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UK, publisher of Wallpaper* and other iconic brands about its goods and services, and those of its carefully selected third parties. Please tick here if you'd prefer not to hear about: Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy Architecture news Mediterranean modern: the first house from architect Lydia Xynogala 6 Jan 2017 Pavilion party: the architects packing a big punch with small structures James Turrell and Schmidt Hammer Lassen collaborate to extend a Danish art museum 5 Jan 2017 Type hype: Ben Adams Architects design new office for Monotype Flow rider: Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe designs a cascading East Coast condominium Class act: 6a Architects design accommodation for Cambridge students 4 Jan 2017 Colour block: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes International Towers in Sydney 3 Jan 2017 2 Jan 2017 28 Dec 2016 27 Dec 2016 26 Dec 2016.

Future house design concepts. Apartment building design concepts. Office building design concepts. Unbuilt Buildings: 12 Awesome Future Architectural Designs. 50 Most Amazing Buildings of the World. Though it looks like some sort of painting by a drunk painter.

50 Most Amazing Buildings of the World

But this is a real house located in Rezydent Shopping Center in Sopot, Poland. It is claimed to be the most photographed building in Poland. It is spread to an area of 4,000 square meters. Designed by Architect: Szotynscy Zaleski The Crooked House 2. Architect: Heinz M. 3. The first things you notice are the giant egg sculptures along the roofline. 4. This may look like a picnic basket kept in the park. 5. This installation is permanent, on a much larger scale, and is designed to conceal the library’s car park. 6. Cheval began the building in April 1879. For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. 7. Iconic Architecture and Design. Five famous architects and their most iconic buildings. So many great architects’ buildings have graced our skylines and decorated our cities that it’s almost impossible to pick the best and brightest.

Five famous architects and their most iconic buildings

Here is a list of five famous architects and their most iconic designs. Antoni Gaudi - Sagrada Familia in Barcelona This famous Spanish architect, born in 1852 in the Catalonia region, has come to epitomise Spanish architecture. A devout Catholic he believed he could glorify “God” by taking his architectural inspiration from nature. This appears to have worked rather successfully - Gaudi’s various creations are a kaleidoscope of curves, different textures and bright colours.

Frank Lloyd Wright – Fallingwater & the Guggenheim museum in New York When you are considered by many to be one of the greatest modern architects of all time, it becomes a tough job to pick one building that best represents your work. Frank Lloyd Wright is one such architect. [Image Credit – Brian Donovan] [Image Credit – John Chandler] Frank Gehry - Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Iconic Architecture : ICONIC WORLD. 22 world famous buildings to inspire you. We've selected the 22 of the most famous buildings in the world, and explain a bit about why they deserve to be in the list.

22 world famous buildings to inspire you

Whenever we travel to far-flung places, we're attracted to the famous buildings. It's not that most of us have a deep interest in the technicalities of architecture. It's more about how the designs of these buildings reflect the era and culture in which they were built. Much like a photograph, architectural designs record details of specific moments in time. But unlike an photograph, physical structures go on to have a life of their own, becoming a central and functional part of countless people's lives for hundreds, if not thousands of years after they were built. 01.

The latest addition to New York's skyline, the One World Trade Center, is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The One World Trade Center's design is no coincidence, standing at a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541m) in a direct nod to the year of the US Declaration of Independence. 02. Commercial & Home Design Ideas. 13 July 2015 Modularize your home – three modular furniture concepts As you probably know by now, we’ve got a love of things modular.

Commercial & Home Design Ideas

Like our prefabricated homes these furniture concepts use modular construction methods to create an array of different configuration possibilities. Check out a few of our favourites below: Hash, is a graphic modular bookshelf with diagonal slats that act almost like a cage. 28 May 2015 Conservation-friendly swirl faucet Water may be a liquid, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be manipulated. Simin Qiu, a design student at London’s Royal College of Art, has created a faucet which takes the idea of a sink sprayer and makes it more beautiful. 30 April 2015 St Kilda East Sleek internal and external finishes marries aesthetics and functionality in this beautiful 2-storey modular home in St Kilda East.