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The 10 buildings of the decade

date added: 16.02.2011

LHC, Geneva – CERN

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva is simply the biggest machine ever built by man. 13 years of work, cost $ 9 billion, a 27 km circular tunnel of a magnetic field 100 thousand times stronger than Earth’s: a fusion between technology and dream, not without a certain aesthetic harmony.

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles – Frank O. Gehry

A cubist poetry in the center of the mesh regular in Los Angeles. In 2003, Gehry takes visionary forms of irrational, made famous by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and goes even further. It seems chaotic, but order and functionality. Gehry always be mentioned also the Experience Music Project in Seattle.

Central Library, Seattle – Rem Koolhaas

A punch in the face to the 5th Street in Seattle, a sculpture that hides a shining oblique and functional space that since 2004 the citizens go to relax, read, surf the Internet, drinking coffee, see exhibitions. Skeleton of steel, glass skin, is an example of a dynamic presence in the city.

National Stadium, Beijing – Herzog & de Meuron

It is the ‘Bird’s Nest’, which has astonished the world with the Chinese Olympics in 2008, created in the wake of the Allianz Arena in Monaco, also designed by the Swiss duo. Beautiful in its mix of steel and semi-transparent material, is easily accessible, has coverage independent from the structure comprises a system of rainwater harvesting and wind protection.

Barajas Airport, Madrid – Richard Rogers

The largest airport terminal area in the world since 2006. Miles of steel and glass that diffuses light and relax. And they offer great features: Rogers has not forgotten experience of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Museum of the Mediterranean, Reggio Calabria – Zaha Hadid

This is a gamble, given that the building does not yet exist. But the project comes from the future: a starfish fluid and abstract, and glorifies the culture of the Mediterranean and includes a museum and a center polifunzionale.Una bet, and even hope.

Parque Biblioteca España, Medellin – Giancarlo Mazzanti

Three buildings meteorites-coated black ceramic and a public square since 2005 grafted in the troubled hills of Medellin marked by raids of drug dealers. A project with a strong social value and symbolic impact and incredible beauty.

Tate Modern, London by Herzog & de MeuronA perfect example of respecting the past and look to the future. The most visited modern art museum in the world was placed in 2000 in Bankside power station. In the Olympics of 2012, the structure will be extended with a pyramid of glass that will reduce energy consumption by 54% and CO2 production by 44%.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Longyearbyen (Norway) – Peter W. Soderman

Already building the seed bank (not the human!) For use in disaster relief is an idea ‘beyond’. Stick to 120 meters inside a sandstone mountain on the Svalbard islands, using the rocks as a structure, it is even more. Maximum security: the seeds are kept here in case of dry ice has melted. The Global Seed Vault opened in 2008.

The New York Times Building, New York – Renzo Piano

228 meters of light, thanks to a structure of ceramic and glass panels that reflect the colors of the Big Apple: Renzo Piano continues to amaze with his rational style, attentive to the progress and social change.

Source: http://www.channelbeta.net/2011/01/itle-10-architetture-del-decennio-scelte-da-wired

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