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
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
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
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