Parking garage, Mexico City
Just a cement parking garage, but look how much care has been taken with the design of the concrete forms used for this building, and also with the lettering. Though clearly someone felt the subtle...
View ArticleEmpty bank building, Charleston SC
For brutalist concrete, I find this little bank quite friendly. And not half bad for a drive-in. Unfortunately it seems to be abandoned. Photo above is by agilitynut, and and an alternate view is here....
View ArticleConcrete planters. What happened? Whither minimalism? Whither design?
Whatever happened to planters like these two? They may still be in production, but wherever they are still available, and that’s nearly nowhere, they’re civic-sized, weigh 500-1000 pounds, and are out...
View ArticleArcosanti, by Paolo Soleri
Arcosanti, designed by Italian-born architect Paolo Soleri, is an experimental architectural complex perched on the side of a gulch in the Arizona desert, about 70 miles north of Phoenix. Arcosanti was...
View ArticleBrutalist Vancouver building that hasn’t dated
(Thanks to Steven Ballegeer for this photo on Flickr) Just to prove I don’t hate all tall buildings, this early 1970s brutalist concrete highrise in Vancouver is a long-time favourite of mine, and one...
View ArticlePatterned concrete blocks, on Flickr
Concrete block and perforated screen fetishists should visit this Flickr pool. The wall above and below is at the abandoned Besser Vibrapac office, a building that served as a display of the company’s...
View ArticlePatterned concrete screens
I’m developing a taste for these. There are lots of dinky suburban tract versions of these perforated walls, but when the scale and placement are well thought out, they can be the building’s most...
View ArticleTatooine settlement on Vancouver Island
Tatooine! I knew this Vancouver Island house reminded me of something. ...read more The post Tatooine settlement on Vancouver Island appeared first on Ouno Design.
View ArticleKurimanzutto in Mexico City
This is Kurimanzutto, the Mexico City art gallery of dealers Monica Manzutto and José Kuri. Originally an old lumber yard, the building was converted into a gallery by architect Alberto Kalach....
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