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6/30/10

Hay's Galleria market, London England


William Cubitt was responsible for the creation of Hay's Wharf in Southwark of London Borough, completed in 1856. It is located on the River Thames between London and Tower Bridge.

After being burned in a 1861 fire and bombed in world war two, it was renovated by Twigg Brown Architects in 1987.

The enclosed dock received 80% of England's tea. The warehouses are today upscale shopping venues and an arched glass roof covers the walkway. Salmon Pink granite and Yorkstone sandstone clad the fine exterior flooring.

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6/28/10

Oxford Natural History Museum, Oxford England


Thomas Newenham Deane and Benjamin Woodward designed the Oxford University Museum of Natural History in Parks Road in Oxford, England, with influence from John Ruskin. Following the traditional church layout, the neo-Gothic structure has modern cast iron pillars dividing three aisles, with a glass roof overhead. Stone columns surround the main spaces with cloistered arcades.

The secularized architecture has statues of scientists rather than saints, ornamented trims of leaves and flowers rather than angels. Upon completion in 1860, the museum hosted debates between church and science with evolutionary biology versus dogmatic theology views of creation. Large dinosaur skeletons and display cases of evolutionary evidence fill the museum today.

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6/24/10

Taiwan Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010


C.Y. Lee designed the Taiwan Pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, with the theme "Mountain, Water, Heart and Lantern." A large sphere is suspended in a glass lantern. Mount Morrison and Mount Ali are painted on the exterior.

The structure incorporates each of the five elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. This pavilion was sponsored by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council as a motion of good-will in China, which disputes the independence of Taiwan.

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Nezu Museum, Tokyo Japan


Kengo Kuma designed the new building for the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts in Minato, Tokyo Japan, completed in 2009. Kenji Imai and Tachu Naito designed the original structure in 1954.

The museum contains a private collection of work by Nezu Kaichirō (1860–1940). The new building has modern environmental features and a Japanese garden outside. It is minimalist but entirely based on previous architecture. The original structure had escaped destruction in WW2, but the ugly concrete buildings that were erected after the war led Kuma to design something connected to Japan's historical heritage:
"I wanted to create a huge roof. I attempted to connect people and the ground once again with the roof... Shadows link architecture to the ground and give comfort to the architecture and warmth to the city."
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6/21/10

Leadenhall Market, London England


Originally built in the fourteenth century, the Leadenhall Market arcade marks the center of ancient London under the Romans. Sir Horace Jones designed what is the current structure in 1881.

The Victorian design uses a repetitive arched structure with long skylights running the length of the area. The ornate interior is classic English style for grandeur and wealth. It stands near the modern Lloyds Building.

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North Christian Church, Columbus Indiana


Eero Saarinen designed the North Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana, completed in 1964. A tall spire reaches down to a hexagonal structure that splays horizontally as it meets the ground. Directly below the spire an, oculus skylight at this meeting place put light into the interior, with additional daylight coming in at the reveal between the wall and splayed ceiling.

This reveal is made possible by a moat surrounding the structure. The roof ends at grade level as trapezoidal steel legs suspend it above the floor. Slight colored variants in the light play off the interior's concrete ceiling.

This cast in place concrete structure was modernist Saarinen's last design. Dan Kiley designed the landscape.

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6/20/10

Whitney Museum, New York


Marcel Breuer designed the Whitney Museum of American Art on 945 Madison Ave. at 75th Str. in New York City, completed in 1966. Renzo Piano is currently developing a modern extension at the entrance to the high line.

The granite blocked building appears to step out into the street space. Trapezoid windows bump out into the exterior.

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Einstein Tower, Albert Einstein Science Park Potsdam Germany


Erich Mendelsohn (with Richard Neutra) designed the Einsteinturm astrophysical observatory for the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany, completed in 1924. The expressionist structure atop Telegraphenberg houses Erwin Finlay-Freundlich's telescope which was used to validate Einstein's theory of relativity.

It remains today one of the top artistic expressions of science in a structure meant for study and research. The pueblo-like building gives a realism and down to earth aesthetic atmosphere.

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