In one fluid curve, Zaha Hadid’s Investcorp Building forms a visible bond between two buildings at Oxford University’s St. Antony’s College. Part of the school’s Middle East Center, the structure features a library, class space, and offices, not to mention a cool stainless-steel façade.
Photo: Dean KaufmanDesigned by London-based Farshid Moussavi Architecture, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland is clad with mirror-finished black stainless steel that reflects the city around it.
Photo: Alan Baxter/Getty ImagesMoshe Safdie’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, boasts ribs clad in bead-blasted stainless steel. The sides of each rib are concrete, while the rear of the building is glass.
Photo: Colin MckieThe Thames Barrier, a system of ten steel gates designed to prevent flooding in London, was designed by the engineering firm Rendel, Palmer and Tritton. Aside from the gates’ obvious benefits, their fin-like structures and reflective properties make them feel like natural additions to the river.
Photo: Sasaki MakotoSurrounded by ribbons of steel, the Dear Jingumae Building, a commercial space in Tokyo, was designed by architect Yoshihiro Amano to mimic the natural movement of clothing.
Photo: Marc LinsMirror-finished bronzed stainless steel creates a warm and enticing exterior for 18.36.54 House by Studio Libeskind, a residence in western Connecticut. The house is named for the 18 planes, 36 points, and 54 lines formed by the origami-like structure.
Courtesy of Emre Arolat ArchitectsIntentionally rusted Cor-Ten steel forms a perforated screen around Turkey’s Raif Dinçkok Yalova Cultural Center, designed by Emre Arolat Architects. The center’s weathered exterior shields the smaller structures, pathways, and plazas within.
Studio Shamshiri Conjures a Theatrical Greenwich Village TownhouseAn unapologetically lavish brownstone is part home, part workshop for a producer and patron of the arts
By Mayer Rus How an Interior Designer Maximizes Her 650 Square Foot Studio ApartmentToday AD joins interior designer Christie Ward of Ward and Gray to see how she makes the most of her 650 square foot studio apartment in NYC. Small living is the reality for many New Yorkers, and how to maximise that small amount of space is a question on many residents’ lips. How do you effectively fit multiple rooms into one? Can you have both a couch and a bed? Join Ward as she shares her creative journey and thinking when it came to designing her tiny NYC home.
