Urban Explorer Infiltrates an Abandoned Gasometer via Urban Ghosts
Situated somewhere in Europe, urban explorer Urbex Maestro captured this striking series of photographs featuring a now abandoned gasometer dating to the turn of the 20th century.
The vast empty structure, built in 1904, was designed to store 50,000 cubic metres of gas. The roof was capable of moving up and down to control the pressure inside the 60-metre diameter tank.
This gasometer is a typical example of the ornate industrial architecture that flourished throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting the importance of form as well as function.
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Tokyo-12 by www.edufiend.com on Flickr.
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Unique Underwater hotel in charisma design
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Ruins of St Catherine Cathedral in Visby, Sweden (by sgplewka).
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Casa Niemeyer: Canoas House by Oscar Niemeyer-
Designed in 1953, Canoas House was Oscar Niemeyer’s own house. From the rear of the property the house looks relatively simple and could even be mistaken for a pavilion or pool house. However, there is also a lower level, which contains the bedrooms and bathrooms. The curved glass walls and the roof shape, mimic that of the pool. The lower level is lit by clerestory windows, faceted windows in the bedrooms and the bathroom has a glass ceiling. The house and pool have been built around the existing bedrock, which ties them together, as well as tying the house into the landscape. The landscaping is by Roberto Burle Marx and the leather and metal stools, as well as the recliner, were designed by Niemeyer.
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Detail of the Bathing Pool by Hubert Robert in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Feb. 2007 (by ElissaSCA)
The Bathing Pool
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Reading Room In The Jungle
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Carpet Pattern Skyscraper Sculptures by Babak Golkar via Designboom
the carpet skyscraper works of iranian artist babak golkar draw a relationship between the two dimensional and three dimensional, architecture and art, and ultimately - the associations with the much-debated tension between east and west. through extruding the elaborate ornamental patterning of nomadic persian carpets, the pieces generate a dynamic visual and conceptual reflection on existent cultural barriers.they do not only reference the erected symbols of western patriotism, they also bring attention to the emerging megapolis’ and the advance of oil powered arab countries.
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By FGMF Arquitetos
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Pier luigi Nervi | Artemio Franchi Municipal Stadium, 1929 - 1932 Florence
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Spring Wind House by Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop via Designboom
searching for something to celebrate the arrival of spring, hungarian architecture uncomfortable workshop have developed ‘spring wind’. for the occasion, the collective conceived a standing structure that responds to the movement of the wind - highlighting the natural effects of a sheltered environment. the concept integrates a wooden frame as the structure - with an open-ended textile cover, which reacts to the different intensities of the elements - forming into different organic shapes as the wind interacts with the envelope of the piece.