Architecture

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Architecture is a science, art, and technique of planning, designing, and building structures on the landscape of earth – and is different from the skills employed in the construction of those structures. As an art form, architecture is a way in which we express ourselves and our ideas on the earth’s environment. As with other art forms, the architectural process, design, and the final products are subject to cultural, technological, and stylistic changes.

Architectural products, such as buildings, dams, and stadiums, are typically seen as cultural perceptions and symbols expressed in the form of art. These works don’t just offer protection, workspaces, or shelter; they also represent cultural and human ideals.

What is Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower all about?

Architecture, Installations, Light Installations / 5 minutes of reading
The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial crafted by Japanese-American artist and musician Yoko Ono. She created this in tribute for her deceased husband and legendary member of The Beatles, John Lennon. The Imagine Peace Tower is Yoko’s largest work of art to date. It took her three years to develop it alongside her engineers. […]

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Architecture Studio Ensamble & their weird & impressive sculptures

Architecture, Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
Ensamble Studio, an architect studio, persisted in finding a balance between architecture, art, local fauna, and the ranching activity in the area. The architects behind Ensamble Studio resorted to natural elements to shape the site-specific architecture in alignment with nature. They worked with the existing material at the art center, from rocks to earth. And

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Edoardo Tresoldi’s wire mesh Coachella sculpture

Architecture, Sculptures / 4 minutes of reading
In recent years, Edoardo Tresoldi has made a name on the artistic stage by creating near-transparent sculptures made from wire mesh. His works take the form of humans, animals, and buildings. These sculptures are placed in public spaces in music and art festivals, group showings and public events. He has designed impressive installations placed in

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Junya Ishigami’s Art Biotop Water Garden – Is this architecture?

Architecture, Installations, Japanese architecture / 5 minutes of reading
Junya Ishigami is a Japanese architect. He was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1974. In 2000, he obtained a master’s degree in architecture and planning at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He had a short stint working at Kazuyo Sejima between 2000 and 2004 at SANAA. Accomplishments Right after leaving SANAA, he

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Diller Scofidio’s Blur Building – A massive fog machine

Architecture / 3 minutes of reading
Vaporization and nothingness are likely to be the two words that emerge in your mind when you look at The Blur Building. The architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio built it specifically for the 2002 Swiss Expo, which took place in Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland. The temporary media pavilion became an artwork that attracted tons of visitors.

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Phillip K. Smith’s colorful Skybridge transforms Detroit’s skyline

Architecture, Installations, Light Installations / 3 minutes of reading
In Larned, Detroit, a towering bridge connects two skyscrapers. It’s a bridge that strikes from afar with its extraordinary grace. It combines the vintage-styled Guarding building and the iconic One Woodward. Soaring in the 16th floors of the buildings, it illuminates the street with its dancing and moving colors. The Skybridge is a rare project

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Huang Yong Ping’s Bank of Sand – A clever 20 ton sculpture

Architecture, Sculptures / 6 minutes of reading
In 2018, Gladstone Gallery in New York presented a rare spectacle of art; Bank of Sand, Sand of Bank. A thought-provoking artwork, from renown Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping. Bank of Sand, Sand of Bank is a monumental piece, stretching 6 meters in length, 4.3 meters in width, and standing 3.5 meters tall. Modeled after

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Martin Kippenberger’s metro stations in the strangest places

Architecture, Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
Martin Kippenberger was one extraordinary artist who could make art using any available medium. His projects were nothing short of exploration, first of the models and then of the history. If there was ever a creative who successfully interrogated art from a political perspective, Martin Kippenberger was his name. Kippenberger used irony in his work

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The extraordinary Moriyama House – By SANAA’s Ryue Nishizawa

Architecture, Japanese architecture / 4 minutes of reading
Moriyama House (2005) is a perfect example of a home designed to represent a community, while at the same time connecting the inside and outside. The building is located in Kamata, Tokyo and the brainchild of Ryue Nishizawa of Pritzker Prize-winning architectural firm SANAA. The multi-building residence consists of ten separate buildings, ranging from 1

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Nigeria’s Makoko Floating School – Everything you need to know

Architecture / 4 minutes of reading
Global warming has become one of the most prominent issues in today’s world. As a result, water levels are rising, and people who live in coastal communities have come across a series of challenges. However, some might not need to worry about it too much. Some architectural possibilities are emerging to help them adapt according

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Candida Höfer helps you discovering the world’s most stunning libraries

Architecture, Photography / 5 minutes of reading
Nobody ever thinks of standing in the library aisles to take photographs, apart from Candida Höfer of course. She not only does a great job of bringing out the beautiful aspects of the spaces between books she takes but also captures the intensity of the reading mood. With no effort to stage any of the

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Why did Rachel Whiteread’s House earn her the title Worst Artist?

Architecture, Sculptures / 4 minutes of reading
Documentary: Rachel Whiteread, House (1993)Watch this video on YouTube 26 min How Rachel Whiteread became famous Is it possible to illustrate memory or lack of it? This is exactly what the sculptures made by Rachel Whiteread strive to achieve. She was born in London in 1963, where she lives and earns a living as an

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