Thursday, 26 September 2013

Week 1: Three houses


Barcelona Pavilion

Barcelona Pavilion was built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929. The building is used for the official opening of German section of exhibition.
Material used was high grade stone, tinted glass and translucent glass.


Rubin House

Rubin House was built in 1996 by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The house is located at the foot of a hill and has the concept of childhood memories evoking the image of house.
Material used is all concrete without eaves giving the impression of being one element.



House in Bordeaux

House in Bordeaux was built in 1994 by Rem Koolhaas. It was designed for a family of parents and three children with a purpose of balancing two parallel lives which was the family and one disabled person of the family.
Material used for architecture was cement and the contrasting glass and aluminum.

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