The Great Metal Tube in the Sky
Composite Bird My window seat next to the wing of the Boeing 777 that would carry me across the Arctic Sea to China was anything but desired. As soon as […]
Tag Archives: steel
PENTAGON MEMORIAL [Stainless_Steel _Casting+CNCtech]
Project: Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, VA US Architect/Designer: KBAS Studio Sources: http://www.kbas-studio.com Featured material: Stainless Steel The pentagon memorial required the collaboration of a network of disciplines from melting, pouring, and […]
The Afterlives of Buildings
After many years of service, a Dutch laboratory is about to be demolished. Equipment sold, occupants long gone, the wrecking ball is about to arrive. A bit of the resulting […]
MAT_MACRO_SCALESERIES 2 of 2 [FUKOKU=expressive]
MAT_MACROSCALESERIES: [2 OF 2] EWHA/FUKOKU – Building: as an urban EXPRESSIVE surface Project: Fukoku Life Osaka Tower Building Architect/Designer: Dominique Perrault Sources: http://www.perraultarchitecte.com Features: Concrete structural system – Metal Glass […]
MAT_MACRO_SCALESERIES 1 of 2 [EWHA=functional]
MAT_MACRO_SCALESERIES: [1 OF 2] EWHA/FUKOKU – Building: as an urban FUNCTIONAL surface Project: Ewha Women’s University Architect/Designer: Dominique Perrault Sources: http://www.perraultarchitecte.com Features: Landscape(Park/Garden) – Metal Glass Facade (printed glass facade) […]
PORSCHE@AUTOSTADT [Concrete_Metal?]
PORSCHE@AUTOSTADT [Metal_Concrete?] Project: Porsche Pavilion @ Autostadt in Wolfsburg Architect/Designer: Henn Architekten Sources: http://studio-b.org/ Featured material: Metal At first glance, the Porsche Pavilion designed by Henn Architekten might appear to […]
Visual Layers and Visual Structures
The German Chinese Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai (by Markus Heinsdorff in collaboration with MUDI) brings together a wide spectrum of materials which evoke age old traditions mixed […]
Industry Focus: Steel
Steel has been one of the most widely used and celebrated architectural material for over 150 years. From the steel frame of the earliest skyscrapers, to the rebar that reenforces […]
In Concert with Steel
Throughout the majority of human history, stone, wood, and earth have found their place as the main structural building blocks to our built environment. The common use of steel, and […]
Material Strategies 
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