This is an expansion project for the Clark Art Institute, founded in 1955 by Sterling and Francine Clark. The prominent American art research institute is known for its collection of 19th century impressionist painting. The 57 hectares of hilly prope
The Upper East Side in Manhattan is known since the early 20th century as the luxury residential area of culture. The project, located on the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue with Gramercy Park, remodels a penthouse gallery on the top floor of a
The same client of the house in Chicago contacted the studio for a new commission on the plot adjacent to the dwelling. On this occasion, the project involved the conversion of a residential building, built in the early 20th century, into a contempor
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit the city of New York, and its devastating effects were felt particularly in the Far Rockaway neighborhood, in Queens. In the aftermath of the storm, the existing 1968 library building provided disaster relief to residents
In a corner of the Sonoran Desert (Arizona) is a house that wishes to go unnoticed, and manages to. First, it barely rises over three meters, so stands lower than the largest cactuses around. Second, it breaks up into three parts (living room, bedroo
The Library redefines the use of University library spaces by balancing the existing needs with emerging technology and collaborative learning teaching methods. Generous open spaces connect all floors of the library and open stairs emphasize an inter
The faceted pavilion of access to the only building that has gone up until now (the National September 11 Memorial Museum) in the urban and emotional void left by the Twin Towers after the terrorist attack embodies a careful reaction to the horizonta
Surrounded by the Saguaro cacti and the ocotillo of the Sonoran Desert, the house is nestled in a secluded bowl-like formation in the land, striving for an equilibrium and for a low impact on the intact natural landscape. After studying the views of
A plot next to a golf course located seven kilometers from Mexico City was chosen by a show businessman to build his family residence. The environment of the housing development – marked by the neocolonial style of the neighboring constructions – was
The construction of a house begins with the selection of the site, and Rose and Warren Tyler decided that the best place was many kilometers to the south of Columbus (Ohio), where they had lived until then. The couple – great art enthusiasts who had
Como muchos otros museos, el Americano de Historia Natural, fundado a finales del siglo XIX y situado en el selecto Upper West Side de Manhattan, junto al Central Park, ha llegado hasta nuestros días como un fundido ecléctico de edificaciones de dife
Situada en la esquina de Times Square donde Broadway se encuentra con la Calle 42, esta torre es un único organismo compuesto de varios cuerpos solapados y superpuestos, cuyo carácter depende de hacia dónde se orienten y la altura que adquieran. Es a
Empty the building, leave its sculptural brick enclosure exactly the way it is, and implant in it a massive heart of concrete. This was the strategy followed by Tadao Ando when he transformed an old residential block in the city of Chicago into the n
The changes that humans have performed on the Earths crust have opened a new geological epoch, and the cities and landscapes of our own tiems reflect this historical mutation.
The century is slow to die. Stabbed in Berlin and gored in Sarajevo, this dismal animal bows his head amid vomits of blood and atrocious fits. The butchery slime of the Great War did away with its predecessor in the bullring, a maroon and reticent 19
