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Stairs of Braga Stadium designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura. 

Photo by Carlos Coutinho.

subtilitas:

Louis Kahn - Phillips Exeter Academy library, Exeter NH 1971 (click for big). Via Trent Bell.

context

subtilitas:

Traditional Swiss stone house in Guarda, via flickr.

Haus Presenhuber by AFGH Architekten

I’ve become increasingly interested with the concept of context, place, and history in design and would like to explore it more with this blog.

Here, the patchwork facades of the local historic homes, a result of decades of renovations, is given a modern interpretation for this holiday home.

subtilitas:

Three Views of Staab Architekten’s beautifully detailed entry at the Georg Schäfer museum, Schweinfurt 2000.

archmaterials:

Charred Concrete (Interior). Bruder Klaus Field Chapel. Peter Zumthor. 2007. 

(via )

archdaily:

#concrete #detail #tadaoando (Taken with instagram)

General Trade School Interior designed by Hermann Baur. 

subtilitas:

Christ & Gantenbein - House extension, Arlesheim 2002.

Textured Concrete Panels of the Merida Conference Centre designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos.

Photo by ekainj. 

subtilitas:

Pier Luigi Nervi - Aircraft hanger, Orvieto 1935. Via.

Washington Metro designed by Harry Mohr Weese. 

architizer:

Material of the Year: concrete with a negative carbon footprint by Novacem.

subtilitas:

Hans Hofmann - Kraftwerk Birsfelden (hydroelectric power plant), Birsfelden 1955. Via.

College of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo (1968) designed by Joao Batista Vilanova Artigas. 

Saint-Pierre Interior designed by Le Corbusier.