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Architect #Snohetta
City #Spangereid
Country #Norway #EU

🔤Upon arriving at the site, the visitor’s impressions of the unruly outdoors quickly dissolve as they are ushered through into the hushed, oak-clad foyer. Here, rough, wooden finishes and the sweet scent of timber transition into an elegant, oak staircase as one descends into the building. Dark, raw steel railings with brass tube handrails lead downwards to a softer interior as the ceiling surface changes from oak to textile. The warm, welcoming atmosphere inside the restaurant instills a sense of awe and mystery.

As a metaphor for the journey of descent, the color of the textile-clad interior turns darker and more intense the deeper one goes below water. The bespoke textiles stretched over custom acoustic panels, reference the colors of a sunset dropping into the ocean, accompanying one’s passage down the stairs.

On the mezzanine level and bar area, where the building touches the sea, a vertical window is cut into the side of the building, extending from above sea level down to the seabed. The window reveals the convergence of sea and air, with the volatile waterline dancing to the intensity of the wind. The view from the window will evolve gradually throughout the day and seasons, with the color of the water shifting from sapphire blue during a cold winter day, to emerald green in the summer season, when the algae set in.

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Colour #teal #black
Material #wood #textile
Function #hospitality #restaurant
Feature #onwater #interior
Address: 4521 Båly, Norway
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*️⃣Ludwig Erhard Haus

Architect #Grimshaw #NicholasGrimshaw
City #Berlin
Country #Germany #EU

🔤The steel-clad building is comprised of fifteen steel arches of progressively differing spans that create a ribcage that undulates in height. The unusual shape responds to exacting building restrictions while maximising use of the site.

Inside, vast, open-plan floor plates are supported by the ribcage and a series of slender, fire-resistant steel hangars, with an expansive boulevard at ground level creating a central public thoroughfare.

The atria draw natural daylight deep into the heart of the Ludwig Erhard Haus and, as a complement to this downward movement of light, also house the aesthetically dynamic aluminium-clad lifts that soar upward towards the offices, offering views over Berlin as they scale the full height of building.

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Colour #metallic
Material #steel
Function #office
Feature #retro
Address: Fasanenstraße 85, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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*️⃣The Eden Project

Architect #Grimshaw #NicholasGrimshaw
City #Bodelva
Country #England #EU

🔤Grimshaw's starting point was the geodesic system made famous by the American architect Buckminster Fuller, who designed the Montreal Biosphere in Canada. Before Eden, Grimshaw had designed a similar structure for Waterloo International Station in London. The geodesic concept provided for least weight and maximum surface area on the curve – with strength.

The clay pit was still being mined when the Biomes were designed. In the face of this constantly shifting landscape, Grimshaw hit on the idea of soap bubbles. Basing the ‘lean-to’ Biome structures on soap bubbles was a perfect way to build on the uneven and shifting sands of the pit.

The steelwork weighs only slightly more than the air contained by the Biomes. The structures are more likely to blow away than down, so are tied into the foundations with ground anchors, a bit like tent pegs.

Although our ETFE windows are very light (less than 1% of the equivalent area of glass) they are strong enough to take the weight of a car. What’s more, ETFE can transmit UV light, and is non-stick and self-cleaning.

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Material #polymer
Function #public #orangery
Address: Bodelva, Par PL24 2SG, United Kingdom
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*️⃣Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore

Architect #XLiving (X+Living)
City #Chongqing
Country #China #AP

🔤Once inside, scattered “lampshade-shaped bookshelves” are found throughout the dark brown lobby. Visitors can feel as if they were in a bright and warm private study when they read in the warm light projected from inside the lampshades.

Further down the corridor is the main study, a “ladder hall” where the stair double as bookshelves and the mirrored ceiling overhead doubles the size of the already astonishing room. Space allows visitors to rest on the shelved steps and be immersed in books and thoughts.

Up to the 4th floor from the “ladder hall” is a leisure area, where visitors can enjoy the aroma of coffee or a taste of good tea and immerse themselves into a tranquil world of different stories by reading.

Project was selected by #Archdaily as the best building in interior category in 2020. #award

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Colour #black
Material #wood
Function #public #library
Feature #interior
Address: 3rd and 4th floor. Chongqing Zodi Plaza, Yangjiaping Street, Jui Long Po District, Chongqing City

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*️⃣Reichstagskuppel

Architect #Foster #NormanFoster
City #Berlin
Country #Germany #EU

🔤In 1992 Foster and Partners was one of fourteen non-German practices invited to enter the competition to rebuild the Reichstag. The practice won the competition after a second stage in 1993. The building s transformation is rooted in the Bundestag's significance as a democratic forum and a commitment to public accessibility, a sensitivity to history. #context

At the core of Reichstag's #glass cupola a light sculptor reflects horizon light into the chamber. A high-tech shield monitors the path of the sun and electronically controls the light emitted through the dome. #kinetic

As night falls, this process is reversed. The cupola becomes a beacon, signalling the transparency and vigour of the German democratic process.

And Foster frequently notes the important symbolism of the public and the politicians entering the building through the same entrance, under the classical pediment inscribed, “To the German People.”.

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Function #public #observation
Feature #renovation #interior
Address: Reichstag Building, Platz d. Republik 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany
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