Metalmorphosis Sculpture / By David Cerny

SCULPTURE, METAL WORKING

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
David Cerny
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Photo © Courtesy of David Cerny

‘Metalmorphosis’ is a giant dynamic sculpture 30 feet high, located by the main façade of the business centre ‘Whitehall’ in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the first permanent public construction in USA by a Czech sculptorDavid Cerny.

Miguel Rio Branco Gallery / By Arquitetos Associados

Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Arquitetos Associados
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Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti

Located on a sloping terrain, surrounded by forest, this pavilion redesigned the topography so that the volume of the building blends.

JLI House (Nest House) / By MCP Arquitectura

La Cañada, Valencia, Spain
MCP Arquitectura
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Photo © Courtesy of Joan Roig

A project to affirm concepts: A perimeter full of content, indoor/outdoor character of spaces, plasticity of the structure as composite material, definition of areas and uses through flexible technical nodes, and the idea of a deep and solid façade that changes with the quality of the material.

Looptecture F / By Endo Shuhei Architect Institute

Minamiawaji, Hyogo, Japan
Endo Shuhei Architect Institute
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Photo © Courtesy of Shuhei Endo

The function of this architecture is security and controlling all the floodgates located at port of Fukura, enlighten dangerous of the Tsunami for tourists, and use as a place of refuge in case of the Tsunami warning.

Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge / By Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

Paris, France
Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
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Photo © Courtesy of Jo Pesendorfer--Overall view

The pedestrian bridge with a length of 304 meters links the new districts of Paris- Bercy and Tolbiac - and at the same time the new national french library with the Park Tolbiac.

Media-TIC World Building of the Year 2011 / By Cloud 9

Barcelona, Spain
Cloud 9
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Photo © Courtesy of Luis Ros - Cloud 9

World Architecture Festival 2011 - World Building of the Year
Today, in the information age, architecture is a technology platform that consists of computer system connections and new materials.

Union Station Bicycle Transit Center / By KGP Design Studio

Union Station, Washington DC, United States
KGP Design Studio
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Photo © Courtesy of KGP Design Studio

At the cusp of a livable cities movement, the Bicycle Transit Center is a highly visible catalyst promoting bicycle use and alternative transportation options by providing secure parking, rental, and retail uses.

McLaren Production Centre / By Foster + Partners

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
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Photo © Courtesy of McLaren

The McLaren Production Centre, the second building designed by Foster + Partners at McLaren’s Woking site one the outskirts of London.

Van Beuningenplein / By Concrete Architectural Associates

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Concrete Architectural Associates
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Photo © Courtesy of Ewout Huibers--Entrance at night

Van Beuningen square is located at the van Hallstraat, West district of Amsterdam. Building an underground two-layer parking facility gives cause for the redesign of the entire square.

Cultural and Services Centre / By Samyn and Partners

Izegem, Belgium
Samyn and Partners
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Photo © Courtesy of Marie-Françoise Plissart

A park on the city’s periphery houses the multipurpose hall (shows and music), as well as a community centre for the elderly.

Bay Residence / By Stelle Architects

Eastern Long Island, New York, United States
Stelle Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Jeff Heatley--Evening falls upon Bay Residence

"I wanted a lot of wood elements," the client says. "I didn't want a cold, modern box."

Galleria Centercity Facade + interior / By UNStudio + GANSAM Architects & Partners

Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
UNStudio + GANSAM Architects & Partners
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Photo © Courtesy of UNStudio, Kim Jong-kwan

UNStudio's Galleria Centercity Department Store in the Korean city of Cheonan reclaims the social and cultural space within the private, commercial large scale department store.

Maasberg Overloon / By UArchitects

Overloon, Netherlands
UArchitects
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Photo © Courtesy of Norbert van Onna--Floating

Client:
Unit 6 of "JJI De Hunnerberg, De Maasberg" in Overloon is converted from an prison for adults into an autonomously functioning juvenile detention institution.

M-House / By Michael Jantzen

Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States
Michael Jantzen
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Photo © Courtesy of Michael Jantzen

Relocatable M-vironments are made of a wide variety of manipulatable components that can be connected in many different ways to a matrix of modular support frames.

Samitaur Tower / By Eric Owen Moss Architects

Culver City, California, United States
Eric Owen Moss Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Tom Bonner

The Samitaur Tower is an information tower, constructed at the corner of Hayden Avenue and National Boulevard immediately across from the new Expo light rail line arriving from downtown Los Angeles in June, 2011. That intersection is the primary entry point into the re-developed zone of Culver City.

Chemosphere-Malin Residence / By John Lautner

Torreyson Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States
John Lautner
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Photo © Courtesy of John Lautner

The Chemosphere, built by American architect John Lautner in 1960, is an innovative Modernist octagon house in Los Angeles, California.

Raif Dinçkök Yalova Cultural Center / By EAA - Emre Arolat Architects

Yalova, Turkey
EAA - Emre Arolat Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of EAA - Emre Arolat Architects

It is possible to say that cities are made out of different contextual layers which time by time come near each other or on top of each other, even intertwine at times and ground their specific existing states. In the Yalova example peculiar to this city, oppositions between the main layers stand out.

Ring Around a Tree / By Tezuka Architects

Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Tezuka Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA

Around the Great Zelkova Tree:
It is an annex building of the Fuji Kindergarten. The functions are English language classrooms and the waiting station for the school bus.

Nestlé Chocolate Museum (Phase 1) / By Rojkind Arquitectos

Mexico city, Mexico
Rojkind Arquitectos
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Photo © Courtesy of Paúl Rivera

When Nestlé’s Chocolate factory in Mexico City (located in Paseo Tollocan near Toluca) was in need of an inner pathway for visitors to witness the production of chocolates it was decided that the first chocolate museum in Mexico should have a 300 meter long facade along the motorway as the new image of the factory.

Historial de la Vendée museum / By Plan01

Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, France
Plan01
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Photo © Courtesy of Stéphane Chalmeau

The new Historial de la Vendée museum, located in the vicinity of the village of Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne and nestling in the undulating landscape, offers an impression of the region’s eventful history from prehistoric times to the 21st century. The museum’s architecture is determined by its location – whilst the building also adds that something extra to the landscape.