Archive for 2010
Velodrome and Olympic Swimming Pool – Berlin
17-09-10
Two basic volumes, a cylinder and a parallelepiped, covered in steel meshes and sinked in a low-raised plateau, is all that can be seen from outside of this complex extending several floors underground.
Vulcania Science Museum – St-Ours-les-Roches
11-09-10
The always enlightening Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture, and our nerdish interest in popular science, drove us in visiting this science museum secluded in the middle of a vulcanic area in the Auvergne region, in France.
Neverending Stairs – Desktop Wallpaper
01-09-10
The September desktop wallpaper is a view of the podium surrounding the north-east side of the French National Library by Dominique Perrault.
Millau Viaduct Toll Plaza – Millau
29-08-10
The toll plaza on the north side of the Millau viaduct stands like a modern propylaeum to an architectural temple.
Waterfall – Sculpture
08-08-10
In this sculpture a high-tech material meets nature: made of a special optical glass used in the costruction of the space shuttle, its texture is based on ripples on a flat pool of water.