Architecture Monday
Huh. There’s something about this new condo tower proposal for Toronto that piques my interest. Skyscrapers are an interesting lot – they’re so tall and big that we begin to view them more of an object (akin to a chess…
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Architecture Monday
This is a cool performing arts venue. For decades the performances by this organization had been held in two big top tents. In keeping with that history, the design took inspiration to create a sculptural shell that reaches for the…
Architecture Monday
Thinking of relaxation, recently I went looking for saunas, and didn’t expect to find this little gem near(ish) my hometown, on the shores of the Georgian Bay! There’s a great number of juxtapositions and sweet attention to detail that really…
Architecture Monday
Welcome to your lily pad, floating gently on the water in a placid lake. Ready for a little getaway? Surrounded by vineyards in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France, the vertical wood slat screen that encircles each small cabin creates patterns of light and…
Architecture Monday
Alright, this turned out very cool. It’s a community sauna (yes, sauna!), designed and built very much from the community. Sitting atop an existing pier structure in the rapidly changing and former industrial harbor of Gothenburg, the project brought together…
Architecture Monday
Let’s go to Finland tonight for a refreshing jaunt in a sauna, shall we? How about this delightful public sauna in Helsinki? Perched on the edge of the water, it is at once a landform and a building, an angular…
