Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center / West-line Studio
Completed in March 2021 by Chinese Architecture firm West-line studio, the Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor center was conceived as a landmark to pay homage to the Yi people, an…
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Concrete is one of the most ubiquitous, flexible, and dynamic building materials in architectural history. By offering a profoundly different building technique to architects and engineers, it has significantly altered the way in which buildings are designed and constructed in the modern age.
Completed in March 2021 by Chinese Architecture firm West-line studio, the Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor center was conceived as a landmark to pay homage to the Yi people, an…
Continue readingThe Brion Cemetery (1968–1978) in San Vito d’Altivole near Treviso, Italy, is a masterpiece of modernist architecture. Designed by Carlo Scarpa, the project establishes a contrasting narrative. Subtly, the project reveals…
Continue readingCompleted in 2010 by Chinese architecture firm West-line studio, the Concrete Memorial in Huangpi Dong, China, is configured by a succession of three different ‘enclosed’ spaces, which create a quiet…
Continue readingThe Cork Oak House is a single-family property on a plot of extraordinary morphological characteristics; with approximately 12 thousand square meters, the land is located in a natural protection area…
Continue readingIn 1960, the Salk Institute was commissioned by Jonas Salk, developer of the first safe and effective polio vaccine. Salk selected world-renowned architect Louis I. Kahn to design the research…
Continue readingDesigned by Jørn Utzon in the 70s, the Bagsvaerd Church is a masterpiece of contemporary religious architecture. It is characterized by a white concrete ceiling straddled with softly rounded vaulting…
Continue readingCompleted in 2014 by renowned Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, the University of Navarra Museum has been designed to blend with the existing campus without spoiling the natural setting.
Continue readingFounded by international bar veterans Agung Prabowo and Roman Ghale, PENICILLIN is Hong Kong’s first sustainable bar that champions a closed-loop production model. The founders’ philosophy informs PENICILLIN’s design to…
Continue readingThe Geisel Library was designed in the 1960s by architect William Leonard Pereira, famous for its futuristic designs, associated with the space age, including the Trans-American Pyramid in San Francisco. The building’s distinctive…
Continue readingCompleted in 2020 by Portuguese Architecture firm Paulo Merlini Architects CASA RIO (RIO House) is a contemporary intervention in an old farmhouse located in the Porto District, in the north…
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