Cool Modern Architecture

[amor de cosmos]

http://www.archdaily.com/72443/45-faber-park-ong-ong/

[amor de cosmos]

the future is now!

Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne of Morphosis is known for creating incredible structures with complex organizational systems that form their own micro-worlds. Mayne's design of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science is no different, but unlike his other buildings, which maintain an unbroken and stoic disposition, the Perot Museum capitalizes on an abundance of natural light and an incredible, wrapping xeriscaped terrace. Hosting two diverse and expansive ecologies, which include a forest of large native canopy trees and a balcony of native desert flora, the museum's design truly exemplifies the intersection of both nature and science.

http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/11/morp...d-nature-meet/

[HooverDam]

The upcoming Scottsdale Museum of the West looks like its going to be terrific:

Jones Studio, Inc. looked to the Old West to inspire the Museum’s signature architecture. They were inspired by faded photos of the wooden storefronts and covered walkways of Old West towns, and moved by sunbeams illuminating the dusky interior of ranch barns. They transformed the simple, rounded shape and woven pattern of a straw hat into a grand and graceful structure that provides welcome cover from the desert sun.

Jones Studio architects were guided by the aesthetics of weathered buildings, and have begun to search for innovative materials to unequivocally demonstrate the museum’s theme “where the Old West meets the New West.” Furthermore, Scottsdale’s commitment to socially responsible, green building design will insure that the construction embodies the principles of sustainability and that the project is a model for architectural practice in the New West.

[brickell]

Originally Posted by amor de cosmos

How can you have an "abundance" of natural light when there's only 5 windows?

[Aleks]

maybe there's an atrium? or tall roofs?

[wrab]

Originally Posted by Aleks

maybe there's an atrium? or tall roofs?

The building has a skylit central atrium like the Guggenheim in NYC (and, like the Guggenheim, it arranges the galleries from top to bottom along a ramp):



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[amor de cosmos]

looks awesome!

[amor de cosmos]

Tehran Business Hotel / Bonsar Architecture Studio
Architects: Bonsar Architecture Studio
Location: Gandhi St., Tehran, Iran
Client: Moshar, Biria and Partners
Project architect: Mohammad Majidi
Design Collaborators: Azar Farshidi, Mehran Haghbin, Hoda Sharifian, Hossein Salavaty Khoshghalb, Anahita Tabrizi, Nima Dehghani, Mehdi Kamboozia, Zahra Khaniki, Bahar Ehsan, Shahram Khosravi
Structural Engineering: Farid Farzadnia
Mechanical consultant: Ahmadreza Ghavami
Project Area: 12687 m²
Plot Area: 1000 m²
Project Year: June 2010

http://www.archdaily.com/72900/tehra...ecture-studio/

Hanil Visitors Center & Guest House / BCHO Architects
Architect: Byoungsoo Cho
Location: 77, Pyeongdong-ri, Maepo-eup, Danyang-gu, Chungbuk, Korea
Project Team: Nicholas Locke, Youngjin Kang, Taehyun Nam, Greg Hale, Seunghyun Kim
Consultants: Mark West, C.A.S.T. University of Manitoba
Site area: 3,957 sqm
Gross floor area: 648.9 sqm
Total floor area: 1,031.2 sqm
Design Year: 2007-2008
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Yong Gwan Kim

http://www.archdaily.com/72484/hanil...ho-architects/

[Nowhereman1280]

Originally Posted by brickell

How can you have an "abundance" of natural light when there's only 5 windows?

I would say its more of an abundance of ugliness rather than natural light...

[Cirrus]

I really don't get the "box with a gash through it" fetish.

The atrium looks cool though.

[amor de cosmos]

The new Transbay Terminal will feature rainwater and greywater catchement systems, wind turbines, geothermal power supply, and a massive rooftop park. The current CalTrain tracks will extend into the heart of downtown to meet it.

Although Los Angeles has had success revitalizing its classic Union Station, San Francisco is tearing down and rebuilding, to the dismay of some. However, as indicated by the power-gathering for its first step forward, the center aims to be a cultural force as well — a representative of the West. So while the grey deco columns of the current station will disappear, the hope is that in their place will rise a vibrant and sustainable point of connectivity.

http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/12/san-...ransit-center/

[Jasoncw]

I feel like a lot of architecture tries to look as unintuitive as possible.

I think that this is done to imply that there's some kind of alternative or new rationale for the organization of the building, or that the form is being responsive to the functions of the building. It's common for paper/academic projects to "reinterpret" or "rethink" the program of the building, or the circulation diagram, or some other aspect of the building, and understandably this can result in nonstandard forms.

But since those are the trendy kinds of art projects, those are the types of projects that are built for clients who want to be artsy. And I think this has developed into a kind of "aesthetic of the unintuitive."


Parametric design falls into the same category. The forms of parametric buildings are always very unintuitive, but we as the audience know that they were generated by computer algorithms, etc., so they must ACTUALLY be extremely intuitive.


This plays into themes like, "contradiction" "blur" "irony" etc. which still dominate the architecture world. The buildings might be shiny and minimal, but I think architecture is still in postmodernism. This makes sense, since the professors and practicing architects of today went to school during the height of postmodernism.


So these buildings are supposed to be unintuitive, strange, or even ugly, because that communicates to us that they're fancy art projects, and everyone "in the know" will know that there are actually complicated essays and elaborate diagrams and collages which explain why the forms are actually very intuitive.

[RLS_rls]

^Whats intuitive to one person might not be to another, right? Maybe these buildings are designed as forms and then given a purpose later. Or maybe curvaceous glass, twisted metal, and bold concrete is just a style. Maybe architects ignore intuitive design, and just create a collection of shapes and spaces and let the end users give it meaning? Maybe I don't know what you're talking about? lol

Those last three you posted Amor are fantasic. I'm a fan of the Perot museum. It's big and bold, as any self-respecting Texas building should be lol

[amor de cosmos]

In Progress: Multi-functional Sports Hall / SADAR + VUGA
Architect: SADAR + VUGA
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Consultant: KSS – London
Structural engineers: Atelier One – London, Gradis, Elea iC
Mechanical engineers: Lenassi, Jelen & Završnik
Electrical services: Elprojekt, Utris, Genera
Fire engineers: EKOsystem
Traffic & Site engineers: LUZ
Building area: 14,100 sqm
Total floor area: 35,500 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Ziga Cebasek, Barbara Jakse Jersic

http://www.archdaily.com/72610/in-pr...ll-sadar-vuga/

[amor de cosmos]

modular skyscraper:

Malaysian architect Tay Yee Wei recently unveiled a towering vertical city populated with hexagonal housing units that offer a solution to urban population growth problems in Asian cities. The tower itself serves as a scaffolding — as the population of urban areas fluctuates, modular units can be “plugged in” to the structure to accommodate an expanding population.

http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/18/plug...vertical-city/

[staff]

The Himalayas Center in Shanghai is nearing completion;




http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=10717

[Atomic Glee]

Originally Posted by amor de cosmos

That thing's awful. Aside from the debate one could have about its looks, it's incredibly sorry urban design. It's up on a pedestal that's just solid blank walls. Completely ignores the street, and won't exactly be helping the planned nearby transit stop either. I just love that the solution to the problems Victory Park has (many of which stem from its cold, blank architecture and poor urbanism) is, it's thought, *more* cold, sterile starchitecture.

Dallas has so much potential, if they'd just stock suckling at the starchitecture teat for a while. The only one of their recent Arts District projects that isn't awful is the Winspear.

[amor de cosmos]

Guangzhou Opera House, Hadid









http://www.archdaily.com/74541/guang...se-zaha-hadid/

[amor de cosmos]

apartment buildings in Lebanon







http://www.archdaily.com/74913/apart...-design-group/

[amor de cosmos]

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters Towers designed by Aedas (the world’s fifth largest architecture firm) in collaboration with Arup will reach a height of 145m (476ft) and will be completed in 2012. The design occupies two sites at the Al Qurum Beach and will act as a gateway to the city providing working areas and private amenities for 2,000 people.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/abu...rs-aedas-arup/