A personal review of design creations
#Landmark – The Humboldt Forum In Berlin - Part 2 - A Contemporary Home for the Arts
The partial reconstruction of the Berlin Palace was made under one condition: the castle should always remain recognisable from the outside but its interiors is now dedicated to Exhibitions, Ethnography and Asia Arts.
Part 2 – The Humboldt Forum - A Contemporary Home for the Arts
#Landmark - Eglise St Joseph in Le Havre
Here’s an indisputable but rather unknown landmark in France: the Saint Joseph’s Church in Le Havre, France.
#ConcreteWeek - Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears
In Sicily, the island of Gods, one is more used to see Greek temples and heavy baroque churches… except for this one in the centre of Syracuse…
Day 4: Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears, Italy.
#ConcreteWeek – Contemporary Brutalist
After a successful #BrickWeek, here is the #ConcreteWeek, another series dedicated to another material that I particularly like: concrete.
Day One: Contemporary Brutalist House, Brazil
#BrickWeek 1 - Krushi Bhawan
For indoor or outdoor, for humble shelters or sophisticated homes, bricks are providing solutions for every architectural need. Today’s project involves bricks of course but much more by supporting local craftsmanship too.
Season One, Episode Three: India.
#RamadanSeries – The Abrahamic Family House
The last post for the 2020 Ramadan Series, we look towards the future with an interfaith complex unveiled in September 2019…
Season 2 - Episode 4: The Abrahamic Family House
#RamadanSeries - Shah Faisal Mosque
The journey continues but this week, we look at one of five biggest mosques in the world. Imagined in 1966, this building is a splendid realisation by a Turkish architect.
Season 2 - Episode 3: Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre
It is not the first mission on Mars; it is not another science fiction movie; it is real and it happens in the UAE, in the desert of the Emirate of Sharjah: the Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre.
Oodi - Helsinki's New Central Library
In just three months, the new Helsinki Central Library Oodi welcomed one million visitors. The new building by ALA Architects has won several prizes too.
The Cathedral of Aviation turns into Iconic Hotel
When it opened in 1962, Eero Saarinen’s Trans World Flight Center immediately became an iconic architectural masterpiece. After years of closure and being threatened to be destroyed, welcome to the TWA Hotel.