Materials

Switzerland | RAPPERSWIL-JONA
The merger of the towns Rapperswil and Jona called for a symbolic unification as well, realized now in the joint project to...
Metal, Stone

Germany | BERLIN
Located in central Berlin, Humboldt University's new central library is an imposing structure, both inside and out, and...
Stone

Portugal | LISBON
In architecture, stone is mostly associated with the city. Streets paved with stone, flanked by stone buildings, form the...
Stone

Netherlands | ROTTERDAM
In recent years there has been quite a lot of fuss about the construction of mosques in Europe (see also A10#19, The...
Stone

Germany | HAMBURG
Hafencity is today one of the best-known examples of how a former harbour area can be 'given back' to the city by means of...
Colour, Facade, Stone

Hungary | SZÁZHALOMBATTA
At first sight, the facade of this mixed-use complex in Százhalombatta, an industrial town on the Danube just south of the...
Stone

United Kingdom | EDINBURGH
The Scotsman Steps are an enclosed public thoroughfare that connect the older upper town of Edinburgh to the lower 'new' town;...
Colour, Stone

Spain | ZAMORA
The recently finished city council offices building on Viriato Square, in Zamora, seems at first glance to be a modern anomaly...
Stone

Netherlands | ROTTERDAM
Anyone trying to market houses in this time of crisis has to come up with something special. The fact that the 158-metre-high...
Stone

Portugal | PESO DA RÉGUA
They protrude from the vine-covered hillside like rocks, the group of buildings that Guedes+DeCampos designed as an extension...
Stone