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Apr 30 2011

Celtic Museum Glauberg

The Celtic Museum is a clearly contoured and distinct volume, blending in with the surrounding landscape. Partly inserted into the slope, it projects itself towards the burial mound. Its vital function as an element of the landscape, the museum building amplifies the burial mound’s leading role.

<p>The Celtic Museum is a clearly contoured and distinct volume, blending in with the surrounding landscape. Partly inserted into the slope, it projects itself towards the burial mound. Its vital function as an element of the landscape, the museum building amplifies the burial mound’s leading role...
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Apr 28 2011

Hemeroscopium House

Designed by Ensamble Studio, Hemeroscopium house is true example of architects having fun. This structure took a year to engineer but only 7 days to build! Made completely of prefabricated elements the construction process reminds us of a child stacking blocks in an effort to taunt gravity.

<p>Designed by Ensamble Studio, Hemeroscopium house is true example of architects having fun. This structure took a year to engineer but only 7 days to build! Made completely of prefabricated elements the construction process reminds us of a child stacking blocks in an effort to taunt gravity.</p><p...
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Alexandros Franzolini
Ensamble Studio
Apr 27 2011

Delood Library: Barcelona Pavilion

On the initiative of the Urban Planning Department of Barcelona, the reconstruction of the Barcelona Pavilion was undertaken by architects, Ignasi de Sola-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos, in 1983.

<p>On the initiative of the Urban Planning Department of Barcelona, the reconstruction of the Barcelona Pavilion was undertaken by architects, Ignasi de Sola-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos, in 1983. The original iconic structure had been designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969),...
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Stelios Pentarvanis
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Apr 26 2011

Pritzker Prize 2011: Souto de Moura

Following his early years at the Italian School, Souto de Moura enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Porto, where he began as an art student, studying sculpture, but eventually achieving his degree in architecture.

<p>Eduardo Souto de Moura was born in Porto, Portugal in 1952. His father was a doctor and his mother a home maker. He has one brother and one sister. The sister is also a doctor and his brother is a lawyer with a political career – formerly he was Attorney General of Portugal.</p><p>Following his...
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Eduardo Souto de Moura
Apr 25 2011

The Shingle House

The Shingle House, designed by NORD Architects is located on a shingle beach in Dungeness, a nature reserve near Romney Marsh. The simplicity of the huge black house strongly relates to the isolation of its environment...

<p>The Shingle House, designed by NORD Architects is located on a shingle beach in Dungeness, a nature reserve near Romney Marsh. The simplicity of the huge black house strongly relates to the isolation of its environment, it stands alone but for a handful of fisherman’s cottages, mostly now occup...
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Stelios Pentarvanis
NORD Architects
Apr 22 2011

The Rectangular Puzzle Project by Potiropoulos D+L Architects

The architects were influenced by the plains of Larisa, which they remember as an earthy rectangular puzzle. This is expressed in the geometrical lines of the building and the regularity of garden...

<p>The architects were influenced by the plains of Larisa, which they remember as an earthy rectangular puzzle. This is expressed in the geometrical lines of the building and the regularity of garden – organized into rectangular spaces with different species of plants. </p><p>The L-shaped building...
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Konstantinos Deloudis
PhotostoryPotiropoulos D+L Architects
Apr 14 2011

Alemanys 5

Designed by the very talented Anna Noguera Alemanys 5 is truly a piece of art. The fusion of materials create a hybrid of modernism and tradition which simply works perfectly. Located in the core part of Girona's medieval quarter, within the scope of the first wall and overlooking the Plaça de Sant Domènec ...

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Alexandros Franzolini
Anna Noguera
Armchair Collection By Deloudis
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