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John Hancock Tower, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1976 designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

The extreme disparity in size between the tower and the church was the central predicament we faced. ....several aspects of the tower's design may be cited as essential: First, the attenuated rhomboid plan-form emphasizes the planar and minimizes the volumetric presences of the building. Second, placement of the rhomboid diagonally on the site, with its narrow edge adjacent to the church, effectively disembodies the tower as seen from the square. Third, notches bisecting the end walls accentuate the weightless verticality of these planes and make legible the tower's nonrectangular geometry. -- architect's web site

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The Gateway, Singapore, 1990 designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

...two identical parallelogram tower blocks each 37 storeys tall.

Locals refer to the buildings as "two towering cardboard boxes". The buildings are detailed in a way that If you see them from a certain angle they seem to be two-dimensional. -- MIMAO

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Carol Cobb Turner Branch Library, Morrow, Georgia, USA 1991 designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

The building plan is, in effect, an asymmetrical, skewed dogtrot with a dividing breezeway / corridor with rooms off both sides.  -- architect's web site

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7 World Trade Center, New York City, New York, USA 2006 designed by SOM

This 52-story Manhattan tower looks to historic SOM predecessors as a model of simple form and functional representation, but moves beyond these precedents through contemporary building enhancements that have created a new model for life safety and sustainable design.  -- architect's web site

The triangular park at 7 WTC, situated between the now-extended Greenwich Street and West Broadway, creates public open space and provides light and views in a previously congested area. The park, designed by landscape architect Ken Smith, consists of a central open plaza with a fountain and flanking groves of trees and shrubs. At the center of the park, solid marble benches surround a 30-foot-wide fountain with jets of water. Featured in the fountain area is a sculpture by renowned artist Jeff Koons, Balloon Flower (Red).  -- official web site

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A stainless steel screen at the base was designed by James Carpenter Design Associates

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Archipelago house, Stockholm archipelago, Sweden, 2006 designed by Tham & Videgård Hansson

The geometry of the plan is generated by the specifics of the site, the house being fitted into the flat surface between two mountain rocks and turning simultaneously towards the sun in south and frontally towards the sea in west. With the small rooms placed in the back, the social areas of the house stand out as an open platform crisscrossed by sliding glass. The zig-zagged layout also creates a series of outside places sheltered from the strong winds. -- ArchDaily

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Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop, Kanagawa, Japan, 2008 designed by Junya Ishigami + Associates

Though Ishigami’s parallelogram-shaped building gently challenges the rectilinear grid of pathways uniting the campus, it fits comfortably within the existing walkways encircling its site. -- Architectural Record

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Shrine of the Virgin of La Antigua, Alberite, La Rioja, Spain, 2009 designed by Otxotorena Arquitectos

....the need to incorporate a preexisting stone archway in the design. This archway was rescued from a previous demolition in the town and it was preserved by the locals. This way, it is intended to re-use the archway and to put more value on it. It was obviously called to assume a main role in the shape and perception of the building from the beginning. The building volume is conceived, in any case, considering the idea of framing the archway by building a parallel roof and floor to wrap and protect it. -- ArchDaily

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Family House In Myslin, Myšlín, Mnichovice, Czech Republic, 2009 designed by Aulík Fišer Architects

The land slopes downwards from the access road. As it faces south, it was possible to hide a part of the house below the ground and thus control its volumetric effect within the above-mentioned context. Also the fact that the free façade areas are limited positively affects the energy consumption. -- ArchDaily

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The Shed, Sydney, Australia, 2010 designed by Richard Peters Ass

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a project that presented an exciting opportunity to develop a smaller, sustainable and more efficient way to live, while challenging the convention that ʻbigger is betterʼ.  -- ArchDaily

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House In Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan, 2010 designed by Suppose Design Office

There is a front yard at the dwelling. We were considering the garden to connect the outside and inside but also to separate them for keeping the personal environment. To create the courtyard as a semi private zone, a tent structure was used for a partition to separate the two spaces. The tent is covering the garden as if it was a roof, a wall and also a fence.  -- ArchDaily

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House kn, Miura, Kanagawa, Japan designed by Kochi Architect’s Studio

The relation “Garden and house” is improved to”The big box including the garden and environment around the site” in the scale. The box makes a big window on environment is chosen, sky in the south and green tract of land in the north. This is trial for urban residence to close and open to the environment. It enable to feel more large scale. -- ArchDaily

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Veer Towers, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2010 designed by Murphy Jahn

The design solution strives for simplicity and dynamism, reinforcing the iconic character of the whole complex. The idea was to establish a functional basis that defines a unique shape, which derives from a rational leasing span. The towers’ cores and lobbies are planned into the retail base while the residential uses float above it.  -- ArchDaily

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HCA Hub, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford, UK, 2011 designed by Hewitt Studios

The proposal delivers much-needed cafe, exhibition and admin space in a striking new volume. With a strong sustainability agenda, the structure is formed of glu-laminated and mass-timber and the space is naturally ventilated and day-lit. A reflective pool is used to both animate the space and mediate sunlight. Externally, the building is clad in anodised aluminium and western red cedar, whilst comprehensive landscape scheme roots the building to the site, creating a series of external social and exhibition spaces for the College and its students.  -- ArchDaily

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Victoria Tower, Stockholm, Sweden, 2011 designed by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB

With thirty-four storeys, Victoria Tower is one of the tallest buildings in Stockholm. Twenty-two of its floors are occupied by a 229-room hotel, the rest by offices, conference facilities and a sky bar. -- ArchDaily

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Residence BJ41, Mérida, Yucatán, México, 2012 designed by R79

Once you enter this house, the social areas emerge in front of you, while we sense the existence of private spaces on top. Social areas, which lie in the lower part, are facing the outside. The kitchen is on the west side, and has access to the terrace which extends to the pool and deck for events. This has a wooden floor and folding shutter doors. The upper floor consists of a family area that connects the kitchen with the three children’s bedrooms and the master bedroom. -- ArchDaily

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Trafag, Industriestrasse 11, Bubikon, Switzerland designed by e2a

The principle of coexistence will be established in the process in order to achieve maximum benefit while keeping expenditure to a minimum: roads and entrances will be positioned parallel to existing roads in order to make everywhere as easily accessible as possible: while deliveries will be made via a direct access from the road, the entrance for customers and employees will be located at the front. -- ArchDaily

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Funeral Home in Dabas, Dabas, Hungary, 2015 designed by L.Art Architectural Office

The buttress rises from the ground towards the main weight of the building – which contains the funeral home – and continues in a solid wall under the roof, which turns away and begins to slope towards the forest and returns below the surface. -- ArchDaily

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The Blade, Yongsan International Business Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2016 designed by Dominique Perrault Architecture

By its silhouette and its dynamic allure, the tower establishes itself in the area as a geographical landmark. Its mysterious shape appears like a totem, an iconic figure.

It is not a square or a round building, but a rhomboid prism, arranged in a way that makes it look different depending on the angle of approach. Inspired by its slender shape and sharp edges, the tower has been named The Blade. -- ArchDaily