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Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, Germany, 1919 designed by Mies van der Rohe
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Maquette Glass Skyscraper, Berlin, Germany, 1922 designed by Mies van der Rohe
The randomly curved glass-façade of the 1922-project is not the result of an internal, autonomous form. The glass surface has its own logic and is dependent on- and connected with the city-life through the properties of the glass. But the design is also not a direct effect of its situation; it is a critical interpretation of it. The glass curtain wall – alternating transparent, reflecting, and refracting depending on the sun and the point of view – reflects and deforms the image of the city, and places the building in a specified time and place. -- Eikongraphia
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Lake Point Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1968 designed by John Heinrich and George Schipporeit
Lake Point Tower was inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s 1922 design for a glass-curtained skyscraper in Berlin. Schipporeit and Heinrich took van der Rohe's unbuilt office building concept and converted it to a residential building. Lake Point Tower is much taller than van der Rohe’s original project, more regular in form, and its exterior glass curtain wall is tinted; however, the building owes much of its innovative design to the van der Rohe original - and because of the design's origins, many in Chicago still consider Lake Point Tower to be a Mies van der Rohe building, albeit executed by two of his protégés. -- Wikipedia
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| Source: Helder Sousa archdaily.com |
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Water Tank, Travessa da Aldeia Nova, 8650 Budens, Portugal, 2000 designed by Pedro Bandeira + João Figueira e Associados
It recalls the chimney of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation, but it now
stands on the ground, suggesting that the entire building has been
buried. This is a metaphor that demonstrates a significant movement away
from the more radical theories of the Modern Movement and towards the
process of participation involved in the construction of the new
village. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Nelson Garrido archdaily.com |
O-14, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2010 designed by Reiser + Umemoto
.... the office tower typology has been turned inside out – structure and skin have flipped to offer a new economy of tectonics and of space. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Koichi Torimura archdaily.com |
Higashifuchuu Apartments, Fuchuu-shi, Tokyo, Japan, 2010 designed by Mejiro Studio
It is nine apartment complexes in the suburbs. We try to find its
independent appearance in such vague scenery peculiar to the suburbs.
The building is planned at an angle of 45 degrees to surrounding and the
surface of the building is uneven. --
ArchDaily
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| Source: Kim Zwarts archdaily.com |
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Instituut Verbeeten, Breda, The Netherlands, 2010 designed by Wiegerinck
The shell around the building creates various patios in the waiting and
treatment rooms. It forms a filter between the outside world and the
building, creating a feeling of openness and privacy. --
ArchDaily
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| Source: Jussi Tiainen archdaily.com |
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Villa Musu, Finland, 2010 designed by Sanaksenaho Architects
Villa Musu is located on a beautiful lake shore lot with a pine tree
forest surrounding the house. The design is shaped into a soft, organic
plan that naturally flows into the landscape. --
ArchDaily
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| Source: Iwan Baan archdaily.com |
Cerro del Obispo Lookout Point, Cerro del Obispo, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, 2012 designed by Christ & Gantenbein
The column on the peak of the Cerro del Obispo, a mountain with almost 2,000 metres height, protrudes like a huge bone out of the woody landscape above the valley of Ameca. A detached, organically shaped monolithic concrete wall composes the tower of 26.55 metres that can be acceded from one side through a small entrance. Inside a unique view into the sky awaits the visitor – and the sunlight, that comes in through the opening, reflected from the light concrete walls, gathering on the floor. -- ArchDaily
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