Concept, Designing and Building of Architecture's

Architect : Vladimir G. Schuchov
Location : Near Chersson, Ukraine
Date : 1911
Building Type : Lighthouse
Construction System : Iron Hyperboloid Framework
Climate : Temperate
Context : Seaside, Coastal
Style : Modern

68 meters high, with a graceful vertical structure of metal bars in a hyperbolic paraboloid.

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Architect : Alvar Aalto
Location : Helsinki, Finland
Date : 1962 to 1969
Building Type : Retail, Boookstore and Offices
Construction System : copper-clad curtain wall with white marble inset
Climate : Cold
Context : Urban
Style : Modern

Externally the building is a relatively straightforward copper-clad curtain wall. The brighter character of the Pohjois-Esplanadi is recognised by lining the window frames with strips of white marble. The two entrances off either street converge under an array of light fittings, from which leads the three-storey space of the bookshop tucked in behind other buildings.

Three crystalline rooflights bring light into this volume, and indeed appear to have embedded themselves in the roof. The vertically striped balustrades of white marble seem to attenuate the height of the space and dominate the colourful display of books. Read More......

Architect : Hans Hollein
Location : Monchen-Gladbach, Germany
Date : 1972 to 1982
Building Type : Art Museum
Construction System : Mixed stone cladding, brick, metal
Climate : Temperate
Context : Urban
Style : Modern or Post-Modern

The division of the museum into variously-designed bodies convincingly integrates the complex into its small-scale urban environment and is orientated towards the incline of the former monastery garden, whose gently curving terraces rise above the underground sections of the building.

Visitors walk across the roof to reach the prominent glass pavilion. White marble and glittering chrome pillars transform this small building into a powerful point of attraction. Read More......