Favorite Architect or Building

[gius]

do you think they always have reasons to design them this way? something more than just aesthetics.
because there is such a different and huge variety between all of these designs.

i think it's interesting at the last pic, maisons jaoul the biggest windows are placed in the area that receives no sunlight. whatever time of day that might be shot, (looks like morning light) the sun will go straight to the other side nearing sunset. it won't go to the windows at the side... my guess anyway

 

[gius]

flickr.com arcuturus rex

unlabelled

 

[Geostud]

I rather like the concept that "form follows function" (ie. the program of a building determines the shape in which it takes). A good example of this is OMA's Seattle Public Library:

My pics

 

[Geostud]

The Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has been a big source of inspiration for me.

flickr/doctor casino

flickr/bujatt

flickr/o b d

flickr/Kasper Andersson

 

[Blake]

I love this house of and by Arizona based architect Wendell Burnette

http://www.wendellburnettearchitects.com/

preik.no

 

[FashionTopFace]

omg i will be obsessed about this forum!! how come i never found it!!

 

[Laybaak]

I'm so glad such a thread exists I see most of my favourites have been mentioned already- Ban, Ando, Zumthor and loads more. I'll post some pictures soon, when I find their credits- I'm such a dirty jpeg thief!

For now, I shall just express my admiration for Shigeru Ban's cardboard experiments. Gotta love the cardboard bridge.

shigerubanarchitects.com

edit: Apparently it's sometimes referred to as "Pont-du-Gard's little brother" by the French media, which is super-cute in my opinion

 

[MarionasMuse]

Peter Marino is my favorite.

 

[turnofflights]

always loved the dakota building and most structures in europe

 

[Hanne]

The Tote, Mumbai India :

In the middle of one of Mumbai’s most beautiful open spaces, an old shell has been given a new interior. UK architects Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta of Serie Architects have redesigned ‘The Tote’, a banquet hall, restaurant and bar. The colonial facade of the Tote building gives way to what looks like a bleached, enchanted forest. In the banqueting and indoor restaurant areas, white metal pillars branch out like trees as they reach the ceiling, creating the effect of walking down a forest path.

The restaurant is split into three areas—lounge seating on a veranda enclosed by glass panels; an indoor dining room sandwiched in between, and an alfresco space with the foliage of lush rain trees latticing the sky. This open-air section will house pits for a grill, tandoor and wood-fired ovens and tables sheltered by umbrellas. Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta of Serie Architects wanted to extend the feeling of being under the dense foliage of the rain trees into the building, which led to the tree-mimicking pillars.

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images and text from cubeme.com

 

[Geostud]

^Great work!

I admire the firm LTL Architects for their use of economical design techniques using inexpensive materials in unexpected ways. They do a lot of work on small restaurant interiors in New York:

Tides Restaurant

Xing Restaurant

Fluff Bakery

ltlwork.net

 

[ms-nietzsche]

^I really like those!

 

[Marvystone]

I think domestic architecture in Japan is really something and Suppose Design is quite representative of that..

They seem really mindful of the uses and applications of space, they tend to a sort of minimalist aesthetic
but still manage (somehow) to create a feeling of each house's presence..
suppose.jp

 

[turnofflights]

i love the 5th... but these are residence?

 

[sarehak]

Some buildings I've been attracted to during my intro to Arch class:

Guggenheim by F. L. Wright

bc.edu

Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe

lab404.com

"Falling Water" by FLW

vinci.org
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