Designed by XTEN Architecture, this cliff house has been amazingly designed and built on the exclusive area Sunset Boulevard of Hollywood Hills, California. The site is narrow and sloping sharply, and then the house is built to be 4,499sqf or 418sqm with opened plan to the panoramic view of the landscape and city view under the hills. The architects designed the first floor as the living area by maintaining the walls extended to the hillside as well as creating gardens on a couple levels of the house. The two levels are connected well to the gardens with the glass panels in the front, rear and side.
To design the house well openly to the beautiful view outside, wall panels are applied in various versions. About 44 sliding glass walls in 7 feet of width and 10 feet of height are applied; making the concrete house looks floating and allowing amazing view visible from the inside while simply connecting to the terraces and gardens outside through the glass doors.
Nice balance is given to the glass panels with sculptural and solid elements made of dark stained oak, stones, tinted concrete and also plaster. The connecting of indoor and outdoor is also designed by applying the same pebble flooring on the whole house, terraces, and also decks. Meanwhile, the finishing is done in various and multiplicity ways that continue the open plan of the house.
When we heard about Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center, our opinion would be directly guided to an amazing simple and elegant building in Berkeley, California. This is a great building that has been renovated few times. Historical renovations given to the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center makes it better along the time. Some common accessories such as ceiling fans, thermal mass and natural ventilation belong to the building give so many advantages to the operation of the building and the maintenance.
The renovation done by ELS Architecture and Urban Design looks special because what they have given to the MLK Civic Center makes it looks and feels better. The decision to replace existing perimeter steam radiators with hot water radiators means better efficiency. It can be felt also from the concrete structure in the open corridors. This building also applies green building strategies, includes installing high efficiency fluorescent lighting, photometric control, central ceiling fans, programmable thermostat and motion sensors.
With additional public space on the penthouse level, this MLK Civic Center provides a magnificent view directly to the bay. Because of the renovation, Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center has given some awards, including from Saving by Design Honor, California Historic Preservation and Special Recommendation Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Read the rest of this entry »
There are many buildings in this world that are famous on its architecture. With the great designs and construction of the exterior and the interior of the buildings, all of the building becomes really phenomenal and famous. Boston city hall is one of the famous buildings because of this building shape and design. It is not only famous because of its function that is as the center of the government or the hall of the city but also it is famous ion its building architecture that is interesting.
Knowles, Kallmann, and McKinnell as the architect of this buildings work so hard for this building. It uses the precast concrete for the system of the construction for this city hall building. The Brutalist Modern style is chosen as the building style for this city hall. The architects use the great dentil on the monumentally as the accent and shade device. It is so amazing.
The public part of this place is actually in the ground with the opened area that is linked to the interior and the plaza. It gives the great atmosphere for the public place. The great design that is well organized represents this building as the city hall building. Read the rest of this entry »
Museum is identic to the classic building that sometimes it is not interesting anymore. However, we can get the unique museum with the interesting designs, which is the Hirshhorn Museum. It is the museum of art that takes place in Washington DC. We could not imagine that it will be the classic and old buildings because it will be totally wrong. This art museum is really modern. The architect, Gordon Bunshaft, choose the modern style for this art museum. With the great design and construction of this museum, it becomes the interesting modern museum.
There are only few art museums that use the modern style for the building. The architect uses the concrete as the system of the construction for this art museum. This building consists of three stories that are quite great with the unique design of the building. With the curve design of the whole building make this art museum becomes really unique and modern.
It becomes more unique yet beautiful by the existence of the courtyard that is round with the sculpture that is around the building. It looks so unique outside and it does not look like an art museum. However, the modern design makes it to be interesting.
The building of the factory of AEG in Moabit, Berlin is the great master piece from the architect of Peter Behrens. It is the great building architecture that uses the unusual designs. The system of the construction is also great by using the steel and glass as the great combination even it is the unusual thing. It is the great master piece of the architectural for the factory or working place that grab the attention of some people to give their comments.
Behrens give the great effects by designing the great truss construction for this factory building. The trusses are pulled outside and through the iron truss and the glass area that is drawn inside. The façade which is monumental with the corner pylon that is built from the thin shell of concrete grab the criticism and comments from another architects, such as Ludwig Hilberseimer. The use of the corner pylon can be said as the unnecessary construction.T2C77G7X5MS4
Behrens actually produce the great structure for the building that can be the great attention of this building. He does not use the tradition from the architecture that is commonly used. He combines the art and the architecture as well. Read the rest of this entry »
