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Completed in 1972, the Philips Exeter Academy Library is acknowledged to be among Louis Kahn’s most successful buildings. The structure stands 80-feet high and 111-feet wide on all four sides. Its façade is primarily built in brick with teak wood panels.
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan), designed by Kunio Maekawa in 1957, opened in April 1961. The building was Japan’s first concert hall and was located in Tokyo’s Ueno Park. The heavy cornice and roof superstructures are reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s works, for whom Maekawa had previously worked. Directly adjacent to the hall stands the National Museum of…
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In 1962 Paul Rudolph completed the six-story Temple Street parking garage in New Haven exemplifying the excitement of the automobile at the time. In two city blocks, the garage design was treated as a mega-structure the full 700-foot length. The architect used an organically shaped module fully built-in reinforced concrete to materialize the construction.
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The Benesse House Museum designed by Tadao Ando opened in 1992 as a facility integrating a museum with a hotel based on the concept of “coexistence of nature, art, and architecture.” The project is built on high ground overlooking the Seto Inland Sea and features large apertures that serve to open up the interior to the splendid natural surroundings.
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Completed in 1936 on the border between Nevada and Arizona, the Hoover Dam is the second-highest dam in the United States and the 18th highest in the world. It was a monumental accomplishment for its era which set new standards for feasibility studies, structural analysis, quality control during construction, and post-construction performance evaluations. Nowadays, the dam’s generators provide power for public and…
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In 1990, Antoine Predock completed the Nelson Fine Arts Center on the ASU’s Tempe campus. The complex houses the ASU Art Museum, the Galvin Playhouse as well as dance classroom and studios. The structure is known as the “magic mountain” or the “oasis,” as the design learns from the vernacular desert architecture to respond to the environment and climate of…
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In the late ’60s, Togo Murano was asked to re-design the earlier wooden facilities of the Japan Lutheran Theological seminary which was one of the leading theological study centers in Japan and the training ground for many eminent religious leaders.
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In 1975, Sverre Fehn completed the Skådalen School for children with hearing impairment that was comprised of dormitories, administration buildings, a sports hall as well as the school classrooms. The architecture replaced the reverberation of sound with visual orientation.
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Architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso completed in 2018 LC710 Apartment complex building located the center of ¨Colonia del Valle¨ in Mexico City.
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The Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Centre by Portuguese Architect Menos e Mais maintains the industrial character of the whole and highlights the dialogue between an existing building.
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