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Milan Trade Fair, Milan, Italy, 2006 designed by Studio Fukas
Another post from ArchitectureWeeka glass canopy that bisects the complex and loosely binds together its disparate elements. A waving, undulating gesture, this canopy—nicknamed vela, which is Italian for sail, by the workers—is composed of a steel-mesh armature divided into rhomboid and triangular nodes holding triangular glass panes. In addition to slender steel pillars, the roof is supported by vortexlike parabolas of glass and steel that give the impression that the canopy floats, only touching the earth here and there. -- Architectural Record
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Rehabilitation of Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona, Spain, 2006 designed by EMBT
This characteristically uproarious design by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT) does more than transform a dour Neoclassical fresh-food market into a flying carpet of brilliant colors and agitated forms. The reconstruction of the Santa Caterina Market—and the architect’s related urban renewal plan for the streets around it—bring life and light into one of the worst slums of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter . -- Architectural Record
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Barceloneta Market, Barcelona, Spain, 2007 designed by MiAS Arquitectes
The new metal figures create new market spaces, not touching the ground, but suspended from the old structure, not in a real manner, since the two structures, the old and new, never really overlap structurally, rather they do so in a false equilibrium. -- ArchDaily
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Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi, 2009 designed by Asymptote Architecture
Read a post from ArchDailyThe team at Asymptote Architecture designed the exterior steel-and-glass latticework, which it calls a gridshell, to mirror and capture the speed, streamlined form, and dynamic energy of Formula One racing. Inside the lobby, the expertly detailed all-white hotel resembles at once an ocean liner and an icy glacial formation. -- ARCHITECT Magazine
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Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club House, Korea, 2010 designed by Shigeru Ban Architects
The roof over the main building measures 36 x 72 meters. The unusual tree-like timber columns in the atrium reach to a height of three stories. The partial-timber structure was used to conform to Korean regulations that do not allow timber buildings to exceed 6 000 square meters in size. -- ArchDailyRead another post from ArchDaily
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Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France, 2010 designed by Shigeru Ban Architects
....to create a design concept which considered the ease of displaying and viewing art, while architecturally leaving a deep impression with visitors. -- ArchDaily
Metropol Parasol, Plaza de la Encarnacion, Seville, Spain, 2011 designed by J. H. MAYER Architects
Read a post from ArchDailythe breathtaking sequence of undulating umbrellas is the largest wooden structure in the world. The design of the Metropol Parasol is part of the redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnación, designed by J. MAYER H. Architects , the project becomes the new icon of Seville, an identification which affirms the role of Seville as one of the most fascinating cultural destinations in the world. -- Social Design Magazine
Seeing the Building for the Trees by Sarah Williams Goldhagen -- New York Times
The Pain in Spain: Sparked by the crumbling economy, peaceful protests began taking place in Spain, such as one on May 19, 2011, at the Plaza de la Encarnación in Seville. The Metropol Parasol designed by J. Mayer H. Architects framed the occasion. -- Architectural Record
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United States Institute of Peace, Washington D.C., USA, 2011 designed by Moshe Safdie
Capitalizing on the surroundings, Safdie conceived a building with atria and offices filled with light, thanks to glass curtain walls and a billowing roof made of 1,482 glass panels. -- Architectural Record
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King's Cross Station Western Concourse, London, UK, 2012 designed by John McAslan + Partners (JMP)
.... the shell-like diagrid roof of glass, steel, and aluminum that rises 20 meters (66 feet) above the ground at its highest point. Engineered by Arup, the vast canopy splays out from a great steel funnel located a few feet from the historic station’s western façade. (Yet another constraint was that no additional load could be placed on the station wall itself.) Intersecting branches of steel spread downward, spanning out in a 74-meter (243-foot) radius from that central point. A ring of 16 supporting columns at the outer edge takes the load. With no supporting columns in between, the Western Concourse is now the largest single-span structure in Europe. -- ARCHITECT
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