Rabu, 26 Maret 2008

7 Wonders of Architecture

From the tall tower in Dubai to a contemporary art museum on New York's Lower East Side, noteworthy architecture is springing up around the globe. Conde Nast Traveler's April issue picks seven designs as the "New Seven Wonders of the Architecture World."


They are...


CUMULUS-DANFOSS UNIVERSE

Denmark

Cumulus, an exhibit hall at Danfoss Universe, a science and technology museum in Nordborg, Denmark. The building has an irregular roof, all curves and angles, like a bite taken out of a clou



BURJ DUBAI

India

Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, which is under construction in the Middle East and is already more than 1,700 feet tall. The final height is a secret but its developer, Emaar Properties, has previously said it will stop somewhere above 2,275 feet and will exceed 160 floors.



NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM

UK

London's new Wembley Stadium, which seats 90,000 with no obstructed sight lines. A massive 436-foot-tall, 1,000-foot-long single arch braces the retractable roof. The stadium will be a centerpiece of the 2012 Olympics.



NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

USA

New Museum of Contemporary Art, designed to resemble an off-kilter stack of silvery rectangles, located on the Bowery on Manhattan's once-seedy, now-trendy Lower East Side



KOGOD COURTYARD

USA

Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., a curved roof made from a patterned grid of glass and steel above shallow pools in the courtyard of the Old Patent Office Building, also known as the Reynolds Center and home to the American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.



RED RIBBON, TANGHE RIVER PARK

China

Red Ribbon, Tanghe River Park, in Qinhuangdao, China, about 180 miles east of Beijing, a steel bench that runs a third of a mile through a riverbank garden and ecological oasis.



THE CRYSTAL, TORONTO'S ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

Canada

The Crystal, a controversial new entryway and exhibit space at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, whose sharp, even jagged angles have not been universally loved by the locals. It was designed by Daniel Libeskind.



compiled from :
www.yahoo.com - 24 Maret 2008 - 11.30 AM ET & other sources.


4 komentar:

bienvenuechezmoi mengatakan...

Meskipun arsitektur kontemporer 'tidak-biasa-dan-terasa-ganjil-di-mato' seperti ini bukan selera utama gw dalam dunia arsitektur, tapi artikel mengenai bangunan dengan konsep estetika yang tinggi dan unik senantiasa memotivasi gw meningkatkan insting dan kemampuan desain gw. Makanya gw posting juga di blog gw ini. Sapa tau selain gw, ada dari para pengunjung yang juga terinspirasi... ^ ^ v

Dari tujuh 'keajaiban' ini, gw paling suka yang Kogod Courtyard karena bentukan kontemporer ini ternyata berada di courtyard bangunan konservasi... ^ ^

How amazing when classical arch. meet contemporary arch. beautifully... ^ ^

Anonim mengatakan...

pengen ngomentrain Bangunan CUMULUS-DANFOSS UNIVERSE --> gmn klo hujan? ngalir airnya kmn? jd ngegenang di atas gt? bentuk bangunan yg aneh.. mungkin dibangun buat merangsang napsu makan tikus2..hehe

bienvenuechezmoi mengatakan...

Irma Kurma nu geulis tea...
Bangunan berbentuk seperti itu lumrah di negeri dengan 4 musim. Itu masih mending masih menyerupai keju, ada yang bentuknya lebih organik dan meskipun diakui menjadi salah satu maestro dunia tapi gw pribadi rada susah 'ngeh' dimana letak estetikanya [sengaja gak mau nyebut merk ;p]...
Kalo di negara tropis, membuat bangunan seperti itu tak akan tahan lama dan kalo dibawa ke sidang tugas akhir, selamat berjuang mati-matian [ati-ati mati beneran] dalam menghadapi cecaran pertanyaan dosen tentang penanganan cahaya matahari dan curah hujan yang tinggi... ^ ^'

bienvenuechezmoi mengatakan...

Dan jika masih heran soal bentuknya, itulah dia letak 'keajaiban'nya...
^ ^'