Masonry Goes Circular
[vc_row][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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 Chicago! Read more > [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Stadionplein 300, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]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 more >[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Kengo Kuma Transforms Shanghai Shipyard Into Multi-Use Complex
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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 the North and South by reflecting the unique restored weathered brick and remembering what no longer exists in a contemporary way. Read more >[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Residential Complex in Meygoon / New Wave Architecture
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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 some terraces that control unpleasant west, cold wind so it can be used on more occasions by the residents. View Project >[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Olafur Eliasson’s first building is a castle-like office in a Danish fjord
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]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 and silver glazed bricks. Learn more >[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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 and promoting natural ventilation. Read more >[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Goergen Institute for Data Science / Kennedy & Violich Architecture
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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 that admit natural light deep into the building interior. A double height curtain wall on the first and second levels interlocks with the figure of […]
18 Fantastic Permeable Facades
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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 some of the advantages brought by this type of façade. Read more >[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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 Daniel Steinhübl. Read more >
Brick Art Museum
Architect Dong Yugen has created a structure that is a piece of art in itself; the perforations, skylights and narrow windows manipulate light into the spaces, casting dramatic shadows and offering short glimpses outside. Learn More >
