Let's Discover Architecture
ArchiveMessageSubmitMaster ListDiscussing and learning about architecture is something that I enjoy doing. I want to create a place for those who love it too. So sit back and appreciate the connections we will discover. Learn about the aesthetic qualities that individual architects live by.
What's your favorite building?
What is so interesting about it?
Which architect do you look up to?
What kind of spaces to you prefer?
-Please submit your thoughts/comments/knowledge about a precedent study that you see on the Master List.
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What's your favorite building?
What is so interesting about it?
Which architect do you look up to?
What kind of spaces to you prefer?
-Please submit your thoughts/comments/knowledge about a precedent study that you see on the Master List.
-You can't find the building/architect on the list? Request it and I will add it.
-Searching for a specific building or architect?
add tagged/name_here at the end of the url
The portico wrapping around the entire building creates a tectonic understanding of the structure, exposing the steel I-beam columns and intricate detail of the custom steel roof assembly.
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Menil Collection - Renzo Piano
The central thesis of the project was to keep the integrity of the community in tact. The scale, orientation, materiality, and programmatic layout all adhere to a neighborhood without disrupting any of the preexisting conditions.
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Menil Collection - Renzo Piano
Church of Light is an architecture of duality – the dual nature of [co]existence – solid/void, light/dark, stark/serene.
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Church of Light - Tadao Ando
Church of Light - Tadao Ando
Book Source
Nothingness: Tadao Ando’s Christian Sacred Space
By Jin Bae
The seams and joints of the concrete are built with precision and care by master Japanese carpenters, along with Ando, that have worked to create an immaculately smooth surface and accurately aligned joints. So much so, that the seams of the concrete formwork align perfectly with the crosses extrusion on the east side of the church.
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Church of Light - Tadao Ando
