The Eggs

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The Egg, Albany, New York, 1978 designed by Harrison & Abramovitz

Architecturally, The Egg is without precedent. From a distance it seems as much a sculpture as a building. Though it appears to sit on the main platform, the stem that holds The Egg actually goes down through six stories deep into the Earth. The Egg keeps its shape by wearing a girdle - a heavily reinforced concrete beam that was poured along with the rest of the shell. This beam helps transmit The Egg's weight onto the supporting pedestal and gives the structure an ageless durability that belies its nickname. -- official web site

Source: Maurizio Marcato archdaily.com

Nardini Grappa Distillery “Bolle”, Bassano Del Grappa, Vicenza, Italy, 2004 designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

.... the first impressions of the complex are two otherworldly inflated disks hover over a pool of water. Supported on stilts, the glass and steel envelope reflects the water below. The two volumes that float over the pool are research center laboratories. The submerged volume, accessed by the exterior ramp or the internal stair houses an auditorium. -- ArchDaily

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Blob vB3, 2009 designed by dmvA

This space-egg houses all necessary items one could possibly need; bathroom, kitchen, lighting, a bed and several niches to store your stuff. The nose can be opened automatically and functions as a kind of porch. -- ArchDaily

Source: Gal Deren archdaily.com

Tel Aviv Fastlane Control and Coordination Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2009 designed by Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects

Within the wooden egg-like body is a customer reception hall and operator center, on its second floor is the control room with a wall of screens dissecting the “Fastlane” into numerous live-footage frames. The egg is placed strategically so as to look-out almost as a control tower upon the entire parking facility which extends from it. Since it sits between the two other bodies and continuing the radiality of the bow, its circular plan allows for free-flowing movement between the three. -- ArchDaily

Source: Studio Pei-Zhu archdaily.com

Oct Design Museum, Shenzhen, China, 2011 designed by Studio Pei-Zhu

The exterior form of the building is a direct reflection of the continuous curving space inside. The smooth organic form has a similar surreal yet transcendental effect when seen outside in its urban setting. Set into its landscape, the building’s form seems to float above the ground, as if it was not from this planet. Being 300 meters from the ocean, we took inspiration in the smooth stones found along the beach. It is like a purely smooth stone castin to a no verly saturate durban setting. -- ArchDaily

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My Green World, Floriade 2012 Expo, Venlo, the Netherlands, 2012 designed by 2D3D

Orange stained Finnish hardwoods wrap an egg shaped pavilion dubbed “My Green World” designed by 2D3D. The project took only 6 months from concept to completion using roboticly precut wood members with a resulting woven exterior reminiscent of a seed. The building was commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation for the Floriade 2012 Expo in Venlo, the Netherlands. -- eVolo

Source: Roberto Chamorro archdaily.com

The Güiro Art Bar Installation, 2012 Art Basel Miami Beach show, Miami Beach, Florida, USA 2012 designed by Los Carpinteros

The title of the work, Güiro, is the name of a traditional Cuban percussion instrument made from the shell of a dried tropical fruit. This dried fruit has also had many other functions within Cuban culture, as a container for food, and as a drinking vessel. The word Güiro is also a word used in Cuban slang to connote a party. The Güiro represents many fundamental aspects of life; the rhythm of music, the sharing of food and drink, and the euphoria of celebration. The slatted oval-shaped building will be lit from within, emphasizing its grid structure and making it a glowing beacon of light in the surrounding area. --  Contemponist

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Fire Shelter: 01, Sydhavnstippen, Copenhagen, Denmark designed by SHJ Works

The shelter consists of one shape stretching for the sky. It has one hole in the top and two openings at the bottom. Plywood and polycarbonate is the main materials and all the different parts are fabricated using CNC technology. It is 4, 7 m tall and has a diameter at ground level at 3, 8 m. The structural element of the shelter is the 2-9 mm thick walls. The walls consist of thin and bendable shells which are tightened together with bolts and a piece of 2 mm thick polycarbonate. -- ArchDaily

Source: SIC Mostovik archdaily.com

Ice Dome Bolshoy, Sochi, Russia, 2012 designed by SIC Mostovik

The Bolshoy Ice Arena for winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia first was to remind the Faberge egg. At the sketches of the bidding book developed by Botta Management (CH) its shape and even patterns of its exterior resembled precious Easter gift of the Russian emperor’s family. -- ArchDaily

Source: Nigel Rigden archdaily.com

Exbury Egg, River Beaulieu, UK, 2013 designed by PAD studio + SPUD Group + Stephen Turner

Artist Stephen Turner, who specialises in long term artistic explorations of environmental settings, has worked with the designers to create the Egg which he will now use as a ‘residency’, floating in the Beaulieu Estuary for a year, to examine the changing patterns of its marine ecology, while making artworks inspired, influenced and informed by his surroundings. -- ArchDaily

Source: Gimyoun Song archdaily.com

Egg-Shaped Beach Pod, Seoul, South Korea, 2014 designed by Yoon Space Design

It’s a beach shelter like you have never seen before: meet Albang, the relaxation pod of the future, an oval space with a flexible interior plan optimized for sleeping, socializing, or relaxing. In Albang, located in Gangwon-do province on South Korea‘s coastline, aerodynamics, vivid colour, and clever design meet minimalist futuristic architecture.   -- ArchDaily