Sliced Porosity Block / Steven Holl Architects
Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China by Steven Holl Architects: Rather than being designed as object-icon skyscrapers, the three million square foot complex identifies itself as a metropolitan public space with large plazas and a hybrid of different functions. The five towers stimulate a micro urbanism by offering offices, serviced apartments, retail, a hotel, cafes, and restaurants. Steven...
ArchitectureHufton + CrowIwan BaanLebbeus WoodsShu HeSteven Holl Architects
Lebbeus Woods 1940-2012
Architecture and war are not incompatible. Architecture is war. War is architecture. I am at war with my time, with history, with all authority that resides in fixed and frightened forms. I am one of millions who do not fit in, who have no home, no family, no doctrine, no firm place to call my […]
ArchitectureDeconstructivismLebbeus WoodsMichael KimmelmanRIPTheory