Tag: architecture

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MahaNakhon by Büro Ole Scheeren

The 77-storey MahaNakhon – a name that translates as “great metropolis” – is defined by a pixelated form with cuboid cutaways that spiral up its facades. “The idea behind MahaNakhon was to take the life of the city and bring it up the tower in a dramatic, spiralling movement,” said Ole Scheeren, principal of Büro Ole Scheeren.

The observation deck includes a glass deck that is cantilevered out from the building to give visitors views directly down to the ground more that 300 metres below. Named the Skytray, the walkable glass platform measures 4.5 by 17.5 metres.

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African Canvas Margaret Courtney-Clarke

The Art of Africa is a casualty
of colonial exploitation, surviving
principally in the museums of
other countries. ~ Nadine Gordimer

“My objective in this work is to document an extraordinary art form – vernacular art and architecture in West Africa – that is not transportable and therefore not seen in museums around the world. It is an attempt to capture the unseen Africa, a glimpse into the homes and into the spirit of very proud and dignified peoples. In much the same way as I photographed the art of Ndebele women, I have drawn on my personal affinity for the art itself, for methods, design and form, rather than the socio-anthropological or political realities of a people or continent in dilemma. These images portray a unique tradition of Africa, a celebration of an indigenous rural culture in which the women are the artists and the home her canvas.”

That memorial you just posted is mislabeled: it’s the Stone Flower by Bogdan Bogdanović, and is the memorial to the people killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp. “Spomenik” just means “monument” or “memorial” in Serbian and Croatian, so “Spomenik Memorial” makes no sense.

archatlas:

I understand, but I also understand that they call the collection of these artworks the Spomenik Monuments or Memorials outside of the countries that made the former Yugoslavia.

Check out the database for these monuments or the book.

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archatlas:

Zhuhai Opera House by BIAD

A lightweight, yet dynamic structure designed by Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD), sits on the shores of Zhuhai island, in China’s Guangdong province. Blending naturally within the sea and sky with a pure and elegant form, the Zhuhai Opera House spreads along the coastal plane in the shape of two curved structures, occupying 59,000 sq-meters in total.

In a poetic manner, the layout of the site references the receding tides in the evening accompanied by the moon, with which Ma Long, deputy chief architect of BIAD, has managed to erect a new landmark for the island while maintaining a humble attitude towards nature. The two structures of the Zhuhai Opera House feature a 1,550-seat opera house and a 550 seat multi-function theater, and are connected with a 350-seat outdoor theater. entering the structure, visitors encounter an equally dramatic interior, where a play between sunlight, moonlight, and theater lights blend with each other across the translucent facade.

Text via designboom