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- 50 Most Popular Houses
- Alliance 1892 – Cognac Distillery Museum & Warehouse / TOTEMENT/PAPER
- 1303_IH House / Albert Brito Arquitectura
- Tom's Hut / raumhochrosen
- CJ Blossom Park / CannonDesign
- 10 Contemporary Japanese Homes Pushing The Architectural Envelope
- Workshop in Italy Constructs Rammed Earth Structures to Rescue Constructive Traditions
- KS Residence / Arquitetos Associados
- 10 Interventions on Historic Buildings
- 7 Game of Thrones Locations You Can Visit in Real Life
- Watt Family Innovation Center / Perkins+Will
- Innovative and Beautiful Uses of Brick: The Best Photos of the Week
| Posted: 16 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The halfway point of 2017 has come and gone, and this year is already shaping up to be the biggest and best in ArchDaily history: in six months, we've published more than 2,000 built projects of all different shapes and sizes from locations all over the world. The Quest / Strom Architects - UK  The Quest / Strom Architects. Image © Martin Gardner Five Terraces and a Garden / corpo atelier - Portugal  Five Terraces and a Garden / corpo atelier. Image © Ricardo Oliveira Alves TinkerBox / Studio MM Architect - USA  TinkerBox / Studio MM Architect. Image © Brad Feinknopf Binh House / Vo Trong Nhia Architects - Vietnam  Binh House / Vo Trong Nhia Architects. Image © Hiroyuki Oki skinnySCAR / Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman - The Netherlands  skinnySCAR / Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman. Image Courtesy of Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman Flying House / IROJE KHM Architects - South Korea  Flying House / IROJE KHM Architects. Image © Sergio Pirrone Rural House / RCR Arquitectes - Spain  Rural House / RCR Arquitectes. Image Courtesy of RCR Arquitectes Lee&Tee House / Block Architects - Vietnam  Lee&Tee House / Block Architects. Image © Quang Dam Backwater / Platform 5 Architects - UK  Backwater / Platform 5 Architects. Image © Alan Williams Concrete Box House / Robertson Design - USA  Concrete Box House / Robertson Design. Image © Jack Thompsen Cantilever House / Design Unit Sdn Bhd - Thailand  Cantilever House / Design Unit Sdn Bhd. Image © Lin Ho Photography IT IS A GARDEN / ASSISTANT - Japan  IT IS A GARDEN / ASSISTANT. Image © ASSISTANT Marble House / OPENBOX Architects - Thailand  Marble House / OPENBOX Architects. Image © Wison Tungthunya CASWES / TOOP architectuur - Belgium  CASWES / TOOP architectuur. Image © Tim Van de Velde Landform House / A61architects + YYdesign - Russia  Landform House / A61architects + YYdesign. Image © Ilya Krunchinin MA House / Cadaval & Solà-Morales - Mexico  MA House / Cadaval & Solà-Morales. Image © Sandra Pereznieto Bare House / Jacobs-Yaniv Architects - Israel  Bare House / Jacobs-Yaniv Architects. Image © Amit Geron LA House / Studio Guilherme Torres - Brazil  LA House / Studio Guilherme Torres. Image © MCA Estúdio Grown House / FHHH FRIENDS - South Korea  Grown House / FHHH FRIENDS. Image © Kyung Roh Courtyard House / FIGR Architecture & Design - Australia  Courtyard House / FIGR Architecture & Design. Image © Tom Blachford Rock Creek House / NADAAA - USA  Rock Creek House / NADAAA. Image © John Horner Allen Key House / Architect Prineas - Australia  Allen Key House / Architect Prineas. Image © Chris Warnes B14 / Studio Granda - Iceland  B14 / Studio Granda. Image © Sigurgeir Sigurgeirsson Padival House / Anahata - India  Padival House / Anahata. Image © Shamanth Patil J. PM House / FGO/Arquitectura - Mexico  PM House / FGO/Arquitectura. Image © Gloria Medina Armadale House / Robson Rak Architects + Made By Cohen - Australia  Armadale House / Robson Rak Architects + Made By Cohen. Image © Shannon McGrath House for Weekends / SBM studio - Ukraine  House for Weekends / SBM studio. Image © Ivan Avdeenko Walnut Tree House and Terrace / PRO S - Croatia  Walnut Tree House and Terrace / PRO S. Image © Jure Zivkovic Maria & José House / Sergio Sampaio Arquitetura - Brazil  Maria & José House / Sergio Sampaio Arquitetura. Image © Leonardo Finotti Haus am Stürcherwald / Bernardo Bader Architekten - Austria  Haus am Stürcherwald / Bernardo Bader Architekten. Image © Gustav Willet Guworld The Courtyard House / De Rosee Sa - UK  The Courtyard House / De Rosee Sa. Image © Alexander James Photography Stone Court Villa / Marwan Al Sayed Inc. - USA  Stone Court Villa / Marwan Al Sayed Inc.. Image © Matt Winquist Photography MeMo House / Bam Arquitectura - Argentina  MeMo House / Bam Arquitectura. Image © Jeremias Thomas House in the Dune / Luciano Kruk - Argentina  House in the Dune / Luciano Kruk. Image © Daniela Mac Adden House in Trees / Anonymous Architects - USA  House in Trees / Anonymous Architects. Image © Steve King Single Family House / Outline Architecture Office - Romania  Single Family House / Outline Architecture Office. Image © Sorin Diaconescu RAVE / Tom Mahieu Architect - Belgium  RAVE / Tom Mahieu Architect. Image © Yannick Milpas North Bondi / CplusC Architectural Workshop - Australia  North Bondi / CplusC Architectural Workshop. Image © Murray Fredericks Casa Clara / 1:1 Arquitetura Design - Brazil  Casa Clara / 1:1 Arquitetura Design. Image © Edgar Cesar House H / HAO Design - Taiwan  House H / HAO Design. Image © Hey!Cheese Gallery House / Neil Dusheiko Architects - UK  Gallery House / Neil Dusheiko Architects. Image © Agnese Sanvito The Lookout at Broad Cove Marsh / Omar Gandhi Architect - Canada  The Lookout at Broad Cove Marsh / Omar Gandhi Architect. Image © Doublespace Photography The Qiyun Mountain Tree House / Bengo Studio - China  The Qiyun Mountain Tree House / Bengo Studio. Image © Chen Hao Casa Kwantes / MVRDV - The Netherlands  Casa Kwantes / MVRDV. Image © Ossip van Duivenbode B' house / 100 A associates - South Korea  B' house / 100 A associates. Image © Yadah House Cave / UMMO Estudio - Spain  House Cave / UMMO Estudio. Image © David Vico Tropical House Urveel / Design Work Group - India  Tropical House Urveel / Design Work Group. Image © Photographix Atrium House / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter - Sweden  Atrium House / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. Image © Åke E:son Lindman The Bear Stand / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - USA  The Bear Stand / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Image © Nic Lehoux Garden House / CONNATURAL - Colombia  Garden House / CONNATURAL. Image © Isaac Ramírez Marín  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Alliance 1892 – Cognac Distillery Museum & Warehouse / TOTEMENT/PAPER Posted: 16 Jul 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Anna Ponomareva
 © Anna Ponomareva From the architect. The building is located in Kaliningrad region in old German town which was seriously damaged during World War II. In an empty place adjacent to the railroad a modern plant of cognac production was built. Our task was a warehouse building project which apart from its main function - storing cognac tierces – would serve as a place of meetings and communication, guests reception as well as a symbol of creation and rebirth, demonstrating the role of the plant in the city life.  Sketch The applied while considering all the parts of the project has led us to creation of an extremely symbolical architectural ensemble.  © Anna Ponomareva Starting with the notion that the initial material cognac manufacturing deals with is a grapevine (a most mystical image in Christian symbols, embodying the sense of Tree of Life as well as Eucharist and Paradise (Holly Fire)) and wine (Divine Blood), — we decided to place the form under the authority of literary symbols, which are to create the images of harmonious interaction of various symbols and signs, sometimes opposite and antagonistic, but making stable pairs, giving rise to a new symbol.  © Anna Ponomareva  Section  © Anna Ponomareva Internal and external, male and female, low and high, closed and opened, wood and metal – here is just a short list of pairs, which we used in order to create shapes of the buildings.  © Anna Ponomareva A low wooden building, serving as a warehouse, embodies an image of Earth "giving birth to" – it is an image of a woman protecting and bearing. It is bound to the earth tightly, grows into it, grows from it and protects and preserves a birth in it. It is an Yin sign, deep, cool, low — internal.  © Anna Ponomareva A high capacity made from metal is reaching for the sky and is associated to light, mind, external, male. It is slightly liable and mobile, opened (the capacity has simply been torn and burns like a candle at night).  © Anna Ponomareva The low part of the capacity is turning into a ladder, which as a triangle runs into the horizontal capacity, allowing visitors to examine the warehouse interior, without entering. At the same time a tail of the wooden block on the other side also gets into the corpus of the high capacity as a triangle. In this plexus they give birth to a space between and inside themselves, organizing the around space together.  © Anna Ponomareva Buildings have been designed basing on the same geometrical platform (by which they are connected to the cognac distillery main building and to the site geometry as well). Each line both horizontal (according to the plan) and vertical (facades and sections) has been determined by a complicated geometrical scheme, which itself has formed the capacities of the buildings, and the architects appeared to be just tools of this structure, after it had been created by them.  © Anna Ponomareva The third object — a checkpoint, is the beginning — the gates to the following stage of the project — the creation of a park — a new line.  © Anna Ponomareva  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 1303_IH House / Albert Brito Arquitectura Posted: 16 Jul 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Flavio Coddou
 © Flavio Coddou From the architect. We had the opportunity to work in a blacksmith workshop to turn it into a home. Despite the need to completely change the configuration of space and structure we have tried to preserve the spirit of the workshop, the cranes, the light the systems and the materials.  Axonometric The house is deep and narrow. The main parts are placed at the ends in the facades leaving a big light void in the middle. The project focuses on strengthening the relations between the inhabitants of the house through the introduction into this big void of a metal structure hanging different spaces which are suposed to maximize these relationships.  © Flavio Coddou This superstructure is also hanging a spiral staircase that widens and tightens leading to these different indeterminate spaces to the top terrace. These spaces also cause the appearance of two interior facades treated in the same way as external that give some autonomy to each of the most private parts of the house.  Section This project is a clear example of how our study incorporates into project processes of what Smithson called "as found". The introduction of what we found as a rereading of what the place was once enriched the intervention along with the new inhabitants provide.  © Flavio Coddou  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Jul 2017 05:00 PM PDT  © Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel
 © Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel From the architect. If a mental coach is also an Austrian songwriter, living his life between extremes, he needs a place, a wooden wilderness and a hut far out as a balance to his life in the middle of the town.  © Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel This simple house refers intensively to its environment, follows the contour of a previous, decaying building and was really drafted around a man and his passions. An angular shape encloses space on two levels life in this retreat. Firmly closed on all sides with wooden bars, the hut can open his windows to different views.  © Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel Totally made of wood and prefabricated it provides everything you need in a such a confined space. The hut as a striking identity becomes a partner, a place of retreat, but also for hospitality and personal development. Arrive, find shelter, rest, nourish yourself and find balance within. Then the view outside into the wild. Vision.  © Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CJ Blossom Park / CannonDesign Posted: 16 Jul 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett
 © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett From the architect. A new world-class research and development headquarters for CJ Corporation repositions the company's operations into a new interdisciplinary format that will increase efficiency, create a culture of integrated innovation, and accelerate speed to market.  © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett Conceived as "The Only One," this unique 1.2 million sf building consolidates CJ Corporation's previously disparate pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and food products businesses into a single location, enabling it to create industry-defining product strategies and increase its global competitiveness.  © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett Deep research into CJ's business elements and unique culture enabled us to build on the client's vision for the highest quality internal brand experience and the need to enhance innovation and collaborative entrepreneurialism across all its business units.  © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett  Section  © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett The design locates the full spectrum of research and development facilities in three high-rise towers around a dynamic central atrium. Surrounding the atrium at the first and mezzanine levels are 100,000 sf of amenities, including product showrooms, a café and restaurant, library and work out facilities. This three-dimensional connectivity is further emphasized with a series of double-height interaction spaces linking labs, offices, and amenity spaces within each tower.  © Tim Griffith + Christopher Barrett  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Contemporary Japanese Homes Pushing The Architectural Envelope Posted: 16 Jul 2017 09:00 AM PDT Contemporary Japanese homes are a balance between the country’s traditional values of organizing spaces and architectural innovation that is constantly on the move. They challenge the norms of how to occupy places, pushing the envelope for what it means to have a minimal, “micro-living”. Through experiments small and smaller, residential projects in Japan shed new light on how we go about our daily routines and rituals at home and question urbanites on what we can do with the space we have. For this reason, we’re inspired to go through our archives and bring out 10 projects that bring out new perspectives on Japanese architecture, be it aesthetic, functional or atmospheric. Check them out below:  © Daisuke Shimokawa /Nacása&Partners Inc Tunnel House / Makiko Tsukada Architects  © Shinkenchiku-sha Katsutadai House / Yuko Nagayama & Associates  © Daici Ano House in Daizawa / Nobuo Araki  © Shimizu Ken Rooms That Follow The Scenery / ON design partners  Cortesia de ON design partners O House / Jun Igarashi Architects  © Iwan Baan What Categorize The City And Me / ON design partners  Cortesia de ON design partners Broken Pitched Roof House / NKS Architects  Cortesia NKS Architects  © Ippei Shinzawa House in Chiharada / Studio Velocity  © Kentaro Kurihara  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Workshop in Italy Constructs Rammed Earth Structures to Rescue Constructive Traditions Posted: 16 Jul 2017 07:00 AM PDT  © Elettra Melani, Building Trust international In a 12-day workshop, Building Trust International and Terraepaglia joined the Ciuffelli Agricultural Technical Institute in Todi, Italy, with the aim of exploring a series of construction techniques with raw soil. In addition to producing earth bricks and rammed earth structures -in collaboration with experts such as Eliana Baglioni and Pouya Khazaeli-, a curved wall was erected with a wooden structure and a cane framework, on which a massive layer of earth and straw was spread. The activity generated a series of internal spaces as a kind of laboratory, to show the construction methods and the materials in situ. Description from the team. Following a number of successful design workshops held in South East Asia, the Building Trust team ventured to Europe for developing this design and build project. Building Trust was requested by Terraepaglia, a group of artisan handicraft experts who specialize in natural construction methods, to assist in working on the restoration of an old oil mill which was in the process of being renovated.  © Elettra Melani, Building Trust international In order to assist the group, Building Trust arranged a Design + Build workshop to take place in order to assist in the renovation whilst at the same time raising the awareness of the need for more people to develop construction projects with sustainable materials such as earth, straw, and clay.  © Elettra Melani, Building Trust international The aim of the workshop was to create a set of internal spaces that would be used by the Agricultural Technical Institute Ciuffelli in Todi, Italy as a laboratory to educate on themes such as nature and sustainability. The spaces will be used to show traditional processes of food production, such as turning milk into cheese and creating honey (bee-keeping skills.) Along with food production, lessons will be shared on turning earth into buildings. The value of this project is in the creation of functional spaces to communicate the importance of sustainable architecture, made of local reused materials.  © Elettra Melani, Building Trust international A group of international architects and designers along with experts in the field of sustainable architecture took part in the two-week long workshop. Guest lectures were given from Eliana Baglioni, who presented lectures on earth construction, and Pouya Khazaeli, who spoke of the philosophy of earthen architecture.  Planta  Modelo  Axonométrica Through technical instruction from Building Trust, the team created a curved wattle and daub internal wall, an adobe brick wall area and a series of rammed earth structures. The project brought to life old construction techniques such as building with wattle and daub and engaged the local community in the importance of working with natural materials. Architects: Building Trust international  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| KS Residence / Arquitetos Associados Posted: 16 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Joana França
 © Joana França From the architect. The initial desire for privacy and the consideration of local conditions guided the design of this residence, closed out, but open to a large internal space of three floors with the purpose of establishing spatial wealth with a variety ceiling heights, large air volumes and better environmental comfort as a consequence.  © Joana França The created volume explore to the maximum the parameters that regulate the construction of the condominium buildings: minimum setbacks of five meters at the front, four meters at the bottom, two meters at the sides and a maximum of seven meters and a half height from the level of the first floor [since it is at a maximum height of one meter and twenty-five centimeters from the level of the natural ground].  © Joana França In this way three floors were created. In the underground (semi buried) are garage and ateliers; At the ground level (semi elevated), the social and living areas; And upper, the intimate areas.  © Joana França  Section / Facade  © Joana França The deliberate search for greater spatial variety and better arrangement of the program to the volume, it was sought to vary the design of floors rather than simply stack them. Above the void rise the other floors. On raised ground two slabs extend in the transverse direction of the construction from one side face to another, interconnected by a footbridge. In the slab closest to the street are the living rooms and tv / cinema. In the bottom slab, integrated to the yard, are dining room, kitchen and service area. In the second floor the slabs extend in the longitudinal direction from the facade to the bottom, interconnected by a transversal footbridge, whose are the rooms and bathrooms.  © Joana França The construction would have as a first step the soil excavation and its containment by a prop wall, generating the necessary space for the future occupation. On this void rises the residence volume, with pillars and slabs in reinforced concrete and cover in metallic tiles on metal structure. Finally, the closing plans and external sealing in glass and solid bricks are aggregated to this frame, giving the final appearance of the residence.  © Joana França  © Joana França The differentiated pagination of the bricks establishes small openings in the facade that allow the illumination and ventilation of the internal spaces. To ensure greater thermal comfort was created in the upper part of the house a permanent ventilation strip and windows next to the floor, providing the Venturi effect.  © Joana França  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Interventions on Historic Buildings Posted: 16 Jul 2017 05:00 AM PDT The concept of heritage is often associated with something that has had value in its past and, for that reason, deserves to be preserved. In the case of architecture, we want our built environment to tell our history and to remain untouched in time, often without considering the real use and meaning of the building in the present. We ask ourselves: Does a building still have value if its use is obsolete? War Bunker Refurbishment / B-ILD  Tim Van de Velde  Cortesy of OTH Architecten Contemporary Art Space in the Old Convent of Madre de Dios / sol89  Fernando Alda Haystack in Cortegaça / João Mendes Ribeiro  Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Professional Cooking School in Ancient Slaughterhouse / Sol89  Fernando Alda Rehabilitation of Former Prison of Palencia as Cultural Civic Center / Exit Architects  Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Interpretation Centre of World Heritage Landscape / SAMI-arquitectos Bacoc Hacienda / Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos  Schalkwijk-Troche-Reyes-Patrón Intervention at the Plaza de la Pescadería, Seville / Mariñas Arquitectos Asociados  Fernando Alda Rehabilitation Ancient Royal Butcher XVI Century in Porcuna / Pablo Manuel Millán Millán  Javier Callejas  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 7 Game of Thrones Locations You Can Visit in Real Life Posted: 16 Jul 2017 02:30 AM PDT  © <a href='http://www.geograph.ie/photo/5221846'>Geograph user Colin Park</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> Is your life lacking in dragons? Do you long for the excitement and danger of a constant, treacherous struggle for governing power? If you find yourself simply biding your time waiting for new seasons of Game of Thrones to air (or for George R.R. Martin to finally write another book) one option is to spend some time traveling to the real-life locations used in the filming of the show! From Iceland to Morocco, the show's creators have traveled all over the world to bring the mythical world Martin describes in his novels to life on screen. While much of the filming is done in a studio, and of course there's plenty of CGI involved, many of the landscapes and buildings seen throughout the show's 6 seasons are real places open to the public. We can't promise you dragons or control of the Iron Throne, but what you will get are some spectacular sights that might just make you feel like a real Westerosi. In honor of the show's seventh season beginning later today, here's a list of 7 Game of Thrones filming locations you can visit! (This list is mostly spoiler-free, but you may want to read with caution if you're not caught up!) 1. Winterfell (AKA Castle Ward) Castle Ward: Winterfell. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_Ward_Castle,_June_2011_(01).JPG'>Wikimedia user Ardfern</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> One of the main filming locations for the series is the 1,000-acre (400-hectare) grounds around Castle Ward in Northern Ireland. Located near the village of Strangford in County Down, the main castle is a National Trust property dating from the 18th century. The property, however, has been in the Ward family since 1570; Old Castle Ward was most likely built by Nicholas Ward around 1590. The farmyard of the Old Castle serves as the location of Winterfell, home of the ill-fated Starks and the backdrop for most of Season 1. You can even sign up for a "Winterfell Tour" that takes you on a journey of 20 key filming locations throughout the castle complex.  Castle Ward: Winterfell. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_Ward_Castle,_June_2011_(03).JPG'>Wikimedia user Ardfern</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 2. King's Road (AKA The Dark Hedges) The Dark Hedges: King's Road. Image © <a href='http://www.geograph.ie/photo/5221846'>Geograph user Colin Park</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> Another Northern Ireland location is the Dark Hedges in Ballymoney, an avenue of beech trees planted by the Stuart Family in the eighteenth century as an entrance to their mansion. As one of the most-photographed natural phenomena in Northern Ireland, some viewers likely recognized the tunnel of trees when it was used as a northern part of the King's Road. In the first episode of Season 2 when Arya Stark has escaped Winterfell disguised as a boy, she travels up this road in a cart with a group of boys and men headed north toward The Wall to join the Night's Watch.  The Dark Hedges: King's Road. Image © <a href='http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/515088'>Geograph user Ian Paterson</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> 3. Dragonstone (AKA Downhill Strand)"For the night is dark and full of terrors." One more notable location in Northern Ireland (though there are many in addition to this list) is the beach at Downhill Strand, used not as a set for a part of the North like many of the other Northern Ireland locations, but instead as the island of Dragonstone. Downhill is a beach that stretches for approximately 7 miles (11 kilometers); designated as an Area of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation, the scenic beach draws visitors from all over to County Londonderry and the small nearby town of Castlerock. In the Game of Thrones universe, the beach is visited by Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre where they burn the Seven Idols of Westeros and the Red Priestess first proclaims her oft-repeated catchphrase. 4. King's Landing (Dubrovnik City Walls) Dubrovnik City Walls: King's Landing. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casco_viejo_de_Dubrovnik,_Croacia,_2014-04-13,_DD_18.JPG'>Wikimedia user Diego Delso</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-SA 4.0</a> Moving from the outer edges of the kingdom to the center of power, much of the set for King's Landing is in Croatia, specifically Dubrovnik. The city walls of Dubrovnik were a great match to the books' descriptions, enclosing the Old City in massive stone fortifications, directly on the coast. The medieval walls are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the still-intact walls today having been constructed mainly between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. A long-standing source of pride for the city, the walls run uninterrupted for approximately 6,360 feet (1.9 kilometers) and reach a maximum height of around 82 feet (25 meters). Featuring in many episodes, one notable scene is in the Season 3 premiere when Tyrion Lannister, Bronn, and Podrick walk along the walls as they're being repaired after the Battle of the Blackwater.  Dubrovnik City Walls: King's Landing. Image <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walls_of_Dubrovnik-3.jpg'>via Wikimedia</a>. Image by László Szalai in public domain 5. King's Landing (AKA Stradun, Dubrovnik) Stradun, Dubrovnik: King's Landing. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_street-Dubrovnik-2.jpg'>Wikimedia user László Szalai</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> Another location in Dubrovnik, Stradun is worth mentioning as it was the location of Cersei Lannister's memorable Walk of Penance scene in Season 5. The Stradun is Dubrovnik's main street, running for almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) between Dubrovnik Cathedral and the Sponza Palace through the historic part of the city. Paved in limestone, the Stradun is a pedestrian street that became the city's main thoroughfare in the 13th century, but the area had to be significantly repaired and rebuilt after an earthquake in 1667. To film Cersei's walk, over 500 extras were used, but if you visit the Stradun, just avoid getting too into character and be sure to keep your clothes on. Shame! Shame!  Stradun, Dubrovnik: King's Landing. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casco_viejo_de_Dubrovnik,_Croacia,_2014-04-13,_DD_12.JPG'>Wikimedia user Diego Delso</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-SA 4.0</a> 6. Beyond the Wall (AKA Grjótagjá Cave) Grjótagjá Cave: Beyond the Wall. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grj%C3%B3tagj%C3%A1_caves_in_summer_2009_(2).jpg'>Petr Brož (Wikimedia user Chmee2)</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a> Speaking of nudity, the intimate cave scene in Season 3 between Jon Snow and the wildling, Ygritte, takes place in a mystical-looking setting that happens to be a popular tourist destination in Iceland. Grjótagjá Cave is small lava cave containing a natural hot spring near Lake Mývatn. In the early 18th century, Icelandic outlaw Jón Markússon lived in the cave, after which it was a popular bathing site until the 1970s when eruptions rose the water temperature to dangerous levels. Temperatures have been slowly decreasing since and the site has been used again for bathing since the 1990s—and of course as part of the wild tundra of the North beyond the Wall, since Iceland has the perfect landscape for realizing incredible fantasy worlds like Westeros.  (Landscape above) Grjótagjá Cave: Beyond the Wall. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_Above_Grj%C3%B3tagj%C3%A1_caves_(1).jpg'>Petr Brož (Wikimedia user Chmee2)</a> licensed under <a href='http://https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a> 7. Sunspear and the Water Gardens (AKA Alcázar of Seville) Alcázar of Seville: Sunspear and the Water Gardens. Image © Megan Fowler Traveling now from the far North to warm, sunny Dorne in the south, the Alcázar Palace in Seville, Spain was used as the seat of House Martell. The royal palace was originally developed by Moorish Muslim kings, most of it constructed between the 11th and 16th centuries. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it is the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe and considered one of the best examples of mudéjar architecture on the Iberian Peninsula. The huge complex was used in multiple episodes throughout Season 5 where we see the young betrothed couple Myrcella Baratheon and Trystane Martell spending time in the gardens, before Jaime Lannister comes to bring Myrcella home to King's Landing against her will.  Alcázar of Seville: Sunspear and the Water Gardens. Image © Megan Fowler  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watt Family Innovation Center / Perkins+Will Posted: 16 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Jonathan Hillyer
 © Jonathan Hillyer From the architect. Clemson University's Watt Family Innovation Center provides a unique environment in which advanced instructional technologies foster student engagement and industry partnerships to address real-world problems. Located on a long, narrow site adjacent to a vibrant and active campus quadrangle, the facility engages passersby and invites students to take ideas from concept to marketplace by the use of its rich program spaces.  Site Plans and Diagrams The building is massed as two truncated triangles slipping past one another and forming entry points. The west side triangle is more solid to support core facilities and cross-discipline laboratories. The transparent east side opens up and flows into the quadrangle by way of an arcade that creates a north-south pedestrian path with views into an open gallery and atrium space. A roof terrace overlooking the quadrangle is located on the top floor of the east side.  © Jonathan Hillyer  Section  © Jonathan Hillyer Putting innovation on display is a central aim of the design. Layers of full-glass walls create feelings of openness and a vibrant buzz of activity. At the campus scale, a 210-foot long mesh media display acts as an outward manifestation of the technologically-enabled innovation taking place within the building. The façade creates an impactful digital canvas while still enabling light to penetrate the exterior, allowing views into and out of the center, and acting as a shading device. The Watt Family Innovation Center will enable students to pursue ideas from concept to reality by using 21st Century technology and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration within an inspiring space.  © Jonathan Hillyer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Innovative and Beautiful Uses of Brick: The Best Photos of the Week Posted: 16 Jul 2017 12:00 AM PDT It can't be denied that architects love brick. The material is popular both for its warmth and for the diversity of expressions that can be achieved by applying it in a creative way—depending on the arrangement of individual bricks or the combination of bonds, it's possible to arrive at a result that is both original and attractive. That ingenuity is what photographers like Hiroyuki Oki, Gustavo Sosa Pinilla, and François Brix, among others, have attempted to capture in their photographs. In these images, light is a key element of good composition, allowing the photographers to control the intensity of color and the contrast of masses and voids, as well as enhancing the incredible textures of the brick we love so much. Gustavo Sosa PinillaExperimental Brick Pavilion / Estudio Botteri-Connell © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla PhotographixTropical House Urveel / Design Work Group © Photographix phxindiaBrick Curtain House / Design Work Group © phxindia Trieu ChieLT House / Tropical Space © Trieu Chien Onnis LuqueMaria Montessori Mazatlán School / EPArquitectos + Estudio Macías Peredo © Onnis Luque François BrixMons Memorial Museum / Atelier d'architecture Pierre Hebbelinck - Pierre de Wit © François Brix Hiroyuki OkiTermitary House / Tropical Space © Hiroyuki Oki Su ShengliangChi She / Archi-Union Architects © Su Shengliang Atelier AlterYingliang Stone Archive / Atelier Alter © Courtesy of Atelier Alter Luc RoymansThe Screen / DMOA architects © Luc Roymans  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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