The architect‘s office Denari constructed a building that cantilevers from the base. The property, built on stilts is positioned over an old railway line that now forms part of New York's Highline parklands.
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Carrasco International Airport
Uruguay, a country with a flat, gently rolling landscape. The architect Rafael Vinoly was concerned with finding an appropriate form suitable for the airport site. "A distinctive style is secondary... but an airport also has something magical about it," says Vinoly. "It is more than the sum of it...
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Oslo Opera and Ballet House
The Opera House in Oslo was awarded the EU prize for contemporary architecture, the "Mies van der Rohe Prize", in 2009.
Tarald Lundevall, project manager of Snøhetta Architects talks about materials and backgrounds during an 8-year construction period. -
Artfarm
The building was designed together with Ai WeiWei, the Chinese artist and human rights activist who has frequently collaborated with architects. For the art depot, he collaborated with the Swiss architecture studio HHF. Working with prefabricated elements they rearrange ready-made components in a...
