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1990’s decade Architecture built and unbuilt projects (1990 – 1999)
The Site of Reversible Destiny is an “experience park” opened in 1995 designed by Nagoya-born, New York-based artist Arakawa Shusaku and his wife and artistic partner, poet Madeline Gins. The theme of…
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Completed in 1994, the Lovett Bay House in Sydney, designed by Architect Richard Leplastrier, exemplifies the idea of architecture as a vessel and a cradle for the family.
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In 1993, Legorreta + Legorreta and landscape architect Laurie Olin Architects completed the Pershing Square’s last renovation in the City of Los Angeles. The five acres public park dates from…
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Completed in 1992 by Japanese architect Hiroshi Naito, the Sea Folk Museum is an example of wood Japanese craft with an 18.5 meter-wide (60.7 feet) roof constructed of laminated timber…
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In 1997, Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki completed the Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium in Nakatsu, Japan. The building’s design emphasizes what the architect called “transitional spaces,” wherein the functional rooms are…
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Completed in 1995, the Satelite House Complex, designed by Javier Senosiain, is one of the best examples of Mexican organic architecture. Influenced by architects such as Gaudí, Hundertwasser, and Frank Lloyd…
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In 1991, James Stirling, Michael Wilford & Thomas Muirhead completed the bookshop Pavilion in the Venice gardens of the Arsenal. With more than 25 pavilions designed by famous architects, the…
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In 1997, Shigeru Ban completed the Wall-less House, also known as the House Without Walls. In this project, Ban creates a “universal floor,” a term coined by Robert Kronenberg in…
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In 2003, MVRDV completed the Silodam, a polychromatic apartment building on Amsterdam harbor that was part of an extensive urban operation that transformed a former dam and silo building. A…
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Completed in 1997, Villa VPRO was the first realized project by MVRDV architecture firm. The proposal departs from traditional cellular office environments by inviting occupants to transition seamlessly from one…
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