95 restaurant

The construction of "95 restaurant" integrates the contemporary and the native in order to challenge architectural rules of margins and transparency.
It is named after the angle of the columns that support a high wharf it is placed on. Made out of recovered materials the whole building reminds of a confusing structure of a tree house. The structure is high above the water so that boats can be tied beside the restaurant. The building fits into naturalistic surroundings beautifully making the harmonic connection between the building and riverbank landscape.

hundertwasser

One of the most unusual architects with unmistakably distinctive style is Hundertwasser who proved that it is possible to realize any extravagant design into beautifully harmonic architectural wonder. His approach to buildings is as to the “third skin” of a man, where first is an actual skin and second is clothes. With his design Hundertwasser tries to break artificial to nature rules in academic architecture such as grids, straight lines, even floors; and create buildings that do not conform to the typical standards and formulas. His rules are “uncontrolled irregularities” that bring back together man and nature. Floor becomes uneven so that a man can regain old relationship and contact with earth. Windows don’t obey the grid as natural beauty consists of uncontrolled irregularities. Trees live in Hundertwasser’s buildings to remind us our natural habitat.

guggenheim

The Guggenheim museum was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright and was completed after his death in 1959.
The Guggenheim became a quintessence of Wright’s efforts to translate the beauty of organic forms, it’s natural grace and flow, in architecture. He changed standard approach to museum design by upturning twisting pyramid, where the lift takes visitors to the top of the building so that people can continue their way down walking on a gently flowing ramp. The winding balconies, whose twisting design reminds of a shell shape, are broken up into separate independent rooms that smoothly flow one into another.
Not only it reflected nature, Guggenheim design possessed rigid geometrical qualities, as the museum is the perfect balance of arcs, squares and triangles.
Wright constructed an exciting piece of architecture, whose design is as inspirational now as it was in 1960s, by merging the grace and flexibility of flowing natural shapes and still rigidity of geometric forms.

stolnik building

Stolnik is situated in central Moscow. This luxurious residental building surrounded by early twentieth century neighbours has details of Stalinist era architecture itself and therefore merges and contrasts contemporary and past Moscow.
The exterior is formed by combination of natural stone and light alluminium frame that adds a touch of casual incompleteness.
This magnificent stately building enhances central part of Moscow with quaint extravagance and contemporary immensity.

emotional diagrams for architecture

When Featherstone Associates were asked by South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre to extend and renovate their centre in Grays, the company decided to adopt insightful and inventive approach.
Spending time with counsel workers and women gave a necessary insight into the nature of the centre’s work and how women feel when they come there. On the basis of that information “emotional diagrams” were developed that served as inspiration for the design.
Featherstone Associates fitted shell shaped windows covered in wood tiles outside of the building. Privacy of the sitting area of the counseling rooms is created by the rigid windows in shape similar to “listening ears”. A central “ribbon wall” separates offices and counseling space acoustically and visually.