ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE 1

This is the first of three newsletters dedicated to our collections of architectural elements. Each collection contains tens and sometimes hundreds of examples. Below we list the first 23 shown in alphabetical order. For a complete overview, see our Atlas of Architecture

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Toyo Ito & Associates TAMA Art University Library. Hachioji, Japan

PHOTOS BY Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST

→ balconies

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Gérard Grandval Les Choux de Créteil. Créteil , France

PHOTOS BY Lorenzo Zandri , Emiliano Zandri / ZA²

→ bookcases

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studio mk27 - marcio kogan SP Penthouse. São Paulo, Brazil

PHOTOS BY Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen

→ bricks facades

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Giorgio Grassi Nuova sede della Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. Firenze, Italy

→ canopies

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SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa Naoshima Ferry Terminal. Naoshima, Japan

PHOTOS BY Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST

→ ceilings

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→ ceramic floors

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Gio Ponti Hotel Parco dei Principi. Sorrento, Italy

→ chairs & sofas

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Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Sella. Nova Milanese, Italy

→ columns

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KAAN Architecten De Bank. Rotterdam, Netherlands

PHOTOS BY Simone Bossi

→ concrete structures

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Rudy Ricciotti Centre Chorégraphique National Daix-en-provence. Aix-en-provence, France

→ courtyards

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SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa 21st Century Museum. Kanazawa, Japan

PHOTOS BY Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST

→ curtains

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Fumihiko Maki Square 3. Basel, Switzerland

PHOTOS BY Johannes Marburg

→ curved roofs

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LE CORBUSIER Palais de l'Assemblée. Chandigarh, India

PHOTOS BY Cemal Emden

→ daylighting

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Peter Zumthor Therme Vals. Vals, Switzerland

PHOTOS BY Hélène Binet

→ doors

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Emanuele Fidone Basilica paleocristiana di San Pietro, Siracusa. Siracusa, Italy

PHOTOS BY Lamberto Rubino

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Tadao Ando "Four cubes to contemplate our environment". Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France

PHOTOS BY Xavier de Jauréguiberry

→ entrances

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RCR arquitectes, Passelac & Roques Architectes SOULAGES MUSEUM. RODEZ, France

PHOTOS BY KEVIN DOLMAIRE

→ external pavings

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Mamen Domingo i Ernest Ferré PENEDÈS SQUARE. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

PHOTOS BY Jordi Surroca, Marc Méndez

→ facade cladding systems

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Labics Città del Sole. Roma, Italy

PHOTOS BY Fernando Guerra / FG+SG, MARCO CAPPELLETTI

→ fireplaces

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Wendell Burnette Architects Desert Courtyard House. Scottsdale, United States

PHOTOS BY Bill Timmerman

→ fountains

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Aldo Rossi CIMITERO SAN CATALDO. Modena, Italy

PHOTOS BY Fabio Bascetta

→ glass facades

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Foster + Partners Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters. Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China

→ glass partitions

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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Petra. Valencia, Spain

To be continued...

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