Architectural wonders from around the world
#1
Posted 22 August 2009 - 07:55 PM
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=JreLkYhCWiY
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
Dockside Green is in the second video.
There are many more, so check them out.
#2
Posted 28 November 2009 - 11:07 AM
1. Morris A. Mechanic Theater, Baltimore, Md.
2. Zizkov Television Tower, Prague.
3. “The Beehive”, Wellington, New Zealand.
4. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
5. Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia.
6. Petrobras Headquarters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
7. Markel Building, Richmond, Va.
8. Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
9. National Library, Pristina, Kosovo.
10. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea.
Full story with video.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#3
Posted 28 November 2009 - 11:45 AM
#4
Posted 28 November 2009 - 12:51 PM
I'd trade any building on that list for view towers.
#5
Posted 28 November 2009 - 01:32 PM
#6
Posted 28 November 2009 - 11:19 PM
Love this building. It's very impressive in person. Home to an amazing modern art museum too. Very suitable.
#7
Posted 28 November 2009 - 11:29 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#8
Posted 18 April 2015 - 07:59 AM
I wish Victoria could have something that would make this list: http://www.cnn.com/2...ings/index.html
#9
Posted 18 April 2015 - 10:25 AM
#10
Posted 18 April 2015 - 10:46 AM
"Victoria. Where everything good enough, is good enough."
#12
Posted 18 April 2015 - 06:42 PM
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#14
Posted 18 April 2015 - 08:56 PM
First People's House is very nice - not actually in Victoria though. I'd love to see something like this (on a larger scale) replace the 1960s atrocities at Centennial Square.
The first picture? Some sort of school? There's something about the cladding that detracts from the design, IMHO.
Edited by Nparker, 19 April 2015 - 11:51 AM.
#15
Posted 19 April 2015 - 11:45 AM
guess what building this is. I can hardly imagine how off the wall it must have been when it was built 20 years ago:
No more of the wall them when Columbus Ohio built this as it's Convention Centre 20 yeara ago. The facade to the front consist of no right angles.
Edited by sdwright.vic, 19 April 2015 - 11:45 AM.
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#16
Posted 19 April 2015 - 01:42 PM
No more of the wall them when Columbus Ohio built this as it's Convention Centre 20 yeara ago. The facade to the front consist of no right angles.
that's not really what I was getting at. with this school they didn't have the budget to excavate so they had to really make the building fit with what was already there, so they organized the classrooms into groups of 4 with open areas in between, making use of the rock outcrops, & the size of which increased with the grades (small in the preschool end etc):
you could see that they left a lot of the structure exposed in the hallways but drywalled the classrooms so that there would maybe be less distraction & so the students would have space to put their artwork or whatever, but then opened up again to provide views of the rest of the community which is the school
& the roof is an extension of those outcrops from this angle. with those rocks & garry oaks you know it's victoria:
http://www.architect...m/projects/1818
it's basically an exercise in using the surroundings to advantage
Edited by amor de cosmos, 19 April 2015 - 01:48 PM.
#17
Posted 16 May 2015 - 10:24 AM
#18
Posted 03 August 2015 - 10:25 AM
Standing on the outskirts of Victoria, British Columbia, the timber-clad Strawberry Vale Elementary School is emblematic of Patkau Architects’ philosophy. Completed in 1995, the school's situation next to a prominent geological rift, coupled with its loving attention to surrounding indigenous flora, allows the architecture to guide the occupant's focus toward a local natural history that long precedes the Patkaus’ intervention. Broad windows open into outdoor seams within the building, visually and spatially connecting the innermost areas directly to the outdoors. In cultivating this geospatial awareness, the school reflects the architects' concern for the unique characteristics of the land and people affected by the building. This also allows the building to play an active pedagogical role in the school, encouraging the students' engagement with nature and the environment.
http://www.archdaily...tkau-architects
#19
Posted 03 August 2015 - 10:51 AM
You don't say.
#20
Posted 07 February 2021 - 01:58 PM
Couldn't be bothered creating a new topic for this so dropped it here.....
Interesting article in the Guardian regarding super tall construction, detailing some attitudes and opinions thereof from several sources including one heavily involved in building super-tall since the 1960's, and what he has to say isn't at all what you'd expect from someone in his position. Not to mention it details some of the "interesting" problems for owner-tenants as a consequence of living "in the sky":
https://www.theguard...bau7EFRbs-I3wKY
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