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“Denkmal” vs “Mahnmal”
A “Denkmal” is a monument honoring people or events usually in a generally neutral or positive light, often acting simply as a reminder. A “Mahnmal” is a monument designed to warn against repeating negative historical events, usually associated with guild and admonishment.
“Stolpersteine”
Concrete cubes topped with brass plates and placed into pavement that carry the names and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution
Yom Hashoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day most practiced in Israel to commemorate the ~6 million jewish people murdered in the Holocaust along with the Jewish resistance during that time.
Tribute in Light
An art installation of 88 vertical searchlights arranged in two columns of light representing the Twin Towers. The lights are illuminated annually on September 11th in remembrance of the attacks that took place in 2001 and remain lit from dusk until dawn
Pritzker Architecture Prize
International career architecture award presented annually to living architects whose work demonstrates consistent and significant contributions to humanity. One of the most sought after and prominent architecture prizes in the world, often described as the ‘Nobel Prize of architecture’.
Mashrabiya
God’s Own Junkyard
“Terrain Vague”
Urban architectural theory term describing urban spaces with ambiguous, abandoned, or marginal features. These are spaces which usually lack defined functions or boundaries and are not a clear part of city planning within the greater urban context.
Deconstruction in Architecture
1994 book by Andreas C Papadakis. Features essays and projects relating to deconstructivism from leading architects of the time. Acted as a foundational text that canonized the architectural movement into a greater part of the design world.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Air Right Transfer
Air rights are the rights property owners have to the space above their site that they are able to build on, up to a certain height. Air right transfers involve the sale or transfer of the unused build space above a property to another property, allowing the buyer or receiver to build up higher than zoning laws would have otherwise allowed.
Zoning Code
Regulations implemented by a municipality or governing body on the construction of buildings in their area of governance. This code outlines the rules behind what is allowed to be built on a site depending on what zoning area it finds itself in.
Rammed Earth Architecture
Architecture that uses the rammed earth construction technique which involved compacted and often combined natural raw materials like earth, chalk, or clay. Example: Marfa Ranch, Texas, Lake Flato, 2022.
Congress of New Urbanism
An organization dedicated to a progressive view of urbanism that centers community and environmental considerations. Educates and advocates to lead varying groups and organizations to adopting their approach to urbanism.
FAR
FAR stands for Floor Area Ratio, a zoning restriction used to control the densely of a city’s architecture. More specifically, it is the ratio between the portion of the lot covered by the first floor of a building and how many floors tall the building can be, meaning that buildings that take up an entire site are not allowed to be as tall as buildings that only take up a quarter of their site.
Postmodernism
An architectural style from the mid to late 20th century that originates from a skepticism of the objectivity of modernism, deemphasizing meaning and prioritizing relativism. Hard to pin down definitionally because of how post-modern structures often work to obfuscate what is “real” about them and from what architectural history they in fact come from. Example: MoPOP, Seattle, Frank Gehry, 2000.
Passive House Standard
A building performance standard based on making a building highly energy efficient and reducing its carbon footprint. This often involves minimal and efficient heating and cooling designs, environmentally conscious materials, and strong insulation.
Glulam
Glued laminated timber, an engineered structural wood product made by bonding layers of dimensional timber such that the wood grain in each layer runs parallel to the member’s length. Can be made into any size and be made up of wood from any size trees, has a strong strength to weight ratio, and is environmentally friendly compared to reinforced concrete or steel.
Cross Laminated Timber
Prefabricated wood panels made by bonding together layers of lumber in an alternating perpendicular fashion that helps create better structural rigidity in the panels. CLT is known for being environmentally conscious, light weight, being prefabricated and having diverse use cases.
POPS
POPS = Privately owned public spaces. Used to describe privately owned sites/buildings that have spaces usable by the public. The inclusion of public spaces in privately owned buildings gives developers zoning allowances like extra square footage or better FAR ratios based on the scale of the public space they create.
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New Brutalism
Architectural style defined by honesty in material and structural expression. Heavily prioritizes function over form and is often defined by its usage of brick, concrete, and steel. Example: Yale Art + Architecture Building, New Haven, Paul Rudolph, 1963
GFRC
Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete. Concrete with high-strength glass fibre embedded into it, making panels that are lighter than classic pre-cast concrete elements.
Beetle Kill Pine
Wood from pine trees killed by the mountain pine beetle which infest and degrade the wood of the trees. Wood harvested this way is often discolored and not as structurally sound as regular pine wood.
Name: Kunsthaus Bregenz
Date: 1997
Location: Bregenz Austria
Architect: Peter Zumthor
Name: Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
Date: 2007
Location: Eiffel Germany
Architect: Peter Zumthor
Name: Saint Benedict Chapel
Date: 1988
Location: Sumvitg Switzerland
Architect: Peter Zumthor
Name: Thermal Bath Vals
Date: 1996
Location: Vals Switzerland
Architect: Peter Zumthor
Name: LA County Museum
Date: 2024
Location: Los Angeles
Architect: Peter Zumthor
Name: WTC Transportation Hub
Date: 2016
Location: New York
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Name: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Date: 1997
Location: Bilbao Spain
Architect: Frank Gehry
Name: Disney Concert Hall
Date: 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Architect: Frank Gehry
Name: DZ Bank Building
Date: 1999
Location: Berlin
Architect: Frank Gehry
Name: Pierre Boulez Saal
Date: 2017
Location: Berlin
Architect: Frank Gehry
Name: Louvre Addition
Date: 1993
Location: Paris
Architect: I.M. Pei
Name: Grande Arche
Date: 1989
Location: Paris
Architect: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Name: Prada Store
Date: 2003
Location: Tokyo
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Name: Philharmonie
Date: 2017
Location: Hamburg
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Name: Trump Tower
Date: 1983
Location: New York City
Architect: Der Scutt
Name: 432 Park Ave
Date: 2016
Location: New York City
Architect: Rafael Vinoly
Name: Jenga Building
Date: 2017
Location: New York City
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Name: 111 W 57th Street
Date: 2019
Location: New York City
Architect: ShoP
Name: The Vessel
Date: 2019
Location: New York City
Architect: Heatherwick Studios
Name: 15 Hudson Yards & The Shed
Date: 2019
Location: New York City
Architect: Diller, Scofidio,& Renfro
Name: JP Morgan Chase
Date: 2026
Location: New York City
Architect: Norman Foster
Name: Brown Performing Arts Center
Date: 2023
Location: Providence
Architect: Joshua Ramus
Name: Granoff Center
Date: 2011
Location: Providence
Architect: Diller, Scofidio & Renfro
Name: Populus Hotel
Date: 2025
Location: Denver
Architect: Jeannie Gang
Name: 1000 Trees Commercial Development
Date: 2018
Location: Shanghai
Architect: Thomas Heatherwick
Name: Centre du Monde Arabe
Date: 1987
Location: Paris
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Name: Parc de la Villette
Date: 1982
Location: Paris
Architect: Bernard Tschumi
Name: Philharmonie
Date: 2015
Location: Paris
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Name: Tor Alva
Date: 2025
Location: Mulegns Switzerland
Architect: Michael Hansmeyer, Benjamin Dillenburger
Tallest 3d printed building
Name: Stealth Building
Date: 2016
Location: New York City
Architect: WORKac
Name: Bosco Verticale
Date: 2017
Location: Milan
Architect: Boeri Studio
Name: National Museum
Date: 2019
Location: Doha Qatar
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Name: Louvre
Date: 2017
Location: Abu Dhabi UAE
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Name: Opera House
Date: 2011
Location: Guangzhou
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Name: Ningbo Museum of History
Date: 2011
Location: Ningbo China
Architect: Wang Shu
Name: Three Hostels
Date: 2016
Location: Baoxi China
Architect: Anna Heringer
Name: Panyaden School
Date: 2017
Location: Chiang Mai
Architect: Chiangmai Life Architects & Construction
Name: Sharms Springs Residence
Date: 2012
Location: Sibang Gede, Bali
Architect: Ibuku
Name: Zero Carbon Cultural Centre
Date: 2018
Location: Makli Pakistann
Architect: Yasmeen Lari
Name: Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Art Museum
Date: 2002
Location: Chengdu China
Architect: Liu Jiakun
Name: West Village
Date: 2015
Location: Chengdu China
Architect: Liu Jiakun
Name: New England Holocaust Memorial
Date: 1997
Location: Boston
Architect: Stanley Saitowitz
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