5/1/13

Prada Transformer: Exposing the Concept

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Motion. Change. Transformity. Multifunction. Transition. Technology. All of these words describe the works created by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA of...
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Urbanism Ideals: The Automobile

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The new global urbanism as defined by Kevin Lynch and Le Corbusier centered around one pivotal element: the automobile. Although the opini...
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Rolex Learning Center: Artificial Natural Landscape

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One of my favorite buildings we studied in class this semester was the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, by the Japanese arc...

Maison Latapie: A House in Contrast

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My study of Maison Latapie by Phillipe Vassal and Anne Lacation is essentially a study of contrasts. These contrasts include solid/void, l...
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Continual Change: Prada Showroom

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The Prada Headquarters showroom in Milan, designed by OMA, has been used as a shell for different installations over the years.  T...

Industrial Simplicity: Public Housing by Jean Nouvel

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French architect Jean Nouvel designed the Nemausus housing project in Nimes during the 1980s. The two buildings, Nemausus I and II...

Connections: Hadid Terminal

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The Hoenheim-Nord Terminal, designed by Zaha Hadid, was completed in 2001 in France. The terminal was needed for a new tram servic...
4/26/13

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The view from the road -Amesterdam Amesterdam,the biggest city in the north and also the captial city of of Dutch, serves as the northe...

Vitra Fire Station

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In 1993, the Vitra Campus Fire Station by Zaha Hadid was finally completed. After a fire in 1981 on the campus, Vitra wanted to avoid any f...
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AT&T Building by Philip Johnson

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The AT & T building designed by Philip Johnson in 1984 is located in New York City. At 197 meters tall, the building is 37 stories h...
4/25/13

Prada Tokyo, an ever-changing facade

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Prada Herzog and deMuron, Tokyo 2003 Herzog and deMuron's design for the Prada store in Tokyo is fascinating because the facade a...

Isolation and Curiosity- The Prada Installation

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The Prada building of Marfa, Texas is a form of fictional architecture; a no man's land. Designed by Michael Elmgreen, it sits in the mi...
4/24/13

Lacaton & Vassal: The Greenhouse Dwelling

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The incredible thing about Lacaton & Vassal is the ingenuity with which they approach their projects. They reuse, refurbish and find ...