“Fleischerei Bar” - Michael Grzesiak transforms a century old butcher shop into a modern day bar
City Hall Subway Station, New York
Converted ancient defense tower in Suffolk, England by Piercy Conner Architects
The Luminarie De Cagna is an imposing cathedral-like structure that was on display at the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium.
Old is New Again - buildings that have been refurbished and redesigned with a modern touch.
The Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is an historical residence of the King of Spain, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Built primarily from locally quarried gray granite, square and sparsely ornamented, El Escorial is austere, even forbidding, in its outward appearance, seemingly more like a fortress than a monastery or palace. Philip’s instructions to Toledo were simple and clear, directing that the architects should produce “simplicity in the construction, severity in the whole, nobility without arrogance, majesty without ostentation.”
Hut of Fichtelberg Mountain by AFF
Michigan Central Station was built in mid-1912 through 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, and is of the Beaux-Arts Classical style of architecture, designed by the Warren & Wetmore and Reed and Stemfirms who also designed New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. Closed in 1988 and abandoned, the building is currently a haven for graffiti artists and the homeless, though plans to renovate and reopen the building were set in 2011.
Any person standing in front of one of these pieces is instantly reflected on its surface. This mechanical mirror has video cameras, motors and computers on board such that the individual pieces shift to produce a ghostly image of whatever is placed before it despite being completely composed of wood.
By Daniel Rozin
Arbor 15 - Kerimov Prishin Architects
Guesthouse in Arima - UZU Architects
Villa Rotonda - Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten
Clock Tower Apartment in Brooklyn
