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Learn how your comment data is processed. The triangular A-frame or pyramid. Aga Khan Award for Architecture Cycle Shortlisted Project 18 : 40 Knots House, Tehran, Iran - Creating a small and low budget apartment building in Tehran does not leave much space for creativity, yet an architect can try to do something with the material, textures, outer envelope and light.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Cycle Shortlisted Project 17 : Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh - In an increasingly dense neighbourhood of Dhaka, the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque was raised on a plinth on a site axis creating a degree angle with the qibla direction, which called for creativity with the layout.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Cycle Shortlisted Project 16 : Bunateka Libraries, various locations, Kosovo - A series of public libraries for disadvantaged youth in rural areas. This transport hub, designed to anticipate 25 million passenger trips-per-year in the future.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Shigeru Ban, born in August 5, is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes. The founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog, born in April 19, and Pierre de Meuron, born in May 8, were awarded the Pritzker Prize in Richard Meier, born in October 12, is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. Habitat, is a model community and housing complex in Montreal and is considered one of the most recognizable and spectacular buildings in Canada. One of his buildings that describes the best his style is the Hepworth Wakefield, and art museum that received , visitors is the first five weeks after opening. He is known for his sustainable architectural design and for being one of the few who was studding this aspect before being a priority in Canada.
The site of the Ceuta library is located on the original Marinid dynasty's archaeological area The excavation ground was included in the interior space of the public building, and the architects. The steel and concrete structure follows a diamond shaped grid that bends along the virtual surface of the cylinder.
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Built by Dhaka-based architect Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury, it was designed. It was completed and went into use for its intended purpose in November The project entailed the restoration of a 19th century merchant home. The inserted structure, which contains a miniature art space and library.
Master Architect Series IV. Dominique Perrault . Mathias Ollivier DOMINIQUE NIQUE NIQUE D'après la vie de Sœur Sourire Table des matières I. Dominique Perrault: Selected and Current Works (The Master Architect Series) [ Images Dominique Perrault's architecture and urban designs are strictly modern, yet his simple and Series: The Master Architect Series 4 star4 star (0 %).
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Cycle Shortlisted Project 6 : Restoration of Nasrid Tower, Almeria, Spain - This project by Castillo Miras Arquitectos explores the dichotomy between the solid, ageless construction of the existing 13th century Nasrid Tower, and the provisional, light, and degradable nature of the contemporary.
The original brief asked the architects to demolish the old. A public space promoting integration across lines of ethnicity, religion and culture.
A meeting place for residents of Denmark. The architects first conceived the two-to-three level, metre-long curved pedestrian bridge of varying width.
An ecologically sensitive meeting place which demonstrates how art and architecture can be part of rural life. Like this: Like Loading Author: Arif Ali Arif lives miles away from the crowded city of Chicago. Prev Dr.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. The design-build project—a collaboration between French-based Dominique Perrault Architects and Steiner SA —serves as a laboratory for research scientists, and consists of two wings connected by a large central atrium.
The composition of the space is organized by an existing structure, which dates back to the early s. The building incorporates industrial components and data processing technologies while preserving the circulation network and the structural grid established by the original master plan. The main entrance features a foot-high self-supporting structure with a canopy that integrates water drainage through poles that double as lateral bracing members.
The facades of the building combine two distinct architectural styles in one common material: a metallic mesh from GKD Metal Fabrics. The architects said this material is both a contextual response to neighboring buildings with operable elements that evoke the scope of mechanical engineering. Each module is composed of an inner thermal and soundproofing layer paired with an outer solar protection layer. The modules are divided into three vertical panels, two of which are sliding with one static. These panels are operated through a building automation system, but can also be maneuvered manually by the user of the building.