Category: Architecture
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Tadao Ando’s Hill of Buddha
Added to the architectural must-see list is the Makomanai Takino cemetery in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo. For 15 years, the Makomanai Takino cemetery was home to a stone Buddha that sat alone in a field, before the owners decided they wanted to do something to give visitors a more serene appreciation of the figure.…
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Villa Ypsilon, by LASSA
A stunning three-bedroom holiday home overlooking olive groves on Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula.
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Vlooybergtoren
In the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant stood a wooden lookout post for taking in the view of the countryside and Kabouterbos forest.
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Pigeon Loft, by Schmidt Architects
Inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, the Pigeon Loft was built using materials left over from previous Schmidt projects.
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New York skyline: 1500-2015
Elevators to the observatory at the top of 1 World Trade Center show an animated time lapse that recreates the development of New York City’s skyline, from the 1500s to today.
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Two Hulls
Brian MacKay-Lyons of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has been awarded the 2015 RAIC Gold Medal for his body of architectural work. The Gold Medal is the highest honour the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) can bestow, recognising “a significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture.” The Two Hulls house stood out from Brian’s portfolio, built on…
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Diogene
Water is collected by the house itself, cleaned and reused, and the house supplies its own power.
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SODAE house
“In a nature area between Amsterdam, Amstelveen and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, lies the Kostverlorenkade 1; an island measuring 1200m2. Here, VMX built a 500m2 house. The starting point for the concept was the perception of the landscape, the distant high buildings of the Zuid As and the Rembrandt Tower as well as the view…
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Chalet C7, Portillo, Chile
Chalet C7 is in the Andes Mountains, 2,900 metres above sea level, and a few miles from Mount Aconcagua. The chalet overlooks the Inca Lagoon with the “Tres Hermanos” peaks in the background. “The project was organized as two superposed volumes inserted in the topography. Below, a strong stone body shelters the private areas of…
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Buzludzha monument, Bulgaria
Captivating, otherworldly photos of Buzludzha, Bulgaria, by photographer Timothy Allen.