Can architecture be from outer space?
The quickly growing city of Dalian asked architects to create a functioning conference and opera center, but also a visual landmark for the city—something that could become an icon for the local community and excite an international audience. The result is almost entirely self-referential, as if an alien ship landed on the banks of Dalian’s port. The building doesn’t look to context for its
reference, it looks to the future. It’s a hopeful symbol of what the city will become: a place activated by visitors, commerce, and culture.
Architecture doesn’t predict the future, it creates the future.
Dalian International Conference Center. Dalian, China COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
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The quickly growing city of Dalian asked architects to create a functioning conference and opera center, but also a visual landmark for the city—something that could become an icon for the local community and excite an international audience. The result is almost entirely self-referential, as if an alien ship landed on the banks of Dalian’s port. The building doesn’t look to context for its
reference, it looks to the future. It’s a hopeful symbol of what the city will become: a place activated by visitors, commerce, and culture.
Architecture doesn’t predict the future, it creates the future.
Dalian International Conference Center. Dalian, China COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
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Can architecture swoop?
The Soviet Union was well known for its imposing and rigidly monumental architecture. When Azerbaijanis looked to create a new cultural center in their capital, they made an extreme departure from precedent. The building rises out
of the landscape in a series of undulating curves to enclose over 57,000 square meters of space. The design represents the fluid relationship between the city
and what happens inside the cultural center.
Architecture can create new landscapes.
Heydar Aliyev Center. Baku, Azerbaijan ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS
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The Soviet Union was well known for its imposing and rigidly monumental architecture. When Azerbaijanis looked to create a new cultural center in their capital, they made an extreme departure from precedent. The building rises out
of the landscape in a series of undulating curves to enclose over 57,000 square meters of space. The design represents the fluid relationship between the city
and what happens inside the cultural center.
Architecture can create new landscapes.
Heydar Aliyev Center. Baku, Azerbaijan ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS
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Is pretty a public amenity?
In case you were wondering, this shape is called a rotated rhomboid. Clad in
sixteen thousand hexagonal tiles, this Rodin sculpture museum’s muscular
structure is wrapped in a shimmering mirrored skin. The pattern references
Mexico City’s traditional colonial ceramic-tiled building facades and, like those
buildings, changes in appearance with weather and the viewer’s vantage point,
becoming a sculpture itself.
A museum can be as important as the art within.
Museo Soumaya. Mexico City, Mexico FR-EE / FERNANDO ROMERO ENTERPRISE
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In case you were wondering, this shape is called a rotated rhomboid. Clad in
sixteen thousand hexagonal tiles, this Rodin sculpture museum’s muscular
structure is wrapped in a shimmering mirrored skin. The pattern references
Mexico City’s traditional colonial ceramic-tiled building facades and, like those
buildings, changes in appearance with weather and the viewer’s vantage point,
becoming a sculpture itself.
A museum can be as important as the art within.
Museo Soumaya. Mexico City, Mexico FR-EE / FERNANDO ROMERO ENTERPRISE
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Can architecture be an Olympic sport?
Ski jumping is a death-defying sport; athletes risk life and limb to launch themselves impossibly high into the air. The village of Holmenkollen, in Norway, has been home to the most legendary jumps of the last century, and a recent
international competition aimed to raise its reputation even higher with a new sports campus and jumping hill. Clad in stainless steel mesh and cantilevered 226 feet, the ski jump is the longest of its kind, making sure it is always the center of attention.
Architecture gives you wings.
Holmenkollen Ski Jump. Oslo, Norway JDS ARCHITECTS
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Ski jumping is a death-defying sport; athletes risk life and limb to launch themselves impossibly high into the air. The village of Holmenkollen, in Norway, has been home to the most legendary jumps of the last century, and a recent
international competition aimed to raise its reputation even higher with a new sports campus and jumping hill. Clad in stainless steel mesh and cantilevered 226 feet, the ski jump is the longest of its kind, making sure it is always the center of attention.
Architecture gives you wings.
Holmenkollen Ski Jump. Oslo, Norway JDS ARCHITECTS
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Can architecture be pixelated?
A building that’s a simple cube is complicated by a facade of square panels in ten colors—just like a pixelated image. The playful design breaks down the form of the office, but it also performs the serious task of concealing the proprietary research and development conducted by the technology company within.
Architecture can keep secrets.
Frog Queen. Graz, Austria SPLITTERWERK
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A building that’s a simple cube is complicated by a facade of square panels in ten colors—just like a pixelated image. The playful design breaks down the form of the office, but it also performs the serious task of concealing the proprietary research and development conducted by the technology company within.
Architecture can keep secrets.
Frog Queen. Graz, Austria SPLITTERWERK
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