Athfield House and Office
Athfield House and Office contemporary Sir Ian Charles Athfield 99A, 105-107A Amritsar Street; 3 Onslow Road, Khandallah, Wellingon, New Zealand 1968 The Athfield house and office flows down a hillside where it serves as the home of the architect and occupant Sir...
French Embassy, Seoul Korea
French Embassy Modernity Kim Joong Eop and Kim Swoo Geun Seoul, Korea 1961 This embassy was designed for the French peoples during an unstable and interesting time in South Korean history. To expand, Korea was reexamining its economic and industrial...
Soviet 1937 Paris pavilion
USSR 1937 Paris pavilion Modernism Boris Iofan and Vera Mukhina Paris, France 1937 Description The 1937 Paris Pavilion was one of the most contradicting exhibits of the World’s fairs because both German Fascism and Soviet Communism were located across from each...
W2 – Simple Case Studies
Case Study 1 - Indian Institute of Forest Management The Indian Institute of Forest Management complex in Bhopal, India houses the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), which trains and promotes forestry and natural resource management. The space is...
W2 Simple Case Studies
Building Name: Cheikh Anta Diop University Library Type: Educational / Institutional Architect: Unknown/ Emile Abdoulaye Diouf Location: Dakar, Senegal Date: 1957 Short Description: Cheikh Anta Diop University was built as a part of the last-ditch effort of the...
Week 2 Simple Case Studies
FILBERG HOUSE Basic Information: Type: Residential Architect: Arthur Erickson Location: Comox, British Columbia, Canada Date: 1958 Description: The Filberg House was designed for a personal friend of Arthur Erickson, Robert Filberg, shortly after his marriage...
W2-Simple Case Study
I.Sydney Opera House Building name: Sydney Opera House Type: Performing arts center Architect: Jørn Utzon Location: Sydney, Australia Date: 1973 Description: Sydney Opera House is a multipurpose performing arts center in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia. It...
W-2 Case Studies (Peace Hotel, Fiat Tagliero, Art Gallery of Ontario Remodeling)
Peace Hotel (formerly Sassoon House) China 1929 type: Hotel architect: P & T Architects Limited (Palmer and Turner) location: Shanghai, China date: 1929 Description This hotel is located on The Bund, a waterfront area and a protected historical district in...
Week 2 Case Studies
Green Edge House Residential mA-style architects Japan 2012 The Green Edge House is designed to blur the lines between outdoor and indoor spaces while addressing functionality and privacy concerns. Located in a residential neighborhood on a small lot with...
Centennial Hall
Basics Function: Public gathering space, event center Architect: Max Berg Location: Wroclaw, Poland Opened in 1913 This building is commemorated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its trailblazing use of reinforced concrete. It was the largest reinforced...
Las Torres del Parque
Las Torres del Parque Housing Rogelio Salmona Bogota, Colombia 1965-1970 An abundance of thought went into the building Las Torres del Parque. Throughout the building process, architect Rogelio Salmona had many moments of uncertainty about the form of the project...
Temple Bar
Temple Bar Mixed-use building Exact architect unknown, but believed to have started as a customs house in 1707 Dublin, Republic of Ireland 1992 There’s a surplus of history relating to Temple Bar and the district surrounding it. Dating back as far as 795, the land...
Taslik Coffee House
Taslik Coffee House Housing Sedad Hakki Eldem I Istanbul, Turkey 1948 Born in 1908, Sedad Eldem was a renowned architect in Turkey. He was known for being the brain behind many successful projects, including the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus. The Taslik coffee house...
Week 2 Simple Case Studies
Schröder House Type: Housing Architect: Gerrit Rietveld Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Date: 1924 Now a UNESCO world heritage site, this house was commissioned by Truus Schroder, a widow with three kids. To accommodate her wishes as...
Brambuk Living Cultural Centre
Basics Function: Public cultural space Architect: Gregory Burgess Location: Halls Gap, Australia Opened in 1990 The Brambuk Living Cultural Centre is situated within the Grampians National Park. It was built to commemorate and celebrate the culture of the...
Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
basic information: Kagawa Prefectural Government Office Government Kenzo Tage Takamatsu City, northeastern Shikoku 1958 short description: The Kagawa Prefectural Goverment Office is a considered a masterclass of Japanese Modernism. Kenzo Tange met Le Corbusier...
Simple Case Study
Azadi Tower: Type: Monument/Museum Architect: Hossein Amanat Location: Tehran Iran Date: 1971 Description: The aim of this project was to become a symbol of modern Iran, and mark the 2500 year celebration of the Persian Empire. It marks the west entrance into the...
Bank of London and South America
Basics Function: Bank with office space Architects: Clorindo Testa and SEPRA Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Built in 1966 The Bank of London and South America is a collaboration between two Argentinian architects and the Bank of London. The Bank of London's...
Oslo Opera House
basic information: Oslo Opera House Opera House Snohetta Oslo, Norway 2007 short description: As part of the city of Oslos initiative to redevelop the industrial waterfront they put out requests for proposals for a new opera and dance center. Norwegian Architects...
W2 – Simple Case Studies
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg - Herzog & De Meuron (2016) The Elbphilharmonie is a theater and performance hall located in Hamburg, Germany. It is located in a right on the water near the harbor in a place that wasn't as well visited in the past. The bottom half of...
New Gourna Village
basic information: New Gourna Village Village, Housing Hassan Fathy Luxor, Egypt 1952 short description New Gourna Village was originally a collection of Vernacular mud brick homes and community buildings. Hassan Fathy was commissioned by the Egyptian government in...
Case Studies Week 2
Case Study 1: Library of Alexandria Basic Information: Library of Alexandria Library, Public space Snohetta Alexandria Egypt 1898-2001 Short description: This building was designed to reference the history of the original library of Alexandria serving as a...
Simple Case Studies
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Museum Frank Gehry Bilbao, Spain 1997 The Guggenheim is largely considered as a revolution to creating landmark museums as a point of attraction by itself. The building has been credited with igniting parts of Bilbao’s economy that were not...
[the name of the building; make one post for each building]
building name building type (function) architect / firm place (country, city) year (completion; renovation if applicable)[brief description (150 words)] Service Stations of Changning Outer-Ring Ecological Park Belt extends 100m from the west side of the Outer-Ring...