architectural

Converted churches, Part 2: Belgium, England, Australia

May 15, 2009

Converted churches, Part 2: Belgium, England, Australia

Here are three converted churches which seem much more successful than most of the examples in the last post. Above is a 19th century chapel in the Flemish village of Bazel which has been converted into 2 loft-type houses.

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Depth in surfaces – Wang Shu’s Ningbo Museum

May 4, 2009

Depth in surfaces – Wang Shu’s Ningbo Museum

Museum designed and built as if by archeological time. The Ningbo Historic Museum was designed by Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio. Photos by Iwan Baan, via archdaily.

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Selgas Cano architecture office, by Iwan Baan

May 2, 2009

Selgas Cano architecture office, by Iwan Baan

Selgas Cano is a Spanish architecture firm, and this long glass tube in a little wooded ravine is the Madrid office they’ve built for themselves. The shutters over the clear roof are retractable (see the photo of the pulleys at bottom). 

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