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Gas station architecture represents one of the 20th century’s most ubiquitous commercial typologies, shaped by the car culture and roadside aesthetics of post-war modernism. From the canonical corporate designs of Eliot Noyes for Mobil to contemporary experiments in sustainable forecourt design, gas stations have been a testing ground for ideas about branding, prefabrication, and the aesthetics of roadside infrastructure.
In the serene outskirts of Eryuan Botou Village, Yunnan, LIN Architecture has unveiled a remarkable structure: the Concrete Pavilion, a pumping station that seamlessly blends into the picturesque countryside. This…
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In 2011 Canadian architecture firm FABG completed the renovation of the Nun’s Island Gas Station in Quebec, initially designed by Mies van der Rohe, into a civic center for the…
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