#us architecture

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A forecast of rain was actually a sunny day, so I hit the streets of Philadelphia on my bike.

[thearchitecturalsite]

In honor of Louis Kahn's birthday today: Yale Center for British Art #1974Architecture New Haven 'The Yale Center for British Art was designed by the internationally acclaimed American architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974). Located across the street from his first major commission, the Yale University Art Gallery (opened in 1953), the Center was Kahn’s final building and was completed after his death. It was the first museum in the United States to incorporate retail shops in its design. The Center’s exterior of matte steel and reflective glass confers a monumental presence in downtown New Haven. The geometrical four-floor interior is designed around two courtyards and is comprised of a restrained palette of natural materials including travertine marble, white oak, and Belgian linen. Kahn succeeded in creating intimate galleries where one can view objects in diffused natural light. He wanted to allow in as much daylight as possible...' Yale Center for British Art http://britishart.yale.edu/architecture Photographer Danny Navarro. Flickr https://flic.kr/p/p1v44Z

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Tadao Ando, Lunder Center at Stone Hill #2008Architecture Williamstown, MA “I want to create intense yet quiet buildings where the voice of their creator can be heard, and to realize spaces ... that promote conversations with natural materials, where one can feel light, air, and rain,” says architect Tadao Ando, designer of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. Since its completion in 2008, the Lunder Center at Stone Hill has fulfilled all of Ando’s goals. Conceived as a sanctuary in the woods to be discovered at the end of a winding path, the Lunder Center is a contemplative retreat with two small galleries and a seasonal café that affords magnificent views of the Taconic Range, the Green Mountains, and Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts... The Lunder Center at Stone Hill's steel and concrete block construction is partially clad with red cedar boards that are weathering to a soft gray, complementing the concrete that was poured into forms lined with pine boards etched with acid to accentuate the pattern of the grain.' The Clark http://ift.tt/2lIWe0s Photography Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism. Flickr http://ift.tt/2lc9Uy5

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"SIZE MATTERS: Architectural Stories for Growth from the USA and Greece" by Archisearch with the support and collaboration of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce GRAND SPONSOR: IDEAL STANDARD SPONSOR: MAKT “(Sustainable) Development” is key and the goal of all political leaders in every country. Most of the times, size matters since the biggest the goal and ambition, the most promising the campaign. But is “big” also “beautiful”, or the other way around? And when it comes to fine-tuning and detailing a vision, who is responsible for the feasible realization of a dream? Greek Architects and Academics will come to present examples of big scale architectural projects, through their experience and insight. Simultaneously, Greek architects involved in the largest, current projects in Greece will present the reality and the potentials from our Country, the way such large-scale interventions can affect the city in a cultural and economic aspect but also will pinpoint the challenges of the architectural process. The conversation of what is currently happening in both countries and how the philosophy and approach of each country could contribute (or not) to the other. Is Bigness ultimate architecture? Rethinking Bigness: Large Questions and Architectural Smallness. Discussion Panel Introduction Remarks by the Curator & Moderator Architect Laertis Vassiliou (LAAV Architects) about the subject Discussion with moderation by the Curator Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou of (LAAV Architects) for Archisearch with Giorgos Mitroulias [AREA - Architecture Research Athens], --Eleanna Makridou [Makridis Associates Architects] (International Technology Epi-Center, MAS - Makridis Associates Architects Thessaloniki) and Andreas Ventourakis -[BETAPLAN Architects] (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center) The panel  zooms-in from the large urban/public realm development scale to the building scale and detailing and see that architecture offers solutions in all scales. Big has been proven to be good only for marketing purposes and election campaigns, problems need to be solved on a different scale and manner. Presenting the sequel “Make Details Great Again” where from the stance of Architecture, we suggest a different approach to solve current problems and achieve greatness. USA Architecture & Design Week will take place at Thessaloniki in Partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce next (December, 2018) #designambassador #archisearch #AMCHAM #USA #AmChamGr #USPavilion #USATIF2018

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Richard Meier, Douglas House #1971Architecture Harbor Springs, Michigan 'The Douglas House third floor, facing west, looking onto stairway to second floor and "floating" stairway to first floor' Michigan State Historic Preservation Office 'The Douglas House is dramatically situated on an isolated site that slopes down to Lake Michigan. So steep is the fall of the land from the road down to the water that the house appears to have been notched into the site, a machined object perched in a natural world. The entry to the house extends beyond the building envelope. Here, as the sharp downhill grade of the land requires the house to be entered at roof level, it takes the form of a flying bridge that seems to shear off the top of the frontal plane... Once inside the entry vestibule, the views opens to the west, down to both the living and dining levels, and out to a large roof deck overlooking Lake Michigan... Horizontal circulation moves along four open corridors, stacked one above the other behind a screen wall. Internal and external staircases provide vertical passage at the corners.' Richard Meier & Partners Architects http://www.richardmeier.com/?projects=douglas-house-2 Photography Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Flickr https://flic.kr/p/NAeH8P