*️⃣Broad Museum

Architect #DSR #DillerScofdioRenfro #Diller #Scofdio #Renfro
City #LosAngeles
Country #USA #NA

🔤Dubbed “the veil and the vault,” the museum’s design merges the two key programs of the building: public exhibition space and the storage. Rather than relegate the storage to secondary status, “the vault” plays a key role in shaping the museum experience from entry to exit.

Its heavy opaque mass is always in view, hovering midway in the building. Its carved underside shapes the lobby below and public circulation routes. Its top surface is the floor of the third floor galleries.

The vault is enveloped by the #GFRC “veil,” a porous, honeycomb-like, exterior structure that spans across the block-long building and provides filtered natural daylight. The museum’s “veil” lifts at the corners, welcoming visitors into an active lobby. The public is then drawn upwards via escalator, tunneling through the vault, arriving onto nearly an acre of column-free gallery space bathed in light which specially diffused not to damage an exhibition.

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Colour #white
Function #public #museum
Feature #interior
Address: 221 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States
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*️⃣Media-TIC

Architect #Cloud9
City #Barcelona
Country #Spain #EU

🔤The ETFE skin is arranged as inflatables that have up to three air chambers. This not only improves the thermal insulation, but also allows the creation of shade through a pneumatic system. The middle layer is the one that manages to create the shadow. The first layer is transparent, the second and the third, have an inverse design pattern that, when deflated and put together, shadows creating a single opaque layer. #sustainability

In addition, it is non-stick, which prevents it from getting dirty and requiring cleaning maintenance. And it does not lose its characteristics of elasticity, transparency and hardness over time.

One of the facades has a temperature sensor system that activates a vertical cloud of nitrogen particles that, with the air generated by the ETFE #polymer coating, protects the interior of the building from solar radiation and cools it. #kinetic

Project was selected by #WAF as the best building of the year 2011. #award

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Colour #green
Function #office
Feature #adminvisited
Address: Carrer de Roc Boronat, 117, Sant Martí, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
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*️⃣Petronas Towers

Architect #Pelli #Clarke #PelliClarke
City #KualaLumpur
Country #Malaysia #AP

🔤Rising from the site of a former racetrack, the Petronas Towers established Kuala Lumpur as the cultural and commercial capital of a nation poised for the future.

The Petronas Towers blend Islamic tradition with cutting-edge technology, breaking away from the typical international skyscraper style. Their design originally featured a 12-pointed star—a classic Islamic motif—but was changed to an 8-pointed star at the request of Malaysia's Prime Minister to better reflect Islamic symbolism.

This unique fusion of ancient geometry and modern engineering makes them more than just towers—they’re a cultural statement.

Since opening in 1997, the Petronas Towers have proven a vibrant engine for economic development, a beating heart for Malaysian culture. #retro

Project was selected by #CTBUH as the Global Icon Award in 2024. #award

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Colour #metallic
Material #aluminium
Function #office
Feature #skyscraper
Address: Petronas Twin Tower, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088, Malaysia
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#bonus@simoderna (The Entrapment 1999 movie had scenes filmed here)

*️⃣Temple of Monte Grisa

Architect #AntonioGuacci #Guacci
City #Trieste
Country #Italy #EU

🔤One of the Temple of Monte Grisa’s most distinctive features is its triangular geometry, an overt symbolic reference to the Holy Trinity.

Designed by Antonio Guacci and constructed between 1959 and 1966, the church is one of Italy’s most unusual examples of mid-20th-century religious architecture. The temple was conceived as a national Marian shrine, a spiritual landmark dedicated to Mary, Mother, and Queen. Unlike traditional churches that seek warmth and intimacy, Monte Grisa’s abstract geometries and raw materiality create an experience that can feel detached and austere.

Just as the human body is made up of cells, so the Temple of Monte Grisa is made up of concrete ribbed hexagons. – Antonio Guacci

Light plays a crucial role in shaping the atmosphere of Monte Grisa. The triangular perforations in the façade allow filtered daylight to penetrate the interior, casting an ever-changing pattern of shadows across the walls and floor.

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Material #rawconcrete
Function #religious
Feature #retro #interior
Address: Salita di Contovello, 455, 34017 Trieste TS, Italy
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*️⃣Mediopadana Station

Architect #Calatrava #SantiagoCalatrava
City #ReggioEmilia close to #Bologna
Country #Italy #EU

🔤In 2002, the City of Reggio Emilia contracted Calatrava to create a new gateway to Reggio Emilia from the north.

The succession consists of 25 steel portals spaced approximately one meter apart. The repetition of the sequence reaches the total length of 483 meters, which creates a dynamic wave effect. The wave lines on both the floor plan and elevation give rise to a three-dimensional sinusoidal volume.

The new station can also be experienced as a landmark along the A1 'Autostrada del Sole' that runs parallel to the railway line.

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Colour #white
Material #steel
Function #transportation #railway
Address: Via Città del Tricolore, 42122 Reggio nell'Emilia RE, Italy
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