Frank Gehry has been fascinated with fish since his childhood when his grandmother would keep live carp from the local market in the bathtub (before cooking them). He has used
On the outside, Frank Gehry’s DZ Bank building appears to be a sleek, simple, but typical Berlin building. Inside, the building is an explosion of incredible forms, described by Gehry
A rare look inside Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion in Millenium Park, Chicago during a recent open house. Images by Jonathan Choe
Weisman Art Museum on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus by Frank Gehry, including the recent addition!
Will Bruder and I agreed the other day that this is possibly the best building in the midwest: The Walker Art Center one of the incredible custom materials in this
Singapore is filled with cool architecture. But there are almost as many amazing building designs from over the years that were never built! Here are some of the coolest ones:
The Seattle Museum of Pop Culture (previously known as the Experience Music Project) was completed in 2000 by starchitect Frank Gehry. Opened soon after his landmark project in Bilbao, the
Cardboard isn’t a material that designers use often. But it is a readily available, surprisingly resilient, and recyclable material that is remarkably adaptable to a variety of design uses. Frank
Photo by Jonathan Choe The highly anticipated National Gallery Singapore opens to the public this week as a fitting culmination to the city-state’s SG50 golden jubilee celebrations. The new National
This post is the article form of a presentation urbanARCHnow was invited to give at ArchiFest Conversations 2015, a series of informal short presentations by speakers from various backgrounds, followed by a
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
I began painting nearly ten years ago, with little formal training except studies in photographic composition and architectural design. In the course of my architectural studies, I became interested in
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
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,
Here’s a first-year project in architecture school at the Illinois Institute of Technology: to mimic the qualities of a designer chair with cardboard. Check out my project (right) emulating the
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
Throughout the centuries, Chicago’s people built a city to match the imaginations of its residents. Now, Chicago is trying to deal with its lavish cultural past, during present economic realities
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
CITY The Pompidou Centre by Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano Shigeru Ban’s studio at the Pompidou Centre The Louvre by IM Pei The Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel IRCAM Extension
Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe La Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudi Suites Avenue Building by Toyo Ito Porta Fira Towers & Expo by Toyo Ito Fish Sculpture by Frank
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)
