buildings, next level

[btbam]

That image of the church, the chairs.. Amazing.
I love those chairs!!!

[lowrey]

yea that image is quite breath taking

[swych]

i meant info on the kyoto conference centre.

sorry for the last poorly written post; just edited it for better comprehension.

[lowrey]

google it, I'm sure theres info. its designed by Sachio Otani. the Kyoto Protocol was actually signed there.


some work by Takao Shiotsuka:

[jcotteri]

Kinda regretting that is didn't go there now ML

I guess next time..

For now i found this building quite amazing, unfortunately my camera is playing up so i will post only one of my shots Designed by Metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake

[btbam]

I love the rawness of the images you posted ML.

Jes, what photo did you take i cant tell haha

[diamonds]

as promised

Charles Moore Sea Ranch Condominium. Probably one of the best buildings ever.

ahh wood.

Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Ghost project is in a similar vein to that ranch... i like

[jcotteri]

I love the rawness of the images you posted ML.

Jes, what photo did you take i cant tell haha

top one my man, see how the shutter is not fully open as in the black section in the corner, also the picture is not focused properly..

[asho]

^
apart from sheer size, what do you find amazing about that building?

[Chinorlz]

it'd be my dream to have Tadao Ando design my house... definitely be bookoo bucks though and he's certainly not getting any younger :(

[kunk75]

saarinen's twa terminal is the only reason i fly jetblue

[Heirloom]

ooh, i will have to see saarinens airport someday before I die. it's seriously one of my favourites.

[SHYE_POSER]

London Metropolitan University by Daniel Libeskind

[deleuze]

Agree on Libeskind, his work for the most part is repetitive and uninspired with little thought given to the environs and use of space. ROM crystal, Imperial War Museum, London library, Denver museum, all a big yawn that is nearly as tiresome as Hadid. But colossal jutting assymetric objects is what draws the public's attention.

[surver]

luce chapel by chen chi-kwan

i agree, some of the best architecture doesn't see the light enough due to various circumstances such as low-key personality of the architect, marginalized attention of a certain place/country by media, etc..

here is one. it is a small chapel designed and built in the late 1950s-early 1960s by an architect called chen chi-kwan. he is actually much more known in the states and europe as one of the most prominent pioneering modern artists of chinese descent; incidentally, the national palace museum in taipei is currently running his 90yr retrospective exhibition that i helped curate :) here's the link for those interested: http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh98/Chikwan/

his professional career, however, was as an architect; who went to taiwan to work on the masterplan of the tung-hai university campus and the chapel in collaboration with i.m.pei. and although pei claims the designs as well, it has been widely proven by scholars, professionals, critics, etc that everything was designed by chen chi-kwan.

anyway, enough said; alot more background in the npm site or google search. here're some pictures of the chapel...