Project: Green Cast, Odaware-shi, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan Architect/Designer: Kengo Kuma and Associates Sources: http://kkaa.co.jp/ Featured material: Aluminum die cast panels and plant material. This vertical green facade by KK+A leaves […]
There have been several posts dealing with light in architecture on this Material Strategies site and tonight, while browsing Pinterest, I have decided that it is time I present my […]
The dematerialized façade of the Q4 office building ads layers that seem to defy gravity. The cedar planks are suspended from steel cables. They shade the building from the sun […]
Walking through dynamic concrete spaces at varying times of the day will tell you a lot about the chameleon-like attributes of the material. Concrete is an incredible light absorbing/reflecting material. […]
Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, Iowa David Chipperfield Architects, United Kingdom Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture, Des Moines There’s a difference between invention and innovation. Prometheus stole fire from the […]
