Herzog de Meuron - Dominus Winery, Yountville CA 1998. Three tiers of gabions hold rocks in varying sizes, creating a somewhat abstract classical hierarchy of scale while providing a thermal skin that combats the region’s extreme temperatures. Photos (C) Margherita Spiluttini.
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As part of a project to bring public function to Ecology Island in Central Park, a neglected corner of Dartford, architects of Studio Weave have designed a colourful building to act as jolly custodian for the re-imagined park … The timber-clad structure is an outdoor classroom, dyeing workshop, art studio, bird-watching hide, tree house and park shelter all rolled into one … The cladding is decorated with a pattern called Joy designed by graphic designers Nous Vous.
Read more: Ecology of Colour, Dartford, Kent // Studio Weave | Afflante.com
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Motoazabu Apartment sYms by Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect & Associates
Photography by Shigeo Ogawa
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Zamora Offices by Alberto Campo Baeza, Spain
This could just as well be made of air…
House Bross - Alberto Kalach,A
Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects
Photography by Patrick Bingham Hall