#archicherries

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Oakland Museum, California, 1968, (Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates)  

Landscape and building as one indivisible unit.

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Brick Origami

LSE Saw Hock Student Centre / O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects, 2013

The faceted facade of the building is composed of both solid and perforated brick areas and glazed screens.The perforated planes are constructed from a single leaf of brickwork with spaces in the flemish bond pattern to allow light to both infiltrate the interior spaces and filtrate out at night to create a pattern effect.

46 standard and 100 non-standard brick specials were used for the project.

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Walter Maria Förderer: St. Nicolas, 1962 – 1971

Concrete is particularly suited for designs of plastic, sculptural nature. This brutalist architect’s designs are full of abstract shapes and openings that form mysterious caverns. What is all of this trying to express though?   

Photo credit: Trevor Patt