June 2010 Blog Posts (75)

This project by Sepka Architects brings a fresh look to the rather mundane idea of urban infill. Although each one of these five concrete structures is connected, they each represent a very deliberate separation of programatic space and function. While this project attempts to pack quite a lot into a very limited space, the configuration of these concrete structures allows for a generous amount of open space to supplement…

Henning Larsen Architects have won the competition for the Batumi Aquarium located in Batumi, Republic of Georgia. The elegant form of the architecture was derived from the pebbles found abundantly on Batumi Beach that are smoothed over time by the ocean waves. It has a very real, albeit obvious, reference to its geographical context.…

A remarkable house designed by DRN Arquitectos. Located in Quinteros, Chile on a hill overlooking the nearby beach, it stands apart from its beautiful landscape. From the architecture's interior, the horizon is framed by the carefully placed strip windows, accentuating the seemingly endless expanse that surrounds it.…

Michael Wolf has produced this series of architectural images that seem to invoke the suffocation of unbridled urban density. Although we tend to think of suburban sprawl as an endless monotony of meaningless repetitive elements, Wolf seems to portray dense development in a potentially similar light. A good reminder that extremes on either end of the architectural spectrum are similarly…

An architecture that is both a museum and a parking garage. I must say that if our parking garages were integrated more like this project by 3GATTI Architecture Studio, then our cities would be in much better shape. You drive up to the roof then walk down through the museum, giving the user both a fast and slow experience of the exhibits. This very much reflects the everyday…

These are very interesting compositions by Christian Faur, an Ohio based artist. Some would call this a new technique, but I would call it a new take on a very old technique. The method is traditionally known as pointillism. Interestingly, Faur has used the drawing implement itself to compose the work. So often we disassociate the drawing instrument from the art itself, but here they are one in the…