ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH BY MAXIM VELCOVSKY

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ON THE ROCKS

© Erik Jacobs for The New York Times
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John Pawson

John Pawson Works
Phaidon Press
Original edition 2000
Extended paperback edition 2005

www.phaidon.com

B FOR BALENCIAGA

Balenciaga Los Angeles store

8670 Melrose avenue
West Hollywood
CA 90069

images via balenciaga.com

by Todd Saunders and Tommie Willhelmsen of Saunders Sivilarkitekt
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RISD

Rhode Island School of Design has an amazing library. If only I could take my flying carpet and fly over, just to sit there and read a book.
www.risd.edu
"The monumental 55,000 square foot library-almost four times larger than the former library-expands access to the library's extensive collections of artists' books, periodicals, slides and image files, art reproductions, sound and video recordings, and special collections of design portfolios, archives, and materials research. The previous library's limited space meant most of the collection was accessed only through a call system. The new library will have open stacks for over 100,000 volumes on the ground floor, with a separate area for Archives, Special Collections, and other visual resources on the second floor. While incorporating comprehensive, fully-wired digital resources, RISD's investment in the Fleet Library reflects the continued importance of the tangible substance of books and images, so critical for understanding design, color, layout, and materiality as part of a visual studies program."

DUPLI CASA

Dupli.Casa - House near Ludwigsburg, Germany
J. MAYER H. Architects
Project Architects: Georg Schmidthals, Thorsten Blatter
Team: Juergen Mayer H., Simon Takasaki, Andre Santer, Sebastian Finckh
Project: 2005-2007
Completion: 2008
Client: Private
Architect on Site: AB Wiesler, Stuttgart
Structural Engineer: Dieter Kubasch, Ditzingen und IB Rainer Klein, Sachsenheim
Service Engineers: IB Hans Wagner, Filderstadt
Building Physics: IB Dr. Schaecke und Bayer, Waiblingen-Hegnach
Landscape Architects: Büro Klaus Wiederkehr, Nürtingen
Function: Private House, near Ludwigsburg, Germany
Site area: 6900 m2
Building area: 569 m2
Total floor area: 1190 m2
Number of floors: 3
Height of the building: 12,20 m
Structure: Ferroconcrete, brick, roof: timber
Principal exterior material: aerated concrete with plaster, glass
Principal interior material: wood panelling, plaster, parquet flooring
Designing period: 02/05 – 06/08
Construction period: 02/06 – 08/08
Photographer: David Franck

by JMAYERH ARCHITECTS
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SCAPE IT

SCAPE ARCHITECTS
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SHIBUYA STATION

Architect Tadao Ando’s new Shibuya (Tokyo) Station extension

Prada and Christian Dior building in Tokyo, Japan.

Mikimoto Building

Architect: Atelier Tekuto