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Rue de la Convention Housing / Jean Paul Viguier Architecture
Architects: Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés Location: Paris, France Architect project manager: Octave Parant Architecte project leader: David Cisar Team construction phase: J ean Blondel, Patrick Tavernier Landscapes architects: Pierre-Henri Cazes, Benjamin Doré Contractors: Paris-Habitat for 128 housings / Vinci for … Continue reading
Bashing Architects With Lawsuit, as MIT Did, Kills Innovation – Bloomberg
After the building opened in 2004, it developed several problems, including leaks, cracking bricks, mold and globs of snow crashing on the sidewalk. MIT sued Stata’s architect, Frank O. Gehry, and Beacon Skanska, its builder, in 2007 without naming a … Continue reading
World Trade Center Was Influenced by Islamic Architecture
“Yamasaki replicated the plan of Mecca’s courtyard by creating a vast delineated square, isolated from the city’s bustle by low colonnaded structures and capped by two enormous, perfectly square towers — minarets, really,” architect Laurie Kerr wrote in Slate in … Continue reading
Ping Pong
The idea is to provide architectural means for spontaneous change of use throughout the exhibition lifecycle. The proposal seeks to establish connection between the human activity and its environment. Introduction of the well known sport is to become a starting … Continue reading