Instead of restoring dilapidated old buildings, the architects integrated modern elements into places that were in particular need of repair. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The southeastern coast of China is the beginning of the Maritime Silk Road and has been considered an important transport hub since ancient times. Therefore, the influence of several cultures, including…
Our author Yulia Kuznetsova went to Alupka and brought us an exciting story of dachas from there. Read and view photos of abandoned architectural monuments. AD Russia EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Alupka received the status of a city only in 1938, before that it was a village, but a very atypical village. Already in 1904, the streets…
Asymmetric red facade, metal mesh staircase and ergonomic use of space in the project of the Ismail Solehudin Architecture bureau. Ksenia Oshchepkova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Indonesian architect Ismail Solehudin came up with the optimal layout for a hostel located on a small plot in a densely built-up area of the city of Bogor. Instead of building…
PIG Design Bureau designed an exhibition space inspired by the style of the Memphis design group. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The two-story showroom, paneled in stainless steel, looks like a rock. The thing is that the residents of Memphis call their city “rocky” — in Chinese, the word ya corresponds to this concept, which is…
Zaha Hadid Architects, a group of Block Research Group researchers from the Swiss Higher Technical School of Zurich, incremental3D (in3D) and Holcim have teamed up to create the Striatus Bridge, an unreinforced concrete structure whose strength is achieved through geometry. Ekaterina Goncharenko EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The first non-reinforced concrete bridge printed on a 3D printer is…
A public space designed by Ross Barney Architects has opened in the city of Rogers — a park on the site of a former railway station. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte A public park has appeared on the railway line passing through the city of Rogers in Arkansas. Its authors — the Chicago firm Ross Barney…
OMA architects have completed the construction of the Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles. This is the first religious building in the bureau’s portfolio. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte After more than ten years of efforts and efforts, the pavilion of the Jewish temple still appeared on Wilshire Boulevard. Its construction began in 2015, when the…
BIG architects have erected a 25-meter observation tower on the territory of the Marsk camp, which opens views of the Wadden Sea National Park. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Bjarke Ingels Architectural Firm has built a new tourist attraction in Denmark. This is a 25-observation tower, which is located on the territory of the Marsk campsite…
On August 22, after a lengthy reconstruction, the building designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, nicknamed the icon of modernism, will reopen to visitors. Teresa Poghosyan EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte David Chipperfield’s office started the reconstruction of the gallery in 2012. The architect was commissioned to carry it out with “surgical precision” — it was…
Architectural photographer Ivan Baan captured the Luma Arles Tower and its interior. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Ivan Baan is considered the most recognizable modern architectural photographer. Just the other day, he also added to his portfolio with pictures of the Luma Arles tower in Arles, France. The author of the project is the Pritzker prize…