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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 2012 by Japanese Architects Takeshi Hosaka, the House in Byoubugaura is a three-story single-family dwelling in a small plot of just 60 m2. Curve wood walls are used…
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The National Museum of Western Art, designed by Le Corbusier, was the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The Museum is located in…
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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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The 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…
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Completed 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…
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The 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…
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In 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…
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Designed 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…
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Completed 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.
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Founded 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…
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The 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…
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Completed 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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Designed in 1960 by Fernando Higueras, the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute in Madrid (Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural), also known as “La Corona de Espinas” ( The Crown of Thorns), is…
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At the end of the 50s decade, the Velasca Tower in Milan rapidly became one of the most analyzed and discussed buildings. Design by the partnership formed by Gianluigi Banfi,…
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