peter cook's 'friendly alien'.

christ, that was nuts.

same continent.

same country, i meant.

man cook threw us for a loop; i had never seen that area with the white paneling beneath the glazing or that adjacent building with the pattern.

holz this is looking like a hermann kaufmann

looking like - but not.

yeah, i had never seen the lower half either.

Baumschlager and Eberle?

i'm really stumped by this one

is it Proyer & Proyer?

nope and nope...

just cos it's not hermann kaufmann doesn't mean that's not close.

Herman Hertzberger?

Johannes Kaufmann, but I cheated.

nice. no worries. yes, it's johannes kaufmann (somehow they're related)

Collaborate, as well.

yep, and johannes teamed up w/ oskar leo kaufmann (also related) and formed kaufmann 96 a decade or so ago.

i guess it helps when the family owns this?

wow the Kaufmann's are pretty prolific in the passivhaus world, I didn't know they were all related.
Maud you up?

I have yet to figure out the image post.... Go right ahead.

okay I'll take the spot... for now

need a hint?? The architects are Swiss and the building is made from pre-fab

bump

still?? No one even made a guess?? Have I killed the fattened pig with my ridiculously difficult building choice?? It's Jurg Graser

It's a house called the "Windoless monolith" or der fensterlose monolith in Zurich

maybe the entries should be made easier, so other archinecters would be interested in playing again?
i ran out of interesting buildings to post here months ago -

maybe something at this level:



wanna play!?

I have no idea, but I'll play. it reminds me of Steven Holl's chapel in Seattle. But obviously it's in South America or the Mediterranean. Not Legoretta or Barragan.

this church is in the iberian peninsula


the architect is also known for his sketches (self portrait below)

tis Siza's "Parish Church Complex of Marco de Canevezes" in Portugal.

Here's a couple more:

Here's a couple more:

is that Dominique Perrault? It has the look of his mediatecque

it is french, but not perrault - just to help out, the facade reads "archives departementales" -

It's the Archives Departementales in Rennes, by Jean Marc Ibos + Myrto Vitart...

i'm not sure this is going to work...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davers/4274005039/sizes/m/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ftousignant/4066358857/sizes/m/

Ok so i'm pretty much giving out the answer here...stupid!

Théâtre auditorium de Poitiers by João Luís Carrilho da Graça

but I cheated... so go again

flow - i like how the concrete wedge terminates as glass -

the courtyard reminds me of a certain mr. holl...feels Swiss though...

Eckert Eckert Architekten
Triangle House

but I am a cheater
anything to keep the thread going.

next

Kuma - Chokkura Plaza. will post one soon

next:

arne!

Beat me to it Holz...
I miss living in københavn!

go ahead and post, i'm not gonna have time tonight.

yes indeedy. i figure with this one if you don't know the building, you might recognize his chairs.

so tasteful and balanced - yet, quite provocative -

love the lighting treatment on the stairs (landings and ceiling)

here is a softball:

looks like the last image disappeared - here is the slow pitch softball:

SANAA's Zollverein School of Management and Design

go again