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👷♂️: Cubo Design Architects 📏: 140 m² 🗓️: 2022 📍: Tokyo, Japan 📷: Kojii Fuji, Takashi Yasui
Love this feeling so much.The shard in london and a bird in the sky.
Designed by the legendary Atelier 5 in 1970, the Brunnadernstrasse Houses (Siedlung Brunnadern) are a masterclass in raw concrete. This massive, monolithic complex surprisingly crams private homes, offices, and even a swimming pool into one dense, interconnected concrete labyrinth. It’s easily one of Switzerland's finest and most imposing examples of Brutalist architecture, beautifully swallowed by nature over the decades.
👷♂️: Moriya and Partners 📏: 91 m² 🗓️: 2020 📍: Shizuoka, Japan 📷: GEN INOUE
Designed by Will Alsop for OCAD University, this deconstructivist building looks like a pixelated box hovering in the air.
The Legs: The entire structure is supported 26 meters (85 ft) above the ground by 12 thin, brightly colored steel columns. They look exactly like giant colored pencils stabbed into the pavement.
The Concept: Instead of demolishing the historic campus underneath, the architect simply built above it to save space in downtown Toronto.
The Core: Access to the floating box is through that massive, bright red vertical escape stairs/elevator shaft.