Faced with a half-day layover in Dubai recently, I decided to visit the tallest building in the world. I could … More
Tag: cantilever
Scatological Cantilever?
Unlike so many contemporary cantilevers whose only purpose, seemingly, is to out-do other cantilevers in depth, height or width, the tiny … More
Carme Pinós Honours the Pillar
[Originally published in Mark Magazine #52] Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza’s 17th-century baroque basilica, is dedicated to the Virgin … More
The Cantilever Race
Forum 2004 Building, Herzog & de Meuron The skyscraper race is over. It’s been won hands down by an absurdly … More
Context is Still Everything
The building that looks like an anvil is the soon to be completed Disseny HUB Barcelona, a design museum by … More
