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Cassia Coop Training Canter, Tyin Tegnestue Architects
Cassia Coop Training Canter, Tyin Tegnestue Architects
Building Case Studies
Earthquake resistant with different oscillating frequency in each brick structure.
Archi-Union Architects Office, Archi-Union Architects
Archi-Union Architects Office, Archi-Union Architects
Building Case Studies
This is a low-tech, simple material applied to create an undulating surface
Babbio Center, Ecoplan, P.A.
Babbio Center, Ecoplan, P.A.
Building Case Studies
Resists weathering and vandalism. The durability and minimum maintenance extend a building’s useful life, providing an enduring, high-quality appearance.
Ningbo History Museum, Wang Shu
Ningbo History Museum, Wang Shu
Building Case Studies
The building's façade is made out of recycled building materials from local houses that were demolished. The building was assembled by using a traditional technique, wapan, which involves layering multiple elements in varying size, packing them together to create a stable structure.
Unilever Head Offices, Solano Benitez
Unilever Head Offices, Solano Benitez
Building Case Studies
The brick is produced locally out of native clay.
Muuratsalo Experimental House, Alvar Aalto
Muuratsalo Experimental House, Alvar Aalto
Building Case Studies
This material allows for exploration of different configurations of the unit, and gives a sense of human scale and a haptic quality. Fifty different types of bricks which are arranged in various patterns as a material exploration.
The Millard House, Frank Lloyd Wright
The Millard House, Frank Lloyd Wright
Building Case Studies
Whitish-grey pre-cast concrete block formed with cruciform-imprinted molds. Wright used the block due to its modular characteristic making it cheap to make and easy to customize.