfurt’s historic architecture. The rear-ventilated sandstone facade is in fact “laid brickwork with a large-format stone,” says project manager... read more →
  • February 5, 2018
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