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Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom. They are based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level; its main purpose being to optimize the space inside.
The cube is intended to be 400 meters (1,300 ft) tall and 400 meters (1,300 ft) wide on each of its four sides. [12] Plans for the cube are part of the Saudi Vision 2030 project. [13] The building's design is inspired by the modern Najdi architectural style. [14] The Mukaab will also feature a rooftop garden. [15]
The cube houses in Rotterdam. Piet Blom (Dutch pronunciation: [pid ˈblɔm]; [a] February 8, 1934 in Amsterdam – June 8, 1999 in Denmark) was a Dutch architect best known for his designs of the Bastille (1964–1969), [1] a restaurant and student facility at the University of Twente, Enschede, the housing project Kasbah in Hengelo (1969–1973), [2] and the Cube Houses built in Helmond (1972 ...
Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695. [26] Avery Homestead: Ledyard: 1696 Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726. General David Humphreys House: Ansonia: 1698 Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum. Partially rebuilt in 1733. NRHP. Hoyt-Barnum House ...
1843 – Construction begins on Henri Labrouste's Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris. 1842 – The Église de la Madeleine is finally consecrated in Paris as a church. 1841 – Birth of Otto Wagner. 1840 – Construction begins on the Houses of Parliament in London, designed by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.
Pompidou Centre The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran Cube houses in the Netherlands, designed for Rotterdam. January 1 – The Hilton Budapest hotel, designed by Béla Pintér, is opened. January 31 – The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, is opened. [1]
The work was made using digital 3D-techniques. This enormous file of 1,47 terabytes needed special servers, which are also used by Pixar Studios for making animated movies. [16] The digital 3D-animation was separated in 4000 pieces and then printed on perforated aluminum panels. [17] The 4000 aluminum panels are now on the inside of the hall.
This list of works by Edwin Lutyens provides brief details of some of the houses, gardens, public buildings and memorials designed by Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869–1944). Lutyens was a British architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.