Architectural Styles

High Tech

Alt names / subperiods 

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Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Technological

Structural Expressionism

 

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1970-present

  • Visible structure & services
  • Technology
  • industrial materials
  • industrial aesthetic
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • modular components
  • flexibility in use & adaptability
  • integrated advanced technologies & systems
  • open spaces
  • transparency
  • UK
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Office buildings
  • cultural institutions
  • transportation hubs
  • mixed-use
  • Centre Pompidou Paris
  • Lloyd’s Building London
  • HSBC Bank Building HK
  • Pompidou Centre Metz
  • Millennium Dome London
  • Eden Project Cornwall
  • Uniklinikum Aachen (NRW, Germany)
  • The Plug-In City
  • Montreal Biosphère
  • Fun Palace concept
  • Walking City concept
  • SingPost Centre
  • Expo MRT Station Singapore
  • Original World Trade Center NYC
  • Sainsbury Centre Norwich
  • One Park Place Kansas City
  • Riverplace Tower Jacksonville
  • Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago
  • 875 North Michigan Avenue Chicago
  • Willis Tower Chicago
  • Marquette Plaza Minneapolis
  • Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin
  • San Diego Convention Center
  • HK Bank of China Tower
  • Hotel Arts in Barcelona
  • Žižkov Television Tower Prague
  • Petronas Towers KL
  • Lord’s Media Centre
  • Burj Al Arab Dubai
  • National Stadium, Singapore
  • City of Manchester [Etihad] Stadium
  • Turning Torso, Malmö Sweden
  • Hearst Tower Manhattan
  • Torre Agbar Barcelona
  • National Library, Singapore
  • Wembley Stadium
  • Marina Bay Sands Singapore
  • Mercury City Tower Moscow
  • 122 Leadenhall St London
  • Raffles City Chongqing
  • Patera Building Stoke-on-Trent
  • Landmark High-Tech Hotels
  • Airport & Transport-Integrated Hotels
  • High-Tech Adaptive-Reuse Hotels
  • Capsule & Modular High-Tech Accommodation;
  • Eco-Tech / Late High-Tech Hotels
  • Hotel Porta Fira — Toyo Ito
  • Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Singapore
  • Yotel London City
  • Sofitel London Heathrow;
  • Hilton Munich Airport
  • Yotel Schiphol
  • Capsule Inn Osaka
  • Parkroyal Collection Pickering
  • CitizenM Schiphol Airport

Adaptive Reuse

  • nhow Amsterdam RAI
  • Hotel Puerta América Madrid (selected High-Tech floors)

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Adapted Visitor Accommodation

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