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NRHP Reference#: 73001187
Prudential (Guaranty) Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Prudential (Guaranty) Building. The three zones of Sullivan's design are visible in the large open windows of the ground zone, the thin vertical elements of the office zone and the arches and curves of the terminating zone at the top of the building.
Location: Church and Pearl Sts.
Buffalo, NY
Built/Founded: 1894
Architect: Louis H. Sullivan and Dankmar Adler
Governing body: Private
Added to NRHP: March 20, 1973[1]
Designated NHL: May 15, 1975[2]
NRHP Reference#: 73001187
The Guaranty Building, which is now called the Prudential Building, was designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, and built in Buffalo, New York.
Sullivan's design for the building was based on his belief that "form follows function". He and Adler divided the building into four zones. The basement was the mechanical and utility area. Since this level was below ground, it did not show on the face of the building. The next zone was the ground-floor zone which was the public areas for street-facing shops, public entrances and lobbies. The third zone was the office floors with identical office cells clustered around the central elevator shafts. The final zone was the terminating zone, consisting of elevator equipment, utilities and a few offices.
The supporting steel structure of the building was embellished with terra cotta blocks. Different styles of block delineated the three visible zones of the building. Sullivan was quoted as saying, "It must be every inch a proud and soaring thing, rising in sheer exultation that from bottom to top it is a unit without a single dissenting line."
NRHP Reference#: 73001187
Architect: G.B. Broekema Broekema 1905
Centraal Apotheek, gebouwd in 1904/1905 in art-nouveau-vormen naar ontwerp van architect G.B.Broekema te Kampen. Gebouw op trapeziumvormige plattegrond, opgetrokken uit gele verblendsteen en rood-bruine steen, en gedekt door een met leien belegd afgeknot schilddak tegen trapgevel aan een der zijden. Verlevendiging van het metselwerk door onder meer: hardstenen lijsten, blokken, onder- en bovendorpels, boogtrommels inlegwerk, uitkragend siermetselwerk en dierfiguren. Ingangspartij aan Voorstreekzijde gevat in een met art-nouveau-motieven bewerkte korfbogige hardstenen omlijsting; de verdiepingslagen uitgerust met smeedijzeren balkonhekken in art-nouveau-vormen, rechtgesloten en rondboogvensters, polychroom tegeltableau met vrouwenfiguur met slang en gifbeker - eveneens in art-nouveau-vormen- en dito tableau met opschrift: CENTRAAL APOTHEEK; hoek Voorstreek/Tuinen benadrukt door uitkragende erker, bekroond door overhuiving onder leiengedekt helmdak met naald. (bron: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed)
kingohusene courtyard houses, helsingør / elsinore, denmark 1956-1960
architect: jørn utzon, 1918-2008
one of the finer moves in this project is the way the living room and the courtyard are presented as equals as seen here from the entrance. notice how the two doors are hinged on opposite sides.
observations and details like this add greatly to the quality of life but nothing to the building cost. and they abound in utzon's projects. the extravagance and the sad fate of the sydney opera house have blinded us somewhat to this side of the architect's talent.
the individual homes are quite humble, app. 100m2, and originally built with the workers at the local shipyard in mind.
the floor seen in this picture is to the best of my knowledge not original.
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The frame and the walls are made of wood - a climate-positive building that stores carbon dioxide. Both sides of the roof and the balcony fronts and gables are made of solar cells. 15 apartments for rent in each of the three buildings owned by the building company ETC Bygg. On the ground floor there is a shared laundry and room for bicycles.
There is also a car pool with an electric car for the three buildings.
The buildings are very energy efficient. Statistics regarding energy use in the buildings after one year show that one building uses as much energy as a normal villa. But thirty people live in one building, in a villa normally 3-4. This means that the large buildings actually save around 90% of the energy cost compared to normal villas.
Built: 2022-23. Architects: Hans Eek and Kaminsky Arkitektur.
Architects; Herzog & de Meuron. Under construction, as seen in early April 2014.
The precast concrete structure is going to be covered in brickwork to match the building it is attached to.
The composite photo below gives some idea of context and cladding of brick panels over concrete structure.
The brick cladding is not dissimilar to LSE project illustrated earlier. Some notes comparing brick elevation to LSE Student Cente on LSE phot 3.
Designed by the architects Leonor Janeiro, Nick Jacobs and SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill), the Vasco da Gama Tower, with its 145m high, is the tallest skyscraper in Portugal. It is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who was the first European to arrive in India by sail in 1498.
The tower was built in 1998 for the Expo '98 World's Fair (to commemorate the 500 anniversary of the discovery of the sea route from Europe to India). The steel structure, representing the sail of a caravel, was assembled by engineering company Martifer. The tower had an observation deck and a restaurant on top and remained opened until its closure in 2004.
The Myriad by SANA Hotels was designed by the architect Nuno Leónidas and was opened in 2012.
SANA Hotels is developing a project for the 360° panoramic space on top of the tower, which will reopen soon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama_Tower
www.myriad.pt (website in English and 5 other languages)
C.F. Møller Architects, 2016
In conjunction with the Port of Aarhus' new port centre, designed by C.F. Møller, one of the tenants - the Samskip shipping company - required a new and larger warehouse. The warehouse has been created with references to other C.F. Møller warehouses at the Port of Aarhus.
The project is the first stage of constructing a new type of warehouse in the port, created to facilitate future expansion, and with reference to the Port's other warehouse buildings. The building is based on a rational steel construction, with a highly flexible structure comprising two variable frames. While one frame is constant, the other is determined by receiving goods requirements and the building's welfare and office unit. With its used of sinusoidal aluminium profiled panels, translucent polycarbonate, black-white fibre cement boards and various galvanised items, the materials are in harmony with the Port of Aarhus' new port centre. The warehouse also has orange gates, as a reference to other C.F. Møller warehouses at the Port of Aarhus.
The warehouse type has special focus on a safe and pleasant working environment, with ample daylight conditions and welfare facilities.
www.cfmoller.com/p/Port-of-Aarhus-Warehouse-404-Samskip-i...
Sluishuis housing Amsterdam
At the place where urban, rural areas and water meet in Amsterdam IJburg, Sluishuis has been realised: the iconic housing project designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Barcode Architects. Sluishuis forms a welcoming entrance to Amsterdam IJburg. The volume is elevated on one side to allow the water into the courtyard and stepped down on the other side to make an inviting gesture towards IJburg with friendly green terraces. From every angle, you experience the Sluishuis volume differently. Whether you are standing on the dyke, motorway or bridge, walking across the jetties or public route over the roof, or even viewing the building from the air: Sluishuis knows how to surprise you from all sides. The residential programme consists of 442 apartments. Rental and owner-occupied homes alternate throughout the building and provide space for various target groups, income levels and age categories. All apartments are accessible via the central courtyard. There, the cantilever and the water welcome you to the building. Each home has optimal views and daylight thanks to the special shape of Sluishuis with its double-cut volume.
Sluishuis has a rich diversity of housing typologies, such as compact urban studios and water sports apartments. On the top two floors are duplex penthouses with both a relationship with the courtyard and a view over the IJmeer. Premium flats with luxurious and sunny wooden roof terraces with views over IJburg are located on the stepped part. Extra special are the apartments at the bottom of the cantilever, with stunning views over the IJ and directly on the water. What makes these apartments so unique is that they hang over the water and in the part of the floor that runs along with the sloping façade, there is a large window through which you can see the boats sail right underneath you. The plinth will accommodate a varied programme including a sailing school, water sports centre and restaurant with a spacious terrace in the sun. Residents and visitors enter through the courtyard. The walkway to the roof of Sluishuis offers visitors and residents a spectacular view of the water and the neighbourhood. There is also a jetty promenade with 34 houseboats around the building. The jetty landscape stimulates contact with the water with various mooring places, sitting decks, and floating gardens. The carefully designed landscape also stimulates flora and fauna with local plant species and a bird island. In this way, the plinth and the surrounding landscape form a high-quality addition to the environment.
In its materiality, the building seeks contrast but also a connection with its surroundings. In the material palette, natural materials have been chosen so that the building will have a rich and natural appearance over the years. The abstract, untreated aluminium of the façade reflects the water and gives the volume a different appearance at any time of day. In contrast, the stepped roof terraces and the jetty promenade are made of wood, which gives a tactile appearance. Sluishuis is one of the most sustainable buildings recently completed (2022). It has an energy performance coefficient (EPC) of -0.02. The building's heating requirements have been minimised by combining excellent insulation techniques, triple glazing and heat recovery from the ventilation systems and showers. The building is heated by a combination of energy-efficient district heating and heat pumps for hot water and cooling. The building's energy consumption for heating, heat pumps, ventilation and LED lighting is fully provided by approximately 2,200 m2 of solar panels. In addition to these technical aspects, a great deal of attention was paid to the greenery and water collection in the development of Sluishuis. At the front, sides and in the courtyard are gardens with local plant species. The greenery runs across the roof terraces upwards in built-in planters. On the roof, this creates a pleasant green atmosphere.
Client // Contractor
BESIX RED, VORM // Building consortium BESIX Nederland/VORM
Collaborators
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG Landscape architecture, Van Rossum (structural engineer), Buro Bouwfysica (building physics), Klimaatgarant (sustainability), DWA
Year
2016 - 2022
Size
49.000m²
"One Hundred Above The Park" residential tower, designed by Chicago architect Studio Gang and constructed by Clayco. Saint Louis, Missouri.
Tampa Covenant Church
Architects: Alfonso Architects
Built: 2010
Location: Tampa, Florida, United States
Written by Tom Alphin and published by no starch press, 2015.
This just arrived in the mail today, with an unexpected engraved brick as a bonus!
I had the pleasure of hanging out with Tom earlier in the year along with the opportunity to contribute an image to his absolutely wonderful book. It's beautifully designed and thoroughly researched, with fantastic real world and LEGO examples of various architectural styles, plus diagrams that really get at the essence of each. I can't recommend it highly enough, and I promise I don't get any cut of the profits to say so.
A plague imbedded on a Nonoalco -Tlatelolco Housing Project apartment building.
Nonoalco -Tlatelolco was a project funded by Banco Nacional and designed by architect Mario Pani.
Both the bank and Pani share a difficult history over the complex demise.
The 19 September 1985 earthquake left both the bank and Pani persona non gratis.
The earthquake exacted a high a toll on the neighbourhood.
Before 19 September 1985, the complex consisted of 102 apartment buildings, seven medical facilities, twenty two schools, and about 500 small businesses serving the 80,000 residents living there.
During the 90 seconds the ground shook two of the three sections of the Nuevo León building fell with about 500 dead, more than 200 missing and 27left orphans.
Other buildings, like the Yucatán, threatened to collapse but did not.
All the buildings suffered damage but along with the collapsed Nuevo León building, buildings such as those called Veracruz, Yucatán and Oaxaca suffered severe damage like severely cracked foundations.
Twelve buildings in the complex were so severely damaged they were demolished in the next six months.
32 of the buildings were in need of major repairs. Twenty seven were demolished completely. Many remained standing but some of these were too dangerous to occupy.
Pani's reputation was in taters and the bank that occupied the complex Torre Insignia was headquarters of the government bank Banobras until the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, when it was abandoned.
BANOBRAS
Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, SNC (National Works and Public Services Bank) or Banobras is a state owned development bank in Mexico. Its core business is sub national (Municipal and State governments) and project finance. It was founded in 1933 as Banco Nacional Hipotecario Urbano y de Obras Públicas, S.A (National Urban Mortgage and Public Works Bank) by president Abelardo L. Rodríguez.
Until the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, its headquarters were located at the Torre Insignia, a pyramid-shaped building designed by one of Mexico's most noted architects,
munkegårdsskolen, munkegaard school, søborg, denmark 1948-1957.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1902-1971.
the recent jacobsen uploads were all the result of a bicycle ride just north of copenhagen a while back. you can easily pass twenty or thirty of his buildings on a tour like that and if the weather is on your side, I can only recommend it.
on my way home, I decided to do a little trespassing and entered the building site of dorte mandrup's extension to jacobsen's munkegaard school. along with søholm I, the school is jacobsen's finest project from the 1940's and like the other buildings from that troubled decade, it shows the architect at his most humane, most humble, most sensitive to place and tradition, but also at his most inventive.
the school took long enough to complete for the shell to carry all the characteristics of his 1940's projects, while the detailing and interior design contain some of his best work from the 1950's - just think of those plexiglass loudspeakers... the tension between the two is part of the continued attraction of this place and you can imagine how worried I was to see many of the classrooms completely gutted.
but dorte mandrup's extension is unusual for being built beneath the original school, keeping it as intact as possible while supplying the facilities deemed necessary to teach kids in the 21st century - all of it lit from above through lightwells in jacobsen's courtyards. inevitably, that makes the whole school a building site.
I have yet to see the completed project. I don't exactly envy the architects having their work shown permanently next to jacobsen's masterpiece. who wouldn't look clumsy, bloated, even histrionic next to something as natural and terse as this? but if anyone alive in denmark can pull it off, it is dorte mandrup and her office. I promise to bring a camera once I get a chance to visit.
this quiet corner, seemingly untouched by construction, shows how each classroom can be read almost as a separate building. it has its own courtyard for outdoor teaching and generous windows including a skylight. and there is a sense of scale here which makes you feel that, in fact, you have just the right size for this world. how many buildings do that today? imagine how all this translates into a feeling of belonging with the children who arrive here from the protected world of home and kindergarten.
today, experts in teaching shake their heads at jacobsen's design and laugh overbearingly, presenting their well-argued theories of why things must change. in ten years time, new experts will arrive with new theories to supplant them and new demands for change - or maybe I am being optimistic, they could already be here. every time, someone has to stand up and defend this building. I hope - and believe - we'll find that is what the new architects have done.
check out dorte mandrup arkitekter.
...and more arne jacobsen
Architect: Future Systems.
The playful shadows on the Selfridges building (part of the Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham) made it looks like it's a friendly creature smiling at us.
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Architect by Mitsubishi Estate (設計：三菱地所).
Completed in February 1984 (竣工：1984年02月).
Location at Kaigan 1-5-20, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (所在地：日本国東京都港区海岸1-5-20).
viewing building with junction from aerial is my loving compo. Maybe because it looks like SimCity's view.
I was on Front Street in downtown Toronto this morning, checking out an historic building that was redesigned by Aaron, a retired Architect and my Stranger #818 (www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/18248730940/in/dateposted/). Part of the building is complete, including a multistory addition above it, and part is still undergoing renovation. I was starting to unlock my bicycle to move on when I saw her. She was coming toward me on the sidewalk with her beautiful blue scarf and circular sunglasses. She had a composed, relaxed air about her as she passed me and my curiosity was tweaked. I stopped her and she removed her earphones. I proceeded with my usual “Excuse me. My name is Jeff and I’m doing an amateur photo project….” She agreed without a second thought and said it sounded like a great project. We shook hands. Meet Melissa.
We were on a busy sidewalk with the building front on one side and a huge street construction project on the other side. It was “scramble time” as I looked at the immediate surroundings to come up with a way to make use of the opportunity. I posed Melissa between the building of interest and the building next door: The Hockey Hall of Fame. I knew the bright light in the laneway was less than ideal but I proceeded. I asked if I could straighten her sunglasses and she said “Sure. That’s ok. They might not straighten. They’re kind of wonky.” She was right. “Ok” I said. “That will be part of the character of this photo.” We shared a laugh. I had to photograph from the other side of the sidewalk and I appreciated the pedestrians who stopped to wait between “takes” so as to not get in the way. People can be so accommodating.
Not sure that I had a good enough image (see comment photo) I asked Melissa to move a few steps to the open doorway of the building under renovation. The workmen were inside and I called to them to ask if it would be ok to step inside the doorway for “just one minute” to take a photo of Melissa. They looked at each other (probably a bit nonplussed by my nerve), then waved me in with a friendlynshrug. I positioned Melissa inside the door with construction disarray and the workmen behind her and balanced myself on the step outside the door in the sunlight. It was somewhat precarious but it worked. I asked Melissa to remove her sunglasses and suggested that she follow up her smiling photo with a relaxed, neutral expression and figured I had the photo. Thanking the workmen, we stepped onto the sidewalk to chat.
Melissa, 22, was born and raised in Toronto. She is a recent college graduate with a major in Public Relations. “Oh, so you’re probably just hitting the job search?” “Well, pretty much. But I think I’m going to take a little break for travel first. I’m going to Quebec where I hope to learn some French which will make me more marketable.” Smart strategy. What was she doing when I interrupted her progress? “Oh, I was just walking to the park to relax and read a book. I like to alternate fiction pleasure reading with more serious reading.” I can remember one of the joys of finishing university was being able to read whatever I wanted to read without guilt that it wasn’t a textbook. “Any words you would like to share with the world?” Melissa laughed at the scope of the question. “I know, I’m just making life difficult for you” I said. She replied “No. Just give me a second. Uh, I think I would say to make time to do the things you value and don’t put them off.” I think she was talking about travel. “What do you like to do when you’re not going to the park to read?” I asked. “Well, I like food. I mean I REALLY like food.” “Your favorite food?” “Let’s just say I REALLY like food.” (smiling)
From the few minutes we spent together Melissa came across as very friendly, relaxed, and sincere. There was a gentle honesty about her and I thought it striking that she responded to my unexpected project request as if it was the most natural thing in the world. I think these nice qualities show in the portraits.
With that I thanked Melissa and freed her up to get to the park on this beautiful, sunny Toronto morning. Thank you Melissa for taking the time to meet and for participating in The Human Family. You are #834 in Round 9 of my project. Have fun in Quebec and good luck with your job search. And be sure to enjoy some of that Quebec cooking!
Update: I received a very nice email from Melissa saying she had enjoyed our meeting and she was positively impressed by my photos. She thanked me and wished me well on my continuing project. It was very nice feedback.
Name: De Nieuwe Bibliotheek / Public Library
City: Almere
Architect(s): Meyer & van Schooten (MVSA)
Completion: 2010
The wedge-shaped of Almere’s new public library site occupies a prominent position next to the town hall, with its apex on Town Hall Square. The block accommodates several different functions. The Diagonaal frontage is lined by retail spaces, on Wandellaan there are 30 apartments, while the southwest corner contains a strategic reserve of over 2000 m² for the library. The principal element of the block is the public library. Although the welcoming main entrance lies on the square, the library is emphatically present on all sides of the block.
The library is succession of spaces which together form a route some 400 metres in length. An escalator near the entrance carries visitors up to the first of a series of ascending terrace floors which bring them to the second floor. On the second floor the route continues via an escalator to the study centre on the fourth floor or to the auditorium.
The building has a figure of eight ground plan and the combination of several loops gives the library its clarity and flexibility. Large light wells make for an inviting and lucid interior. Glass walls throughout maintain contact with the outside world, while the light wells and the garden provide contact between the different parts of the building. While the apartments are a clearly distinguishable element, they are nonetheless an integral part of the whole.
Text: www.meyer-vanschooten.nl
double sculpture on the principle of industrial production with the freedom of handicraft.
prototype of "new angle" display case for fritz hansen, both 1960s
architect: jørn utzon 1918-2008
much has been made of the sculptural qualities of utzon's architecture despite the way his works focus almost entirely on archetypes like the courtyard, the column, the vault, the cave etc.
here is one model, however, which simply is a sculpture. the white half was built using unique, hand-shaped pieces, whereas the yellow part was assembled from three or four different smaller pieces that fit together at different angles - all to demonstrate the potential of industrial prefabrication.
the model/sculpture was produced when utzon was working on the sydney opera house.
fans of contemporary Danish architecture should find parallels to current projects from BIG, bjarke ingels group, not least their serpentine gallery pavilion which strikes me as something of a tribute to the older master and a very good one too.
the "new angle" display case shows more of the discipline of utzon's actual work with modular design.
more utzon here
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The North Adelaide Grammar School established 1854 by John Whinham, on land purchased by George Fife Angas, was the forerunner to this landmark Whinham College.
In 1873 John Whinham retired and his son Robert took the reins. In 1881, following an influx of scholars, plans were drawn up by architect Thomas Frost for the construction of new school buildings at the corner of Ward and Jeffcott Streets. The new buildings opened 1882.
It was reputed to be the most modern, best equipped secondary school in South Australia.
The main building with frontage to Jeffcott Street comprised centre building and two storeyed wings. Wings at the rear with transepts enclosed three sides of an open court.
The total, in Elizabethan style, contains more than 40 rooms. Its prominent feature is the clock tower of white and coloured bricks, with freestone columns that have carved caps.
In 1884 Robert Whinham was killed in a fall from a horse and John Whinham resumed control. He died in 1886, the school declined and closed in 1898.
From 1898 the property then became a training school for lady missionaries and known as Angas College.
In 1916 the army took possession of the property for use as a repatriation hospital.
In 1922 the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia purchased the property for £13,500.
In 1923, Immanuel College and Seminary were officially opened. They operated until the Air Force commandeered the building in 1942, giving ten days’ notice to vacate.
In 2003 the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in Australia changed the name of the Seminary to Australian Lutheran College, to take effect 1 January 2004.
Ref: ALC - Australian Lutheran College Site History Brochure.
North Adelaide Institutions + Colleges DPA.