Metal Sheet

The Buddhist Meditation Centre Metta Vihara is located in Hengstdijk – a small village near the Belgian border – in a remote area of the Netherlands. The new accommodation provides 22 beds in 13 one and two person bedrooms, a meditation hall, library, and dining hall. Form and materials used in the centre relate to the rural vernacular building, but used in a new and fresh way…

Maison Escalier (Stairs House) imagined and realized by Paris-based architects Jacques Moussafir. Located at 22 rue Jacob, this house of 153 m2 steel structure opens onto a quiet courtyard and preserved. Fully glazed façade is dressed in a metallic second skin pattern plant that protects the privacy of the occupants and hints at the complexity of interior volumes…

Starbucks “Reclamation Drive-Thru” in Tukwila, Washington, has opened a drive-thru location built out of recycled shipping containers. The store opened in December in Tukwila, Wash., and features four shipping containers. Three of the containers are 40 feet long and one is 20 feet long…

San Francisco-based architects SFOSL delivers projects ‘Moose Road Residence’ that are grounded in Scandinavian straightforwardness combined with the innovation and creativity inherent in Northern California. SFOSL operates with the conceptual approach that “The question is the answer”. Within each challenge is a simple solution, and each project strives to produce a simple answer to complex challenges…

Shadowboxx by Olson Kundig Architects features structural elements that move in surprising but functional ways. Responding to the building’s exposed shorefront site, Kundig, FAIA, devised an elegant system of awning shutters for security and weather protection. Clad in corrugated Cor-Ten steel, the three panels lift to nest under a broad…

This iconic pedestrian bridge has a unique sinuous shape and connects two parts of Chicago’s Grant Park on the lakefront. The collaborations between SOM and Frank Gehry, the BP Bridge crosses Columbus Drive and connects downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park and Grant Park to the east. In each collaboration, SOM structural engineers play a critical part in the process of developing the structures that enable the support of Gehry’s inventive curved metal surfaces…

London and Tbilisi firm Architects of Invention has completed a public services building on stilts for a city that doesn’t exist yet in Georgia. The striking Municipality Building located in the new city of Lazika, Georgia, is a landmark designed to spearhead the development of a whole new city with major regional significance. Building on the success of the Prosecutors Office, Engenuiti has partnered once again with Architects of Invention to design and develop this challenging new office building…

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Hadid, the 46,000-square-foot Broad Art Museum at MSU features a striking façade of pleated stainless steel and glass, distinguishing the building from the traditional brick Collegiate Gothic north campus, and signaling the museum and the university’s forward-looking approach…

Archway Studios in London, designed by Undercurrent Architects is a remarkable architectural project. The building is a three story, dual use residence and work space, surrounding a 19th century railway viaduct. “The building’s unique design and appearance helps it to stand out even when dwarfed by inner-city neighbors. As one of 10,000 arches that dissect neighborhoods across London, it is a model that can be adapted for broad community benefit and regeneration”…

Freya’s Cabin and Robin’s Hut are two of a pair of small buildings located on opposite sides of the Kielder Water along the Lakeside Way. The two buildings, are linked by the story of Freya & Robin, which tells a tale of the two characters who live by the lake and their efforts to meet up. Freya’s Cabin is a beautiful golden structure balanced in long golden stems and carved on the inside like a forest…