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Architecture
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The US Steel Tower, a lasting beacon on the Pittsburgh skyline and legacy of Andrew Carnegie
Richard Storer-Adam reviews the design and construction of this 64-story skyscraper, built in the 1970’s with Cor-Ten steel, symbolising the triumph of the US Steel industry.
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The design story of the Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York City, built in 1957
Richard Storer-Adam reviews the background and architecture of this iconic modernist glass and bronze tower by German-American architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and American associate architect Philip Cortelyou Johnson.
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The Flatiron Building (originally the Fuller Building), designed by Daniel H. Burnham and built in 1902
Richard Storer-Adam dwells on the genesis of NYC’s most iconic skyscraper and ‘quintessential symbol’ of Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA named after the Flatiron district.
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The Inland Steel Building, an historical landmark on Chicago’s skyline in brushed stainless steel and glass
Richard Storer-Adam reviews the background and architecture of this iconic modernist glass and bronze tower by German-American architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and American associate architect Philip Cortelyou Johnson.
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The history and legacy of the ground-breaking Ingalls Building in Cincinnati
My business interests require that I spend a lot of time in the United States with our stainless steel, PVD partners Kloeckner Metals Corporation at their Cincinnati plant in Ohio. One recent weekend I was walking around Cincinnati’s Central Business District when I walked past a relatively non-descript and dilapidated office block. The building had…
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An introduction to hard-anodised aluminium coatings, their advantages and environmental implications for architectural cladding
An introduction to hard-anodised aluminium coatings, their advantages and environmental implications for architectural cladding. Grosvenor Waterside, Chelsea by MAKE architects with artist Clare Woods. This aluminium rainscreen cladding includes over 5300 anodised panels and a shotpeened design. Façade by UK Façades Ltd. What is anodised aluminium? Anodising is a common, stable and cost-efficient electrochemical process.…
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The Architect
A poem by Richard Storer-Adam on the agony of the late night designing process for an architect.
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The Avenues, Kuwait – An extravagant shopping mall and a lifestyle destination
Richard Storer-Adam takes us on a tour around the fourteenth largest shopping mall in the world, built in the middle of a desert with more than half a million visitors a week.
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The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
This distinctive building is the result of a gift from the philanthropist, Lillian Disney, who survived her famous husband by 31 years. Richard Storer-Adam looks at the story behind the design, how Frank Gehry won the design competition from seventy entries, years before his Guggenheim Museum design and of course the remarkable stainless steel sails.
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The profound legacy of the influential architect Eero Saarinen
Richard Storer-Adam Looks at the formative years, inspirations and some of the highlights of Eero Saarinen’s career including the Des Moines Art Center and the famous TWA Terminal.
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The wonder of a canopy – a selection of favourite structures from around the world
Richard Storer-Adam takes us on a visit to four of his favourite canopy structures both contemporary and historic, going back to the famous Parisian metro entrances designed by M. Hector Guimard.
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The Peace Bridge 2012, Memorial Drive, Calgary by Spanish architect and Structural Engineer Santiago Calatrava
Richard Storer-Adam critiques the remarkable Peace Bridge, designed by this controversial architect and constructed by Grahame Infrastructure Ltd, which spans the Bow River and has no piers or supports.
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A stroll through the elegant, stainless steel double – helix Helix Bridge, Singapore by Cox Architecture and Architects 61
Richard Storer-Adam guides us through the construction concept and design details of this extraordinary sculptural bridge which was created in mock-up form in its entirety before being built on site.
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The history of the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York, United States
Richard Storer-Adam gives a history of this world-famous copper statue and its designers, including Gustave Eiffel (with a footnote on how it would not have gone green if it had been made from PVD colored stainless steel).
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The history of the Gateway Arch, St Louis, also known as the St Louis Arch, designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1965
Richard Storer-Adam examines the key aspects and story behind this impressive landmark, the largest stainless steel building in the world, which is built in the form of a flattened catenary arch.
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A review of artist Robert Bruno’s sculptural Steel House, Lubbock, Texas
Richard Storer-Adam reviews the philosophy behind the organic steel sculpture built from weathering steel, nowadays known as corten steel, that has strikingly rusted both outside and inside, and that became a house over a period of 33 years.
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Cloud Gate – a polished stainless steel sculpture inspired by a drop of mercury taking centre stage in the city
Richard-Storer Adam takes us on a visit to marvel at British artist Anish Kapoor’s mesmerising bean- shaped mirrored stainless steel installation in the AT&T Plaza, Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois.
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House 77, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal by dIONISIO Lab, 2010
Looking at the symbolically laser-cut stainless steel cladding which operates as shutters, a decorative building skin and a sculptural element for this contemporary house.
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The Atomium 1958, Brussels , Avenue de l’Atomium, 1020 Bruxelles, Belgium, 102 meters by André Waterkeyn. Engineering consultants Beckers, Joukoff and Daniel, Architects A. and J. Polak
Richard Storer-Adam examines the background of this sculpture, by Belgian engineer, André Waterkeyn, based on the form of an iron crystal magnified 160 billion times.
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Metropol Parasol, part of the redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnacion, Seville, Spain
We take a visit to this triumphant installation created from glued Kerto-Q LVL timber material arranged to an orthogonal grid and rising to 28 metres in height.