Blogs Posts in Modern Architectures category; 549 blog posts

Wood Architecture

Treasure-house of historic fittings and furnishings for sale, known simply as Dacha'. More radically, Moscow practices Savinkin/Kuz'min and First Architectural Studio/ARP Studio have designed out-of-town homes that use stacked logs as a maj [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Residential architecture of Belvedere Residence

The primarily vertical organization of this house takes advantage of its steeply sloped site on the southern coast of Belvedere, an island in San Francisco Bay. The four-story facade facing the water commands views across the bay towards [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

New look for CT icon

The relentless regeneration of Cape Town's CBD received yet another boost recently with the launch of the new look ABSA Centre at 2 Riebeek Street to the property broker community. The skyscraper has been a landmark in the city’s for [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Crossway eco home vaults into future

The term "eco home" is now so used and abused that it barely retains any trace of meaning. So when we learn that Channel 4's Grand Designs is to feature yet another eco home this week it's tempting to pre-emptively reach for the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Architecture design for Beverly Hill Hotel

The plan for the revitalization of the Beverly Hilton Hotel site embodies the essential elements of 21st century, environmentally responsible, technologically advanced modern architecture and integrated landscape design. At this prominent [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Ice Hotel Architectur

There are a lot of Ice Hotel around the world,but Jukkasjarvi in Swedish Lapland is one of the best,because. It's not just a hotel,it's a museum of Ice Art,I put some pictures of this nice hotel and also some information about it.The meani [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Is it a Slide or a Building?

Today in class, I liked how we were talking about modern architectures and their meanings behind the structure. I searched Goggle to find cool architectures and this one apartment complex in Denmark caught my eye. The building is modern w [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Modern architecture - Farnsworth House

The one-room, steel-and-glass house designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe that has been called one of the most important works of 20th century architecture. Located in a beautiful meadow on the banks of the Fox River two miles south of Pl [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

National Swimming Center, Beijing

The striking exterior of the National Swimming Center, being constructed for the 2008 Olympic Games and nicknamed, the "Water Cube," is made from panels of a lightweight form of Teflon that transforms. The building into an energy [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

The Modern Architecture

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition modern architecture new architectural style that emerged in many Western countries in the decade after World War I. It was based on the "rational" use of modern materials, the principles of [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Sustainable Architecture Conference in Libya is Looking for ...

Here at Green Prophet we’ve covered a variety of conferences, with the most recent being a seminar in Jerusalem about architecture (coming up on January 25th).We have yet to cover a conference (let alone an environmental conference) i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

That '70s Kitchen, Refined

Susan and Bill Firestone didn't undertake their kitchen renovation project lightly: They know that theirs isn't just any modern house. Built during the 1970s, the two-story stucco home on a quiet suburban street in Western Massachusetts i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

A Modern Architectural Gem

It's going to take a special couple, single person or small family to come along and fall in love with the mid-20th-century modern house designed by architect Philip Johnson at 523 Oenoke Ridge. In New Canaan. Johnson, one of the renowned [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

China's Top 10 cultural events in 2008

The second phase of the construction project of the National Library of China (NLC), a new library, was opened to the public on September 9. Covering an area of 80,538 square meters, the new library can sit 2,900 readers and accept 8,000 v [...]