Someone Has Built It Before

From  Eliinbar Sketchbook 2013 – Zaha Hadid helps us understand how “Conscious Inspiration” leads us to significant architecture

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This short story begins in the 60s when the architectural firm Skidmore Owings and Merill (SOM) designed the John Hancock Center building in Chicago Illinois

   Skidmore Owings and Merill Architects ,SOM

John Hancock Center

Illinois Chicago 1965-1970

Note the prominent characteristic of this building , It reveals the structural system on the outside

There are constructive reasons why the structure beams are integrated in the envelope of the building, but it is noticeable that an architectural decision is involved here

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This architectural approach has received further nicknames like

Structural Expressionist or High-tech architecture

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In 1971, Piano and Rogers won the competition for the Centre Pompidou at Paris

Centre Pompidou was characterized by its exposed skeleton, and has become a global icon

Interesting to note, the Centre Pompidou unique architectural concept, did not won too many imitations

Piano ang Rogers won an architectural design competition in 1971

The Centre pompidou was opened on 1977 ,Paris France

Note the prominent characteristic of this building , It reveals the structural system on the outside

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In 1985 The construction of the Bank of China Building in Hong Kong started. It was designed by architect I.M.Pei

I.M.Pei architect

Bank of China Building

Hong Kong  1985-1990

Note the prominent characteristic of this building , It reveals the structural system on the outside

Similar to Skidmore Owings and Meril’s design strategy, for the John Hancock Center

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The next image is a building designed by Norman Foster In 1986

The Shanghai Bank in Hongkong

Note once more the prominent characteristic of this building , It reveals the structural system on the outside

Norman Foster Architect

 Shanghai Bank

Hong Kong , 1986

This external structural system was designed according to the “Hi tech” style, characteristic to Norman Foster‘s architecture

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And today we have Zaha Hadid that makes a “Comeback” for the Structural Expressionist style with her new building

 I would like to introduce you to Zaha Hadid‘s  Sci-Fi Miami Condo Tower 

 Published in  ARCHITIZER  March 20, 2013

Zaha Hadid‘s Sci-Fi Miami Condo Tower

 Published in ARCHITIZER  March 20, 2013

Notice Zaha hadid‘s noticeable architectural feature  

Like all buildings presented previously ,Zaha Hadid’s  new building ,reveals its structure to the outside

 Zaha hadid is aware to the structural Expressionist style,you are invited to visit a previous post of mine that show it

She is inspired from it ,and reinvents it ,with her unique fingerprint 

Perhaps for the first time, the nickname (“Structural Expressionist” ), that was invented for buildings that reveals their structure to the outside, is reflected appropriately in a building

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Zaha Hadid’s Sci-Fi Miami Condo Tower, is a wonderful example of Conscious Inspiration …. Thank you Zaha Hadid 

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Check the   NEW  CONSCIOUS  INSPIRATION  PAGE

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