Saturday, October 13, 2012

1000 x EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE -- PART 4


1000 GLOSSY PAGES OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE



Northern Europe covers Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

David Chipperfield Architects' The Hepworth Wakefiled United Kingdom project is decribed:


"The Hepworth Wakefield is a purpose-built art gallery, located in the historic waterfront area south of Wakefield city center."

"The monolithic appearance and composition is accentuated by the use of pigmented insitu concrete."

"The program is split horizontally between the ground floor and the first floor."

"The ground floor contains the reception, shop, cafeteria, auditorium, and learning studios, as well as offices and back-of-house areas."

"The main source of daylight in each gallery is a light slot running the full width of the ceiling at the highest end of each space."

"The varying angle of each ceiling have been calculated to admit and diffuse light in the best possible way, complementing the artificial light system."


Book review of 1000 x European Architecture
continues tomorrow, October 14

The book sells for $125.
http://www.braun-publishing.ch




 

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