Monday, August 10, 2009

Spectacular Architecture Around The World

Hi Friends! I hope you has a remarkable weekend.

"Dancing House" in Prague
"Even though some initially referred to it derisively as the Drunk House, this tipsy, tilting modern edifice is now considered a highlight of Prague’s modern architecture".


Ray & Maria Stata Center at MIT
"One reviewer suggested that the structure is “a metaphor for the freedom, daring, and creativity of the research that's supposed to occur inside it."

"New York City’s New Museum of Contemporary Art, opened in 2007 and named one of the seven architectural wonders by Conde Nast Traveler the following year, rises out of the gritty Bowery neighborhood in lower Manhattan like a layered wedding cake."

L'Hemisfèric in Spain
"Built in a dried-out riverbed, its space-age educational and recreational structures were designed and developed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava as a present to his home city."


"Hearst Tower" in New York City
"It was the first skyscraper to break ground in New York City after September 11, 2001, and was the first “green” high-rise office building completed in the city."


"The Seattle Central Library, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2004, is a beacon for bookworms in a city said to be one of the most literate in the U.S."

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay in Singapore
"Some have likened its spiky glass domes to the durian fruit or the eyes of a fly."

"The walls inside the main performance space are covered with famous theater quotes that are illuminated when the stage is dark. The complex won the 2009 Victorian Architecture medal for best new building in Australia."


"Gherkin" in London
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Despite its appearance, there is only one piece of curved glass on the entire building, a lens-shaped piece that caps the very top."




{The World's Most Amazing Buildings}

53 Fabulous People:

  1. i really like tilding in Prague and the Museum of Contemporary Art in NY!

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  2. urgghh!I never liked the Gherkin! haha (: ooo I see the esplanade (: love u (: hope your weekend went well!

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  3. So cool. I love unique, modern architecture. Dubai also has quite a few interesting buildings. And, of course, Gaudi in Spain. He's not really my style though :)

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  4. Those are all amazing, especially the Prague one! I have seen the Gherkin in London several times in person and I always imagine how fun it would be to work in the building.:)

    Hope you had a lovely weekend!

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  5. Interesting buildings! I had no idea that architecture had evolved into a modern art form.

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  6. Wonderful examples of Modern Art that are both practical AND aesthetically pleasing!!

    Lovely post - as always!

    xxxLOL LOLA:)

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  7. Amazing, darling! So many fabulous places on the world... :)
    Have a wonderful day, darling,



    FM~FP~AF

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  8. Wow what fun buildings! I want to work in one! I took some pictures of the London one last weekend :)
    xx

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  9. Such beautiful buildings...and look, one that i can visit on a daily basis :)

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  10. wow, i'd love to see any of these buildings in person, especially the last giant phallic example. (just saying, come on- you know it's true!)

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  11. Fantastic! Really cool places. There's one in Paris too where the paint job makes the building look all wiggly. I forget the name. i'll see if I can find it!

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  12. These buildings are spectacular!! the last one is hysterical... xxxooo

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  13. How fun! The hotel to the left of the library in Seattle (the one with the triangle at the top) is the one we stayed at, the W! Awww makes me want to go back. Hope you're having a lovely Monday!

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  14. The architects were truly talented! I'd love to visit them all one day! Hope you had a great weekend, Iva ;)

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  15. Wowww...
    I really like the one in Singapore, out of this world design!! xo*

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  16. sorry i have to say it...the last one looks like a ginormous vibrator.

    am i the only one with a dirty mind here? lol.

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  17. Wow these are all very unique! I think my favorite is "the Dancing House." Hope you had a great weekend!

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  18. wow, awesome! i'm loving all the pictures, what amazing buildings...thanks for sharing girly!

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  19. looove all of these! and YAY for you including the MIT Stata Center, my boss was a part of the architecture team who designed the building :)

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  20. Love the photos!! Those are some freaking awesome buildings. Thanks for sharing. Hope you had an amazing weekend. :)

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  21. The first one tripped me out for a sec...I thought my eyes were messed up..lol :)

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  22. Wow, some of these seem to defy gravity. You'd need a huge team of engineers to work on those plans for aaages before you could construct them. Amazing!

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  23. #1 has been my favorite for YEARS!!! i hope to go see it someday -- SOON!!!

    p.s. i used to have a friend that worked for f. gehry. baaaaaaaaaaaaad stories about that man. but his buildings are impressive. but you DO NOT want to work for him. evah.

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  24. i tend to love older architecture but these are beautiful

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  25. Thank you so much for yr lovely comment! So much flattery will simply go to my head - which is big enough already!

    Hugsxx

    xxxLOL LOLA:)

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  26. These are awesome! I love them all! I haven't been to the Museum in NY on the Bowery yet, but now it's on my list!

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  27. what! i've been to prague so many times but never heard of that building! have to see it next time!!

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  28. Is the Gherkin aptly named because of it's similarity to the pickle? :)

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  29. why did i not see that building when we were in prague? hmmm. and the hearst building here in the city is amazing inside as well as out.

    xo

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  30. Great post! I really like the building at MIT.

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  31. loved this post!!! I love fun architecture, and you picked some great pictures :) I've only seen the Gherkin; I want to see them all!

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  32. One of my favorite, if not my absolute fave, is not listed here! The Geisel Library at UCSD http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Geisel_Library%2C_UCSD.jpg/800px-Geisel_Library%2C_UCSD.jpg , named after Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. :)

    It also features colored glass doors that overlap when they open to create secondary colors: the yellow opens to overlap the blue, creating green.

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  33. These are amazing! I wish there were more beautiful buildings like this where I live!

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  34. I want to visit each and every one of these!! My travel-bug has been bitten lately and these gorgeous photos are only making it worse...blargh.

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  35. wow those buildings are amazing! xoxox

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  36. the museum in nyc is just beautiful..i actually havent seen the other one but i'm determined to go on a hunt in september when i go! and the top one in prague is so neat! haha the drunk building thats silly. oh and i recieved a little brown package from someone over on the west side of the country!! love you so much and thank you for that!! youre such a doll :) im off to work but i cant wait to come home to investigate everything inside! xoxoo!

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  37. i really like the one in australia! all of them are so unique

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  38. Ohhhhhh, what a pretty post! Makes me want to go sight seeing. That building in Prague is incredible.

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  39. Great modern architecture, do you know who the architects are? A few of them look like they might have been designed by Frank Gehry.

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  40. im always fascinated by modern architecture...but still in love with classic old stuff. its hard to beat timeless!

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  41. Great photographs! There is so much amazing architecture in the world isn't there? I do love the first picture of the "drunken" building. It almost looks like it's about to fall over but it's so cool looking!

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  42. very cool architectural design, I love all of your unique blog posts, thanks again for your recent blog giveaway, I hope you enter into mine as well! :)

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  43. We called the last one the bullet! ;)

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  44. great post! I love this. and I do have to say that the Seattle Library is just as impressive inside as it is outside.

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  45. I love these. Think I can get a house like this someday?

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  46. Oh Woa!! I love the Hearst Tower and wanna somehow work there one day, it looks like a Plinko board from The Price is Right!! I wanna go on the roof and drop one of those circle pucks! The Dancing House in Prague is...Im speechless. I'm an engineer so I love this stuff!!

    I just found your blog and it seems so fun!! I must follow. =) Hope u have a wonderful day!

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  47. Hey Iva , great choices !!!
    Loooove it !!!!
    Love everything that is different !!!
    Love to challenge my visual senses and my brain . Usually standing away from boring !!!:)

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  48. I love the first one! Thank you for sharing. I want to go into architecture in the future so this is totally handy =D x

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