Hi-Tech and Post-Modern European Architecture, 1980s

 

HI-TECH

Coop Himmelb(l)au, Roof Extension Project (lawyers’ offices), Vienna, 1983-88

http://www.geocities.com/big_buildings4/attic.html

BIG Buildings, a great starting point for architecture.  Gorgeous pics here of inside & outside of this project.

 

I M Pei, Louvre Pyramid, completed 1989

http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/masters/pei.htm

Vitruvio is a good starting place for architecture.

http://www.GreatBuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Pyramide_du_Louvre.html/cid_3028374.gbi

Great Buildings online, also good for architecture but patchy.  Two interesting shots of the pyramid.

http://www.geocities.com/big_buildings5/louvre1.html

BIG Buildings – this is the best one for the pyramid – gorgeous pics, esp on page 2 and later.

http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~durand_f/ar05d.htm

slow page, one pic, lots of text

 

Jean Nouvel, Institute du Mond Arabe, Paris, 1983-7

http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/contemporary/1946-2000/institutmondearabe.htm

great pics, w details of structure, window grids, & unusual elevation views

http://www.paris-tourisme.com/musees/monde-arabe/index.html

fast loading, nice colour pics of main elevation & diag of window mechanism

http://www.imarabe.org/

IMA home page – important opening page; rest is other stuff

 

Dome of the Rock for comparison of the windows

http://www.geocities.com/bhistoric/dome.html

BIG Buildings

 

Behnisch & Partner, Hysola Research Institute, Uni of Stuttgardt, Connecting Hall, c1987

http://www.behnisch.com/

Their home page – some projects not Hysola on their “projects” link.

 

Norman Foster & Associates, Stanstead Airport, London, 1980-91

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/0300b.html

From Foster Associates' Home Page - click on image to get access to more

 

POST-MODERN

Mario Botta, Mediatheque, Villeurbane, Lyons, France, 1984-8

Swiss architect.  No website found for Mediatheque, but this architect is very consistent in his approach.

http://members.spree.com/sip1/mariobotta/indexi/lugano/lugano.htm

annoying boxes open on every click.  Close them.  Good pics of many projects; choose selected option on this page to see split façade & stripes; also at Chiassi & explore

 

Hans Hollein, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, 1987-91

http://www.geocities.com/bbuildings/mmk.html

BIG Buildings, good start – few nice pics here, no very clear view of whole or interior, though.

http://www.aidemmedia.com/lava/gallery/museums/hollein/modkun/

Two pics, one very dark, second clear shot of wider end rare view

http://www.frankfurt-forum.de/mmk/english/arch/arch.html

Several b/w pics & some history of the building – rare shots of the inside.

http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/schule/asf/FB1/City/Exhibition-ModArt.htm

A shot of the wide end