Archinect - News2024-05-05T14:46:11-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150008239/2017-s-10-best-gas-stations-worldwide-as-ranked-by-design-curial
2017's 10 best gas stations, worldwide, as ranked by Design Curial Julia Ingalls2017-05-18T15:58:00-04:00>2017-05-19T12:48:37-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f0/f0v35alky3578kn4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Angelenos may be mildly alarmed to learn that local favorites <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/4256960/johnston-marklee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johnston Marklee Architects</a>'s striking Helios House (co-designed with <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/23862/office-da" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Office dA</a>) has slipped two spots to eighth place from its ranking on last year's top ten global filling stations as assembled by Design Curial. However, it's for a good cause: new entrants are fueling some alternative aesthetic takes on the usually quotidian gas station. Here are the winners:</p><ul><li>FIRST PLACE: REST AREA NIEMENHARJU, by Studio Puisto Architects, in Niemenharju, Finland</li></ul><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/t2/t2xdklqtdhpsggcd.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/yr/yr9wrlidgrl48prq.jpg"></p><p> </p><ul><li>SECOND PLACE: POPS ARCADIA ROUTE 66, by <a href="http://archinect.com/e-a-a.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elliott + Associates Architects</a>, in Oklahoma, USA</li></ul><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/fk/fkp2l853va8l4j76.jpg">​</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/pu/puu4yg4w2wbfn7us.jpg"></p><p> </p><ul><li>THIRD PLACE: BATUMI PETROL STATION, by Giorgi Khmaladze, in Batumi, Georgia</li></ul><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ye/yea0lehw7gd79il0.jpg">​</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/tf/tfzqk4fnt0pp58bv.jpg"></p><p> </p><ul><li>FOURTH PLACE: NP GAS STATION, by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/31961803/moneo-brock-studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moneo Brock Studio</a>, in Madrid, Spain</li></ul><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/vy/vy71be1lbh2l95vq.jpg">​</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/69/69ti72r2u33wr2t2.jpg"></p><p> </p><ul><li>FIFTH PLACE: ORIVAL GAS STATION, by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/22519988/philippe-samyn-and-partners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samyn and Partners</a>, in Orival, Belgium</li></ul><p>​<img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/z6/z62hugnqtx0pa6w0.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/mt/mtft8c0vzor4vpjr.jpg"></p><p> </p><ul><li>SIXTH PLACE: ESSO MOBIL STATION, by Eliot Noyes, in Leicestershire, UK</li></ul><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/gx/gxbdwugg90n2mbqh.jpg">​</p><p> </p><ul><li>SEVENTH PLACE: HOUTEN SERVICE STATION, by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/22519988/philippe-samyn-and-partners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samyn and Partners</a>, in Houten, Netherlands</li></ul><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/3d/3dkwb01fdm0dxv80.jpg">​</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ca/cabqku565tvkafo6.jpg"></p><p> </p><ul><li>EIGHTH PL...</li></ul>