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Black buildings or all black rooms?

impalajunkie

Anyone have examples or projects of a building's exterior in all black (any material) or a room finished in all black including furnishings?

I've come across some 'murdered out' cars; flat black paint, black tint, black wheels, etc. looking for examples of this in architecture!

Thanks!


 
Jun 4, 08 1:45 pm
impalajunkie

Example:

Jun 4, 08 1:46 pm  · 
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Renewable

My kitchen is murdered-out.
Matte Black epoxy counters, ebony cabs, black floor...it's actually really cool.
Sorry no pics

Jun 4, 08 1:59 pm  · 
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Renewable

(my wife thinks I am nuts, though)

Jun 4, 08 1:59 pm  · 
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holz.box

bsc's art cave is pretty monochromatic (sans art, anyway) dunno about an all black, there might be a scandinavian precedent for that...

Jun 4, 08 2:19 pm  · 
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interstitial

Look at the Lyon Opera house (lobby space) by Jean Nouvel

Also look at the Lucerne Congress center by Nouvel.

Just look at Nouvels work.

Arch record featured a house with a full black interior sorry dont remember the name of the house.

Jun 4, 08 2:28 pm  · 
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ksArcher

The 2008 Yale Building Project house is going to be all black...

http://www.architecture.yale.edu/sites/BuildingProject/bp08/imagesteamg/teamg.html

initially desired as dark blue, its been changed to black..


http://flickr.com/photos/susansurface/2481099646/in/set-72157604982585018/

flickr image..

Jun 4, 08 2:40 pm  · 
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mdler


kunstmuseum liechtenstein

Jun 4, 08 2:50 pm  · 
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david adjaye has done some beautiful black buildings. the first that comes to mind is this house in london...









Jun 4, 08 2:51 pm  · 
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and his dirty house...



Jun 4, 08 2:54 pm  · 
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and similarly the dirty house also by David Adjaye

Jun 4, 08 2:57 pm  · 
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jinx

Jun 4, 08 2:59 pm  · 
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owe me a beer!

Jun 4, 08 3:01 pm  · 
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holz.box

but his interiors are all white, no?

Jun 4, 08 3:09 pm  · 
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yes, usually, but the third photo i posted above shows a predominantly black kitchen.

Jun 4, 08 3:12 pm  · 
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ovalle

university library of utrecht by wiel arets:
http://www.danda.be/reviews/139/

Five Franklin Place by UNStudio:
http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/five-franklin-place-by-unstudio/

Jun 4, 08 3:13 pm  · 
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phillip starck- mar vista, los angeles (remodel)

Jun 4, 08 3:19 pm  · 
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brian buchalski

not an all black interior, but if you go to the guise website and look at the 'Hagagatan Apartment' under the 'Work' section it features an interior with a matte black painted central core piece of built-in furniture that contrasts nicely with the white, glazed oak floors. also featured in monocle

Jun 4, 08 3:20 pm  · 
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i don't mean to get off topic, but while we're talking about black... i love this Mondrian Sideboard by Pedro Sousa for Baco Do Lobo...

Jun 4, 08 3:26 pm  · 
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Apurimac

More Adjaye:



Jun 4, 08 4:08 pm  · 
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phuyaké

Hiroshi Nakao's "black maria"





Jun 4, 08 4:31 pm  · 
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over_under



...im colorblind

Jun 4, 08 4:41 pm  · 
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over_under

and apparently do not know how to post an image

Jun 4, 08 4:41 pm  · 
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dml955i

Will Bruder in Reno:


Jun 4, 08 4:47 pm  · 
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even more adjaye:
http://www.rivingtonplace.org/

Jun 4, 08 5:05 pm  · 
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4arch

the cooling load on that reno building must be obscene.

Jun 4, 08 5:36 pm  · 
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bottronix

I see a red door and I want to paint it black!

Jun 4, 08 6:09 pm  · 
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outed

ando did a mostly black gallery inside the art institute of chicago:



aalto did a few houses which have large chunks of them rendered in black stains - one being for goran schildt, his longtime biographer:

steven holl's museum under construction in norway looks like it will be all black - [img]http://www.archidose.org/Blog/Holl-Norway.jpg[img]

the house of seven gables, in salem, ma, is pretty much all black: [img]http://www.salemweb.com/guide/arch/images/7gables.jpg[img]

so is the home of the salem witch trial judge: [img]http://www.salemweb.com/witchhouse/exterior.jpg[img]

louise nevelson didn't quite do 'structures' but she is the queen of all black: [img]http://www.observer.com/files/imagecache/article/files/Naves-LouiseNevelson.jpg[img]

mack and merrill did a (mostly) black brick house in brookline: [img]http://www.msmearch.com/residential/popup/brook2.gif[img]

they also did the recently deceased candler theology center at emory: [img]http://www.msmearch.com/academic/popup/pop_emory5.html[img]

that's a start....

Jun 4, 08 8:03 pm  · 
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outed

oh crap, saw the error in the scripting...

steven holl's museum under construction in norway looks like it will be all black -

the house of seven gables, in salem, ma, is pretty much all black:

so is the home of the salem witch trial judge:

louise nevelson didn't quite do 'structures' but she is the queen of all black:

mack and merrill did a (mostly) black brick house in brookline:

they also did the recently deceased candler theology center at emory:

that's a start....

Jun 4, 08 8:04 pm  · 
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outed

dammit!!!



Jun 4, 08 8:06 pm  · 
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outed

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^&%$Z^%(*&&^%$&% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Jun 4, 08 8:07 pm  · 
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outed

i swear if this doesn't work, i'm chucking this stupid computer out the window...

Jun 4, 08 8:08 pm  · 
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xtbl
Jun 4, 08 8:10 pm  · 
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phuyaké

ha my mom was a tour guide at the house of seven gables when she was younger.

and yes, she's a witch.

Jun 4, 08 8:12 pm  · 
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kmsy

hello,

I've been fairly excited about this: http://machitani.exblog.jp/4258275/
The wood (cedar) is treated by fire to resist rotting and further burning. I find the colour and finish to be beautiful.



There was a pavilion made of reclaimed timber from a house fire but the wood appeared mostly charcoal. Does someone remember this project?

Jun 4, 08 8:38 pm  · 
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dia

I got the double - black and rubber:
NL's WOS 8


Jun 4, 08 10:47 pm  · 
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Arrovitch

This isn't exactly cutting edge architecture, but it's a neat little mini showroom my practice recently finished for BMW... ( and it's pretty much all black, the building at least - lots of other colours in the cars & lights though )






Jun 5, 08 6:02 pm  · 
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blacl
Jun 11, 08 9:31 pm  · 
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snook_dude

damn...i wish I had pictures of our all black livingroom circuit 1972.

the main furniture element was (2) 2x10 weathered wood board sitting on 8X8X16 cmu blocks. The floor was carpet samples. and the main feature of the room was black elbow length rubber gloves stuffed with spun cotton. They were attached to the wall so they stuck out straight. Leaving the image of one entering the room from beyond. Oh ya and there was one bare bulb in the ceiling just for effect. I'm not going to tell you how our basement was finished....

Jun 11, 08 10:10 pm  · 
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Renewable




Jun 11, 08 11:45 pm  · 
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Renewable

...there are a ton of Black buildings in Chicago.

Jun 11, 08 11:46 pm  · 
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MADianito

i love Adjaye black houses....but lately i've been in love with this small japanese thing by Klein Dytham

Sin Den




Jun 12, 08 3:53 pm  · 
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MADianito

oh...actually today looking for some fresh stuff from Brazil i came across this building @ Recife, Brasil by young Brazilians architects: Metro Arquitetura + Juliano Dubeux

pretty nice too!!







Jun 13, 08 2:57 pm  · 
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vado retro

there was this guy name of lutyens, i'm sure no one remembers him, who did an all black room for his daughter's libary.

Jun 13, 08 10:09 pm  · 
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