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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.

Guillermo del Toro

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Hyperrealistic & Architectural Acrylic Paintings by Ben Johnson

British artist Ben Johnson composes stunning architectural paintings, which impressively resemble photographs of monumental structures and pristine modernist interior in his series Time Past Time Present. His artistry and technique capture the intricacy of the tiles and its luxurious colors. The reflection of every surface is elegantly and meticulously depicted in the pool and floor tiles. Johnson also beautifully illustrates every glare and shadow made by the grandiosity of the architecture and its high arches.

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Untitled by Old Chumn

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Sunflower House by Cadaval & Solà-Morales

Located in front of the Mediterranean sea, owners Mel and Geoff wanted a house completely exposed to the ocean view and landscape. Designers Cadaval & Solà-Morales call it a sunflower house because it is a solar collector. Open to the sea and sunlight, it traps and uses natural energy. 

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Mirror Houses by Peter Pichler

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Respect the Architecture by Franck Bohbot

Brooklyn-based, French artist Franck Bohbot’s photography focuses on the beauty of public spaces. "Respect the architecture” captures the exquisiteness and significance of some of the most iconic buildings in history, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Palace of Versailles.

View this entire project here!

View his other projects in cinema, theaters, and libraries here!

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"García" Zen Garden

Located on the first floor of an old 18th Century House turn into Corporate offices of a clothing retail mexican company called "Almacenes García", the courtyard that once had an out of use fountain, was instead treated as a quick "getaway" of the "day to day" work rush and transformed as a kind of "zen" hardscape garden.

via DLC Architects

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Mulberry House

Located at the corner of Houston and Mulberry Street in Manhattan's NoLita neighborhood, Mulberry House consists of 8 full-floor, 3 bedroom residences, and one triplex penthouse. Its proximity to the Puck building, notable for its decorative brickwork, as well as contextual zoning regulations dictating a “predominantly masonry” façade, led to the contemporary reinterpretation of this ancient art form as a design objective. The rippled brick façade treatment acknowledges the fact that the brick is panelized not load bearing, and at the same time pays tribute to the highly articulated historic brick façades in the neighborhood. 

via SHoP Architects

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Architectural Anime by Axel de Stampa

via 1week1project.org/

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Thomas Aquinas College, Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel

EverGreene was commissioned to design the details and fabricate the monumental plaster ornamentation, including major and minor order Corinthian column capitals and entablature, the entry pediment, based on the architect's original schematic design.

Duncan G. Stroik Architect, LLC EverGreene Architectural Arts

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ARCHITECTURAL POETRY 

The Harmony of Design & Education | Panta Rhei is a school located in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Designed by i29, they have created a simple and unique space for its students. Allocating poems dealing with friendship, insecurity, and identity by Dutch poet, Erikjan Harmens, on different walls and floors of the institute; i29 has designed a multifunctional space for motivation, creativity, while simultaneously removing distraction. 

The school’s identity and milieu is inspired by the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus’s, aphorism: “panta rhei,” meaning “everything flows.” Each space is transcendent. There are no limitations as to what room is restricted to a specific area of study. Art, math, science, and literature are not constricted by its surroundings, instead they are equally stimulated. 

The simplicity of the design and the complex meaning is explicit. The language of its architecture is clean, progressive, and simple without becoming overindulgent. 

Photography: Jeroen Musch

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Less is more.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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America's Best Architecture

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California Desert House by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg

 The Desert House by architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg. Just a stone’s throw from Joshua Tree National Park, the Desert House stuns with its array of cast-concrete slabs that cover the home in a way that’s both ancient and futuristic all at once. It took about a decade for Kellogg and designer John Vurgin to complete after they were commissioned by artist Bev Doolittle and her husband to create something spectacularly unique. From the parasol in the dining room made of some 800 pieces of sandblasted glass to the master bedroom’s self-standing bronze washing basin, the Desert House is a piece of art that doubles as a home. And because of that, it costs $3 million.

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Every Morning, This Stunning Mosque Is Illuminated With All Of The Colors Of The Rainbow

When someone brings up historical architecture, we picture beautiful arches, towering spires, sculptures and stone walls, but most of us probably don’t think of bright and vibrant colors. Nasir al-Molk Mosque, as illustrated by these photographs, is a striking and strong exception to the idea that historical structures might have been somewhat lacking in colors. Not only are its stained-glass windows richly colored, but its walls feature a beautiful and vibrantly colorful array of painted geometric tiles.

Construction on the mosque was begun in 1876 and completed in 1888 in Shiraz, Iran by the order of Mirza Hasan Ali Nasir al Molk, a lord of the Qajar dynasty. The stained glass windows capture the morning light and create a glorious play of light on the floor of the mosque, earning it the name of the “Pink Mosque” and inviting these photographers to capture its beauty. Although some of the tiles that decorate it are rose-colored, it seems like the mosque includes almost every color under the sun.

The mosque features many elements of traditional Islamic architecture like iwan arches and a central fountain for ablutions, but stained-glass windows are relatively rare. Only a few other mosques, like the Masjid al-Aqsa and the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, feature stained-glass windows.

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Sou Fujimoto to construct the second architectural folly of the 21st century

it has been announced that sou fujimoto has been chosen to construct the second architectural folly of the 21st century in montpellier, france. the winning multidisciplinary team also includes french practices nicolas laisné associés (NL*A) and manal rachdi oxo architects.

  the 17-storey mixed-use tower will accommodate residential units, office space, an art gallery, restaurant and a panoramic bar. a cross-cultural endeavor, the scheme embodies today’s montpellier, with an integration of japanese and mediterranean styles. the structure is strategically located between the city center and the newly developed districts of port marianne and odysseum, midway between the old and new districts of the town.

  named the ‘white tree’, or ‘arbre blanc’, the 10,000 square meter structure grows organically out of the ground, with a natural form that appears to have been sculpted over time. the scheme’s various branches also provide selected areas of shade for adjacent properties. each of the highrise’s residents will select a preferred floor plan from a list of possible layouts, encouraging ‘free choice architecture’ with a series of modular spaces.

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Elevated Minimalist House Designed for a Photographer

Welsh architectural practice Hyde + Hyde Architects transformed an unused quarry into a residential area when they built a unique home for a photographer on the edge of Brecon National Park in Pontypridd, Wales. To avoid touching the walls of the quarry, Hyde + Hyde came up with the innovative solution of elevating the building off the ground, creating a distinctive house that intrudes on the surrounding landscape as little as possible.

The rectangular abode features sleek, minimalist design on both the exterior and interior, providing an abstract backdrop that allows the owner to shoot or display his photographic works as needed. Large windows open up the home to natural light and the quiet beauty of the natural surroundings around the house. According to the architects, the elegant building is designed to "collect light and focus on distant views like a camera Obscura," providing even more inspiration for the resident photographer.

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