new innovations in structure and skin combined with developments in computer imaging, analysis and...
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New innovations in structure and skin combined with developments in computer imaging, analysis and fabrication have made it possible for architects to push the form of the tall building in ever more sculptural directions. The result is that the expressive possibilities have moved so far as to make the Chicago Frame, the original liberator of the
architecture, appear more a corset.
Sculptural Form
Such explorations often take several forms:
• Whimsical or Sensual Form• A Reinterpretation of Structural Expressionism• Inversion
Sculptural Form
Whimsical or Sensual Form
5th Avenue and 42nd Street Tower, NY NY, Steven Holl
5th Ave. & 42nd St., NY NYSteven Holl
5th Ave. & 42nd St., NY NYSteven Holl
5th Ave. & 42nd St., NY NYSteven Holl
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
New York Times Headquarters, NY NY,Frank Gehry & David Childs
The Absolute Condominium,Mississauga, CanadaYansong Ma, MAD
The Absolute Condominium, Mississauga, CanadaYansong Ma, MAD
The Absolute Condominium, Mississauga, CanadaYansong Ma, MAD
Structural Expressionism
The architect engineer Santiago Calatrava has always been interested in blurring the lines between his interests in engineering, architecture and sculpture. In two tall building projects he reopens the idea of structural expressionism but this time fused with his own sense of sculptural balance and aesthetic poise. As in many of his works the projects began as sculptures.
Turning Torso, Apartment and Office Tower, Malmo Sweden, Santiago Calatrava, 2005
Turning Torso, Apartment and Office Tower, Malmo Sweden, Santiago Calatrava, 2005
Turning Torso, Apartment and Office Tower, Malmo Sweden, Santiago Calatrava, 2005
Turning Torso, Apartment and Office Tower, Malmo Sweden, Santiago Calatrava, 2005
Turning Torso, Apartment and Office Tower, Malmo Sweden, Santiago Calatrava, 2005
Turning Torso, Apartment and Office Tower, Malmo Sweden, Santiago Calatrava, 2005
80 South Street, New York, NY, Santiago Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY, Santiago Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY, Santiago Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY,
Santiago Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY,
Santiago Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY,
Santiago Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY, Santiago
Calatrava
80 South Street, New York, NY, Santiago
Calatrava
Inversion
In some case the experimental form literally folds back upon itself completely disrupting the idea of tower as form creating a new powerful paradigm
Isamu NoguchiEnergy
CCTV, Beijing, China, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
CCTV, Beijing, China, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany, Peter Eisenman, 1991
Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany, Peter Eisenman, 1991
Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany, Peter Eisenman, 1991
Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany, Peter Eisenman, 1991
Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany, Peter Eisenman, 1991