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Captured: The Ruins of Detroit | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post
Posted Feb 07, 2011 Up and down Detroit’s streets, buildings stand abandoned and in ruin. French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre set out to document the decline of an American city. Their book “ The Ruins of Detroit “, a document of decaying buildings frozen in time, was published in December 2010. The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at some point, the volatile result of change of era and the fall of empires.Description from the architects: Designed to release the pressure on the public space of the main shopping avenue of Zaandam, the fietsenpakhuis accommodates a daily storage of 700 bicycles. Due to a overwhelming popularity of bike use in the Netherlands, many town centers suffer congestion of the public domain.
Bicycle Parking by Nunc Architects » CONTEMPORIST
Tangga House by Guz Architects | HomeDSGN, a daily source for inspiration and fresh ideas on interior design and home decoration.
The Tangga House is another Singapore’s dream home designed by Guz Architects . Completed in 2009, the 7,663 square foot residence is located in Holland Village, an elite district of Singapore that is famous amongst the expatriate community. The luxury single-family home gives the owners the opportunity to live in harmony and comfort with nature, in Singapore’s hot tropical climate. Tangga House by Guz Architects: “The house is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional courtyard house, laid out around a central green courtyard with a double height stair and entry area forming the focal point of the project.
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The scenario inspired by the topology of the place, just like a ‘box’ sunk into the sand. M athieu Lehanneur ’s paradoxical church conversion is an architectural gesture, equally paradoxical and strangely distinguishable which will undoubtedly mark an important milestone in the development of religious works. Religious architectural works are always within an austere context, not allowing the designer/architect to explore possibilities mainly because of what religion defines. In the later years, some development and modernization is allowed within the strict religious milieu. Lehanneur ’s work explores an organic addition to the already existing Romanesque church building of St.
St. Hilaire church in Melle by Mathieu Lehanneur | Yatzer™