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7 Best Architecture Firms in The Philippines

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Most notably, national Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin was known for his distinct style blending the modern and the traditional, crafting masterpieces like the Cultural Center of The Philippines. During the 1920s, architect Juan Nakpil paved the way for environmentally conscious construction techniques.

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La Seine Musicale is "a symbol with meaning and function" says Shigeru Ban

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The concert auditorium was designed for classical concert performances The exterior of the concert hall features specially made mosaic tiles that change colour according to whether they are exposed to direct sunlight. Plans to rejuvenate the area were firsts drawn up in 2009 by Nouvel.

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10 Best Architecture Firms in Costa Rica

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Costa Rica’s capital city, San José, is characterized by its modern, high-rise architecture, paired with small albeit luxurious traditional single-store houses preserved from the late 1800s. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Costa Rica architecture firms throughout the year.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Poland

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However, after the 1950s and the country’s gradual de-Stalinization, architects were progressively crossing to the other side of the Iron Curtain, bringing elements of western modernism into their architecture. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Poland architecture firms throughout the year.

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Weekend House Bukovany, Czech Republic

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The house has a traditional morphology but combines modern details with historical technologies. We also applied a traditional Japanese folk technique of charred wood shou-sugi-ban and the entire superstructure of the sauna house on the roof terrace is treated in this way. exterior plaster Profi with limestone. interior plaster.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Slovenia

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Their unique architectural style amalgamated modernism, the Vienna Secession (a type of Art Nouveau) and past historical ideas and forms, which became the blueprint for the country’s contemporary architectural practice. Slovenia’s architectural richness and unique natural landscape have greatly shaped the young generation of architects.

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25 Best Architecture Firms in Chile

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Many architects fuse local practices and materiality with Modern sensibilities. Projects have been done in different scales and destinations, but they have been focused on materials, techniques and details. A low technology position is proposed that learns from local processes and their ancestral techniques.