*️⃣The Great Peace Tower

Architect: unknown
City #Osaka
Country #Japan #AP

🔤The 180m #white cenotaph is dedicated to the souls of all war victims in history, regardless of race, ethnic group, sovereign state, border, region, religion, religious denomination or creed, hence the official Japanese name, Chōshūha Bankoku Sensō Giseisha irei dai heiwa kinen tō, meaning non-denominational war victims great cenotaph tower to pray for peace (shortly, The Great Peace Prayer Tower).

There is a belief that the PL initially asked Pablo Picasso to design the tower, but the famed Spanish painter abandoned the project because it was architecturally difficult to achieve.

The previous leader, Tokuchika Miki, kneaded clay on his own to design a statue pointing to heaven under the theme of “Truth is One.”

Under the Aviation Law, the tower was required to be painted red and white, like Tokyo Tower. But the PL’s PR magazine at the time said it was “exempted from the rule thanks to compassionate handling by the transport ministry.”

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Material #shotcrete
Function #religious
Feature #retro #skyscraper
Address: GH3P+29 Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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*️⃣National Museum of Qatar

Architect #JeanNouvel #Nouvel #AJN
City #Doha
Country #Qatar #ME

🔤The building's dramatic shape is inspired by the desert rose – a mineral formation created when minerals crystallise below the surface of a salt basin into an array of flat plates resembling rose petals

Symbolically, its architecture evokes the desert, its silent and eternal dimension, but also the spirit of modernity and daring that have come along and shaken up what seemed unshakeable. So, it’s the contradictions in that history that I’ve sought to evoke here.”

“I wanted to create a structure that evoked the local geography and, in keeping with the tradition of the place, to ensure that it offers maximum protection from the sun.” – Jean Nouvel.

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Material #gfrc
Function #public #museum
Address: 7GQX+8P Doha, Qatar
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*️⃣Philharmonic Hall Szczecin

Architect #BarozziVeiga #Barozzi #Veiga
City #Szczecin
Country #Poland #EU

🔤The building is charged with expressive power, concentrated in the pattern that gives shape to the roof and its crowning perimeter. This power is the result of the influence of certain Central European expressionist architectures. From the outside, the building is perceived as a weightless volume in which the aluminium and glass facade – sometimes translucent, sometimes opaque – transmits expressive qualities depending on its use.

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Colour #white
Material #aluminium
Function #entertainment #concerthall
Feature #nightlight
Address: Małopolska 48, 70-515 Szczecin, Poland
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*️⃣Tondo Bridge

Architect #KGDVS
City #Brussels
Country #Belgium #EU

🔤Named after the tradition of the 'Tondo', a circular renaissance painting, it's shaped like a ring, and tucked between the two facades.

There is a generous walk around an enclosed outer space, which also functions as an escape and meeting space. At the same time, the ‘detour’ also allows the height difference between both buildings to be bridged by means of a single, accessible slope of 4%.

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Colour #reflective
Function #transportation #bridge
Feature #adminvisited
Address: Leuvenseweg 44/40, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
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*️⃣Faena district

Architect #RemKoolhaas #Koolhaas #OMA
City #Miami
Country #USA #NA

🔤OMA has designed three buildings for the three block site along Collins Avenue - an arts center, retail bazaar and car park.

The Faena Bazaar is a #refurbishment of the historic Atlantic Beach Hotel, built in 1939 and designed by prominent Miami Beach architect Roy France, whose work includes the Saxony and Versaille opposite the site. The Bazaar preserves and restores the existing lobby and facades, while reprogramming the building for retail. #heritage

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Colour #white
Material #concrete
Function #mixeduse #public #museum #transportation #parking #retail #mall
Feature #district
Address: 3300 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140, United States
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