Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas by Morphosis: An Extraordinary Collision of Rock and Glass
Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, the museum consists of a magnificent cube that sits on a landscaped plinth. Actually, it is a rock…
U.S. Bank Stadium: An Arena Worthy of Hosting the Super Bowl?
On Sunday 4th February 2018, the attention of the NFL and sports fans the world over will be trained on the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The new home of…
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: An Unreal Glacial Edifice of Frozen Music by Herzog & de Meuron
Frozen glaciers, floating mountains and sailing ships – these are some of the visual metaphors for the new Elbphilharmonie by the Swiss architecture firm, Herzog & de Meuron. Located in Hamburg’s…
Grace Farms by SANAA is a Serpentine River that Snakes its Way Gracefully in New Canaan
The 2010 Pritzker Prize laureates, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, the architects behind SANAA, have been praised for designing buildings that seem deceptively simple. At the core of their work is an…
Messner Mountain Museum by Zaha Hadid is an Illustrious Destination Worthy of Reinhold Messner’s Life
Reinhold Messner is a superstar, period! He has climbed every mountain above 8 000 metres without bottled oxygen; and was the first person to summit Mt. Everest, solo! The Messner…
Ring-shaped Lycée Schorge Secondary School by Kere Architecture: An Inspirational Masterpiece
A ring-shaped school by Architect Francis Kéré grounds its site in the outskirts of Burkina Faso’s third largest city, Koudougou. Following a ring-like arrangement, the architect used this school to…
EDP Headquarters in Portugal by Aires Mateus: Vertical Geometry
Simple design is easy to embrace and accept at first sight. Basic geometry on a building facade looks familiar and resembles many other shapes that we encounter daily. For example,…
Luxury meets Landscape through Architecture: Coastlands House in Big Sur, California
The discussion of “architecture of place” is a topic widely focused on in an attempt to promote regionalism and a sense of individuality. Architects that have achieved the level of…
Batumi’s Soaring McDonald’s + Fuel Station by Giorgi Khmaladze
Architecture is truly the visible catapult that pushes everyday life into the future. Walking down the street and coming across such a daring piece of art awakens the urge to…
Antinori Winery: An Exemplary Merge of Architecture, Landscape and Class by Archea Associati
Family-owned Marchesi Antinori is arguably the most famous house in Italian wine, having been in the business since 1385. Its famous winery in Chianti Classico region in Bargino Italy was designed by…
Igualada Crematorium: Funerary Architecture in Barcelona, Spain
Disposing of the dead is not as straightforward as it looks — burn or bury in a matter of days. Religious and cultural taboos surrounding the place and act of…
The Palestine Museum by Heneghan Peng: Where Culture Merges with Nature
At a hilltop site facing the Mediterranean sea to the west in the city of Birzeit, Heneghan Peng architects have designed and built a museum dedicated to the Palestine culture.…
Luís Pedro Silva’s Leixões Cruise Terminal: A Grand Gateway into Porto, Portugal
Since April 2011, this new pier designed by Luís Pedro Silva has received glamorously large cruise ships from the worldwide cruise fleet, boosting the cruise tourism in the North of…
The National Museum of Roman Art: Rafael Moneo’s Magnificent Touch Expressed in Roman Brick
Emerita Augusta was the resettling space for soldiers discharged from the Cantabrian Roman wars in 25 BC. Augustus Caesar himself ordered for the creation of the colony which now lies…
King’s Cross Station: A Fresh and Dazzling Portal to London by John McAslan + Partners
How do buildings become places? The newly transformed King’s Cross Station offers a few clues into the secret sauce that is required to tap into the ever elusive genius loci…