Showing posts with label completed 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label completed 2008. Show all posts

Herzog & de Meuron. Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest)


:   :  : ::: THE FACT
  • All thousands of tons of steel were made in China, making the stadium the largest steel structure in the world.
  • for the design, the team studied chinese ceramics

:   :  : ::: THE QUOTE
Why does a Chinese bowl or a Chinese window have this kind of pattern? Maybe the Chinese people like things to appear in this irregular way, but underneath there are very clear rules. The Bird's Nest developed in this way.
 - Li Xinggang, head architect of CADG

 :   :  : ::: THE CRITIC
Although China’s burgeoning wealth owes much to its export industries, for the Olympics the country has been content to play the reverse role, buying the most futuristic architecture that the rest of the world has to offer, rather than showcasing native talent.

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Cook + Fox. The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park

map: 113 West 42nd Street, New York, New York, USAa view of the Bank (emerging at the back), from the Empire State Building. Picture taken by friend Tomas Pastoriza on october 2009

The Building is the 2nd tallest in NY, after the Empire State






watch NATGEO video on the building


FACTS:

- Bank of America Tower is the first skyscraper designed to attain a Platinum LEED Certification

- Several buildings were demolished to make way for the tower

- It is currently the second tallest building in New York City, after the Empire State Building, and the fourth tallest building in the United States







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César Pelli. Repsol YPF tower

map : Macacha Guemes y Juana Manso, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina



 

High level view. The River "de la Plata" in the background

The tower under construction, pointing out in the Buenos Aires skyline, from Costanera sur ecological reserve
The tower is the highest building in the picture, right in the middle, seen from Costanera sur ecological reserve, an oasis in touch with the city limits



View from the dam. Mario Roberto Alvarez's Hilton in the foreground. Picture by author.


View from the dam with Calatrava's Puente de la Mujer and the Sarmiento Frigate. Picture by author
 

Close view. Picture by author
 

click : wikipedia
click : article "Pelli planta árboles en una torre frente al río" by Ariel Hendler (spanish)
click : info in skyscrapercity.com (spanish)
click : Pelli's official site
click : interview in arq+his (spanish)
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