Day 194/365 of Steel – Leadenhall Building
Building a Cheesegrater. 122 Leadenhall Street, which is also known as the Leadenhall Building, is a 225-metre-tall skyscraper in central London. It opened in July 2014 and was designed by…
Day 193/365 of Steel – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was inaugurated on 18 October 1997. Set on the edge of the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain, the Guggenheim is a fusion of complex, swirling…
Day 192/365 of Steel – Jörg Schlaich
Jörg Schlaich studied civil engineering in Stuttgart and Berlin. At the time, Stuttgart was home to a star engineer, Fritz Leonhardt, the pioneer of…
Day 191/365 of Steel – Stade Vélodrome de Marseille
The Velodrome stadium has undergone a major redevelopment to improve both its comfort and its seating capacity. The stands are covered by a conch-shaped…
Day 190/365 of Steel – Alberto Campo Baeza
Alberto Campo Baeza is a Spanish architect and former Design Professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid from 1986 to 2017. He has been considered part of…
Day 189/365 of Steel – ROC Twente
On 14 October 2009, the ROC location the Gieterij in Hengelo, the old foundry of machine factory Stork dating from 1902, was officially opened. We take a…
Day 188/365 of Steel – Bret Price
Bret Price is an American sculptor known for his large-scale work with steel. His work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Donald…
Day 187/365 of Steel – Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives, tunnels and bridges. The only son of George Stephenson, the “Father of…
Day 186/365 of Steel – Fernando Romero
Fernando Romero Havaux is a Mexican architect. In 1995, following graduation, Romero joined the office of Rem Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), In 1999, Romero served as the project…
Day 185/365 of Steel – Tyne Bridge
The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. The bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson,…