Uncategorized - Architecture as Aesthetics

November 5, 2012

MAXXI Museum Rome: 7 Bold Secrets Behind Zaha Hadid’s Icon

There are buildings that decorate a city, and there are buildings that argue with it. MAXXI Museum Rome...

November 5, 2012

Walker Art Center: 6 Brilliant Secrets of Herzog & de Meuron’s Daring $70M Expansion

Introduction There are museum expansions that fail the buildings they join. They arrive as loud declarations of ego,...

November 5, 2012

Mercedes-Benz Museum

Quick Facts: Mercedes-Benz Museum Detail Information Project name Mercedes-Benz Museum Architect UNStudio (Ben van Berkel + Caroline Bos),...

November 5, 2012

Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology

Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Address: 1919-1 Tancha,Onna-on,kunigami-gun,OkinawaMain use: Graduate University Site area: 354,195.47 SQM Building area: 15,089.22...

November 5, 2012

S.A. Residence: 7 Powerful Secrets of Rafiq Azam’s Stunning Water Court Home

Introduction Some houses are built to shelter. The S.A. Residence in Dhaka was built to ask a question...

November 4, 2012

Qingdao Grand Theater

Qingdao Grand Theater is situated on the eastern side of the city between a bay in the Yellow...

November 4, 2012

Rolex Learning Center: 7 Bold Secrets Behind SANAA’s Daring $110M Marvel

Introduction What makes a great building? The ancients thought it had something to do with proportion and symmetry....

November 4, 2012

Tel Aviv Museum of Art

A new spin to the White City. Seen from the flat plaza that wraps around it on two...

November 4, 2012

Ibere Camargo Museum

Álvaro Siza shows how architecture can be a journey at the Iberê Camargo Museum. Given an awkward site...

November 4, 2012

Twin Houses Kastanienbaum

The “Machine for Living” Updated: A two-family house in a residential setting outside Luzern allows architect Remo Halter...