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Lateral Thinking in Architecture
Paul Sloane
@paulsloane
Erwin Wurm Attack House, Vienna - 2001
The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt – 2600 BC
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Remained the largest and tallest building in the world for over 3800 years
Needed around 15000 people to labour over 10 years and 5.5 million tonnes of limestone
The Arch – 2000 BC
First found in Mesopotamia
First used extensively by the Romans
Replaces tensile stress with compressive stress
The Flying Buttress, France - 1150
Supports the lateral load on the walls
Allows bigger buildings and lighter walls with windows
Extensively used in Mediaeval Cathedrals
St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow - 1561
Commissioned by Ivan the Terrible
Shaped like the flames of a bonfire
The Home Insurance Building, Chicago 1885
The world’s first skyscraper
First building to use a structural steel frame
Architect: William Jenney
The Eiffel Tower, Paris 1889
Highest wrought iron building
Controversial at the time
Designed by Gustav Eiffel
Most visited paid monument in the world
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona - 1883 onwards
Architect: Antoni Gaudi
Combines Gothic and Art Nouveau styles
Incomplete, under construction
Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, 1939
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Cantilevered structure
Sydney Opera House - 1973
Expressionist design by Jorn Utzon
Precast concrete shells
Icon of Australia
Lloyds Building, London - 1986
Architect: Richard Rogers
All services placed on the outside
Gateway Tower Building, Osaka - 1992
16 story office block
Highway goes through floors 5 to 7
Dancing House, Prague - 1996
Architect: Vlado Milunić
Deconstructivist style
Two buildings – dynamic and static
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao - 1997
Architect: Frank Gehry
Icon of contemporary architecture
Monumental shapes in titanium and glass
Burj al Arab, Dubai - 1999
Architect: Tom Wright
Stands on an artificial island
High tech design based on a Sail
Bird’s Nest Stadium, Beijing - 2007
Architect: Li Xinggang.
Artistic consultant: Ai Wei Wei
Based on Chinese ceramics design
Lateral Thinking in Architecture
Paul Sloane
@paulsloane
Erwin Wurm Attack House, Vienna - 2001