Category: Architecture
100 cursed places found
Germany Embassy
At the end of a quiet street in the Reservoir Road residential area, this building, intended to house the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in...
Twent-First-Century Tenement
Three ‘Glasgow' corners define the territory, acting as terminals to gable ends and extending the traditional urban form of Maryhill.
La Pyramide
is a high-rise building located in the Plateau area of Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast.
Brantford City Hall
is the home of the municipal government of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The building is located at 100 Wellington Square.
Lucy the Elephant
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Condon Hall
John T. Condon Hall is an academic building of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. The building formerly housed the UW School of Law.
Chapel of the Holy Cross
The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic chapel built from 1954 to 1956 into the red rock buttes of Sedona, Arizona, within the Coconino National...
Église Sainte-Bernadette d'Angoulême
Church located in Charente, in France. Église Sainte-Bernadette d'Angoulême is a notable architecture site in Angoulême, France, known for its unusual...
Alice Tully Hall
is a concert hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
San Mattia
is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rome dedicated to saint Matthias.
Tuindorp-West Complex
Bauwerk in den Niederlanden. Tuindorp-West Complex is a notable architecture site, known for its unusual character and eerie atmosphere.
Inntel Hotel in Zaandam, The Netherlands
The Historical Village of Abyaneh
Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum
The Amphitheatre of El Jem
Taxidermied Dogs of Bitov Castle
Hotel Tokoen
Tokoen is situated on the Japan Sea coast of Tottori Prefecture, approximately seventy-five kilometers east of Izumo, in the hot-springs resort town of...
Arctic Town
is a notable architectural project in Arctic.
Hidden Architecture Atlas
Title: Hidden Architecture Atlas Authors: Alberto Martínez García, Héctor Rivera Bajo Edited by: Ediciones Asimétricas Language: Spanish (with translation...
Kinaxixe Market
The Kinaxixe Market (1950-1958), demolished in 2008, was a reference of the modern movement in Luanda and the first work designed by Vasco Vieira da Costa...
Oks House
The Oks house is located in the town of Martinez, in the outskirts of Greater Buenos Aires.
Siedlung Klosterneuburg
In his plans, Frank envisaged 118 row houses on a square plot.
Villa Van Wassenhove
In 1972, Juliaan Lampens received the commission from Albert Van Wassehove, a professor with interest in art and architecture, to build a house in middle...
El Croquis 214. Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Title: El Croquis 214. Pezo von Ellrichshausen 2005-2022 Authors: Fernando Márquez Cecilia and Richard Levene Language: Spanish and English Issue 214 of...
UNGREEN | Brise-Soleil
This article is part of Ungreen, a series curated by Hidden Architecture where we attempt to create a resistance against some of the dogmas assimilated...
Dalhousie Arts Centre
The Dalhousie Arts Centre, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, contains a number of theatres (including an outdoor rooftop theatre),...
Two single-family houses
A friend of mine had bought a leftover piece of larger construction site, a trapezoidal parcel, and wanted to build a house on it.
Parc des Princes
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude” , where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Haus zur Bastei
Completed in 1955 as a nine-storey offices tower, the new building was the first skyscraper in downtown Zurich.
Secondary School in Stettbach (II)
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an architectural criticism without...
Copelec Building
This article is part of the [Beyond Los Andes] , a personal project curated by Germán Andrés Chacón that explores the approach of modernity and the...
Cine Central
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude” , where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Virgilio Barco Library
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an architectural criticism without...
Greenbelt station
is a Washington Metro and MARC station in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
(Royal MTC) is Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre.
Friedrich Steinberg, Herrmann&Co. Hat Factory
This is the first industrial plant built by Mendelshon.
Time will tell: Carlsberg Open International Ideas Competition
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude” , where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Otaniemi Chapel
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an architectural criticism without...
Houari Boumedienne Agricultural Village
The experience that RBTA has gained in the construction of housing developments was called on by the Algerian government, through the agency of France, to...
Bazaar of Kashan
is a notable architectural project in Kashan, Iran.
Bloc House Berlin
The application of the Dwellings in Space to urban planning, as a Group of Blocks, has shown itself to be rich in its possibilities, as it makes it...
Brochure Prints for the American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company
The American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company were low cost housing designed by Frank Lloyd Wright during the 1910s.
Capsule House K
is a notable architectural project in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione
is a notable architectural project in Roma, Italy.
Edificio Carrión (Carrion Building)
is a notable architectural project in Madrid, Spain.
Housing development at Giudecca Island
is a notable architectural project in Venezia, Italy.
Torre de la Creu
Cite: “Torre de la Creu”. Hidden Architecture
stranded boats in Banda Aceh
In addition to the big PLTD Apung 1 , many smaller vessels, especially fishing boats, were also carried inland by the 2004 tsunami in Banda Aceh .
Edificio República
Building in Argentina. Edificio República is a notable architecture site in Buenos Aires, Argentina, known for its unusual character and eerie atmosphere.
Glenkerry House
is a Grade II listed housing block on the Brownfield Estate in Poplar, London, England, designed by the studio of the controversial Brutalist architect...
Grand Théâtre de Québec
The Grand Théâtre de Québec (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ teɑtʁ də kebɛk]) is a performing arts complex in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Madonna delle Lacrime Sanctuary
The Basilica of the Madonna delle Lacrime (Sanctuary of the Virgin of Tears), also called Madonnina delle Lacrime is a 20th-century Roman Catholic Marian...
Villa Shodhan
(or Shodhan House) is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1956.
Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción
is a notable architectural project in Monterrey, Mexico.
Dom Project: on how to Domesticate the Urban (II)
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude”, where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Video Bus Stop and “Super & Popular”
Following with the five pavilions that were built during the event “What a Wonderful World!
Speelhuis
is a notable architectural project in Helmond, Netherlands.
Villa Severina, El Correo 1.2
El Correo is a series that compiles the informal and playful exchange of letters between the editors of Hidden Architecture, defining a contingent...
24 Public Dwellings in Platja d’en Bossa
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude” , where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Analogue Oldnew Architecture
Title: Analogue Oldnew Architecture Authors: Miroslav Sik, Eva Willenegger and Lukas Imhof “Red is what the grandmother recognises as red and not what I...
Former Kusuo Yasuda Residence
The Former Kusuo Yasuda House and Garden (the Yasuda House) is a fine example of a prewar Japanese gentleman's home.
Barrio Gaudi
Using a reticulated grid to profit from the variations on the possible combinations, the “Taller de Arquitectura” has given the “Barrio Gaudi an enormous...
Rialto Bridge
is a notable architectural project in Venezia, Italy.
San Lorenzo Maggiore
is a notable architectural project in Milano, Italy.
Villa Mache
Iannis Xenakis built this Villa for his daughter and her husband, the French composer François-Bernard Mache.
Comunidad Andalucía
This article is part of the [Beyond Los Andes] , a personal project curated by Germán Andrés Chacón that explores the approach of modernity and the...
Coromandel Estate Manor House
“The journey towards the Africa Manor House is mysterious – along the winding driveway a thicket of trees conceals exquisitely carved and crafted dolerite...
Evangelical church in Simmering
The evangelical church with community hall and youth room was built with the most modest means on a particularly small plot of land (20X24m) in the midst...
Radio Centro
For the construction of this building, a permit was granted in 1947 in accordance with the functions it would perform, due to the ordinances that existed...
Thermal Vals Sidi Harazem
is a notable architectural project in Fez, Morocco.
New York World Building
‘Don’t Amputate-Renovate' is a series curated by Hidden Architecture where we conduct a work of recovering and archiving of buildings demolished in New...
House in Pereyra Iraola Park
The House in Pereyra Iraola Park, Mar del Plata, must have been built for Mario Williams, the architect's brother, on land adjoining that of the House on...
Chorweiler Housing Estate
is a notable architectural project in Köln, Germany.
Manhattan Commercial and Residential Building
The design of the tower at 131 West 52nd Street takes maximum advantage of a change in New York City's zoning laws that allows for height and setback...
The Yacht House
The building structure is arranged in a taught discipline of columns on a 3.7m grid.
Odham’s Walk
The purpose of the Right to Afford series is to open a line of debate and criticism on the current situation of Social Housing through the investigation...
OBSCURED BY CLOUDS: Kayak Club Galeb
This article is part of Obscured by Clouds, a personal project curated by Biljana Janjušević about architectural heritage of Balkans region, with emphasis...
Housing & City
A not well-known proposal but very attractive from the former firm Abalos&Herreros is the housing project developed for the Housing & City competition...
St Vicente de Paul Chapel
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an architectural criticism without...
Lescaze House and Studio
The introduction of the International Style (mainly the European Modern movement) in United States was gradual and it took almost half century to be...
Housing at Vapor Vell
The new street does not hide its origin… La nueva calle no oculta su origen… The proposed buidling is like an actor.
Rascainfierno (Hellscraper)
“This is a single space of 8 meters height without walls or windows.
Groningen Music-Video Pavilion | Peter Eisenman
A few weeks ago, we published one of the five projects that were built for the Event What a Wonderful World!
Club of Professionals
The architectural problem was the construction of a social headquarters for a group of professionals from the University of Cartagena, with a fairly low...
Grenoble Architecture School
“The definition of a New Brutalist building derived from Hunstanton and Yale Art Centre, above, must be modified so as to exclude formality as a basic...
Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters
The five-story Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters building — often called a “skyscraper on its side” — is composed of gently sloping landscaped terraces...
Siedlung Hellmutstrasse
The principle of Hellmutstrasse is based on combining and separating rooms on a basic structure that always remains the same.
Tautos Namai. Konzerthaus Vilnius
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude” , where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Temple Street Parking Garage
“When the New Haven parking garage was being constructed, the remainder of the buildings in the adjacent blocks was not determined.
San Cassiano Church
The first direction to expand the city of Alba aimed a new residential area that is located in the village of San Casiano, a place that other leisure and...
The Arcade
is an internationally renowned structure which has no peer in the U.S. and has been compared with the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele in Milan, Italy.
Capilla del Pocito
The Pocito Chapel, built from 1777 to 1797 in the village of Guadalupe, near Mexican City, is, with no doubt, the most original work of the colonial...
Elvira España School
The plot available suggested to place the new school group parallel to Gayarre Street, since this was the most satisfactory orientation, north-south.
Lincoln House
This article is part of the [Sí] , a personal project curated by Marta López García where she wills to shed light on a twice silenced reality.
Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO)
The official site from where a team of volcanologists monitor Montserrat 's Soufriere Hills volcano's activity and hazards.
Pieris House
The Pieris House was De Silva's first commission in Colombo distinguished by open courtyards and terraces blurring the confines between interiors and...
Mulder House
Conceptually this residence, sited in the Andes foothills with a view over the city and the Pacific beyond, is a collection of forms assembled on a...
Ron Davis House
After the artist Ronald Davis asked Gehry to build two separate buildings for his home and studio on three and one-half pastoral acres in Malibu, a...
Revolution Square
In 1960 the Slovenian architect Edvard Ravnikar won the competition for the architectural and urban design concept of the Revolution Square in Ljubljana,...