Since 2014, MPavilion has been Australia’s answer to the Serpentine Pavilion. Every year, an excellent architect is chosen to design a public pavilion for temporary use in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens.
Nexus World is an urban housing experiment in Fukuoka Japan, masterplanned by 2019 Pritzker Prize laureate Arato Isozaki in 1991. The neighbourhood presents a 90’s vision of future urbanism, an
Somehow I had never heard of the amazing Leeum Museum until researching for a recent trip to Seoul, Korea. The world class cultural institution was created by the electronics conglomerate
On a recent visit to Seattle, I was most excited to see this incredible library designed by OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architecture) for the first time. The building is groundbreaking
Few people know that OMA (The Office of Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas’s groundbreaking firm) designed an experiential retail store for Samsung in Singapore! OMA states that: “Mobile devices have transformed
The Interlace is an award winning megacondo development by local developers CapitaLand and designed by legendary starchitect Rem Koolhaas’s firm, OMA (this project was led by ex-OMA-partner Ole Scheeren, who has
As modernist architects broke free from vernacular architectural languages and developed a homogenised international style, many created sterile spaces and places out of touch with the decorative warmth of historical forms
In the past century, a global proliferation of dense cities filled with high-rise towers has quickly become a dominate form of human habitation. Skyscrapers around the world generally follow an
As the longest running scripted show on TV, “The Simpsons” has been a cultural icon for more than 20 years. What better way to find out the world’s most universally
I attended university at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, Illinois (USA). This institution was founded by Mies van der Rohe, who designed the campus masterplan and the
Check out these inspirational architectural plans, sections, and elevations from various architects: Zaha Hadid Skydeck Chicago Peter Cook Media-tic Barcelona Norman Foster Aqua Tower Rem Koolhaas Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Yokohama
Here’s a list of ten of the coolest buildings I’ve seen in my architectural travels: 1. McCormick Tribune Campus Center by Rem KoolhaasChicago, United States This building is just fantastic,
PART 1 CONSTRUCTIVISM AS AN ANTIDOTE TO STIFLING MODERNISM MODERNISM: A PARADIGM FOR NEW-FOUND MODERNITY At the beginning of the 20th century, world culture began a period of rapid lifestyle
A Modernist paradise- Chitown! DOWNTOWN Marina City by Bertrand Goldberg (exhibition at the Art Institute in 2012) Santa Fe Building by X (The Chicago Architecture Foundation and a lot of
My time-lapse ride to school on the Chicago ‘El’, specifically the CTA Green Line from the Illinois Institute of Technology to the Loop (Downtown). This train line was part of
As the global construction industry and property markets continue to fluctuate, Singaporean developers are building big, hiring internationally acclaimed starchitects and building megacondo developments with multiple towers, thousands of units,
Concept & Material by Bernard Tschumi lecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, 09 April 2012 “By removing the words roof and wall from our vocabulary, we would be liberated as
J Mayer H Reflections at Keppel Bay by Daniel Libeskind Tatlin’s Tower by Vladmir Tatlin Marina Bay Sands by Moshe Safdie Singapore City Gallery at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)