Diamond Table

Crystalline forms of signs and perceptions. For the theoretician of signs Umberto Eco the world is a system of signs.

chair_ONE

"chair_ONE" is the name of a seat made with diecast aluminium that the industrial designer Konstantin Grcic developed in 2003 for the Italian company Magis.

Bent

Stefan Diez mainly prefers a practical approach, which is why his works emerge less from the drawing board and more through working directly on and with the material.

Arm Chair

A hexagonal backrest, a hexagonal seat, angular but still rounded armrests chair (1952) by Frank Lloyd Wright is evidence of his fondness for crystalline design.

Chairs captivated by origami

Array the folded-paper crane, a typical form of Origami (paper-folding) not only has a perfect artistic shape, but also includes the sensitivity of traditional Japanese beauty.

Casa da Música, Porto

The many-sided concert hall made of perfect, white concrete has been called "White Crystal" and "Meteorite".

Crystal Palace

Architect Paxton produced his design completely in glass and cast iron which was erected in only 17 weeks using a modular construction method with prefabricated iron frames and glass segments which was revolutionary for the time.

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

A spectacular museum extension by the star architect Daniel Libeskind has been open since June 2007 in Toronto, Canada.

Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein

The first large-scale project with which Hadid attracted international notice was the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein

Crystal Buildings by Gottfried Böhm

In contemporary architecture Gottfried Böhm is what Max Reinhardt said in 1928 about the best actors of his time...

UFA Palace, Dresden

The construction from 1997 is an extension of eight auditoria with a total of 2,700 seats to the existing UFA round cinema.

Akron Art Museum, Ohio

"Planing has got something to do with intuition," smiled Wolf D. Prix in summer 2007, who is part of the world famous Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au.

Agora Theater Lelystad

The external surface of the building constructed in 2004 is marked by numerous sections which dissect it into a geometrical composition with decisive characteristics and a strong dynamic effect.

Chrystals, Copenhagen

On 16 September 2003 the result of the international urban development competition for the Kroyers Plad quarter in Copenhagen was announced.

Les Halles, Paris

With his plan for the reconstruction of the market halls of Paris Rem Koolhaas brings warmth back to urban architecture.

Arnulf Rainer: Crystal Cycle

In his comprehensive "Crystal Cycle" microscopic photographs of mineral layers form the starting point.

Hye Rim Lee: Crystal City

Avatar-like protagonist TOKI enters crystalline world in art works by Hye Rim Lee

Olafur Eliasson

The Organic and Crystalline Description

Won Ju Lim: Crystalline Ruins

Won Ju Lim has a predilection for all kinds of ruins and sets them in a new light

Herbert Hinteregger: Crystal Cube and Crystal Room

Art meets word play with famous ballpoint pen.