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§ 00 — Reference brief

Twelve countries.
Sixty references.

A working archive of the architectural language of every country in which New World Architecture operates. Five references per territory. All images are licensed under the Unsplash License — free for commercial and non-commercial use, no attribution required.

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01Belgium→02Spain→03Portugal→04Italy→05United Kingdom→06United States→07Greece→08Turkey→09Morocco→10Netherlands→11Switzerland→12Denmark→

§ 01 — Territory

Belgium

Raw materiality, brick, and Flemish restraint.

Key cities — Antwerp · Brussels · Ghent · Bruges

Antwerp — Ernest Ojeh — FIG. 01.01 · Antwerp · Ernest Ojeh

Antwerp aerial — Zoë Gayah Jonker — FIG. 01.02 · Antwerp aerial · Zoë Gayah Jonker

Waterfront — Frans Ruiter — FIG. 01.03 · Waterfront · Frans Ruiter

Antwerp at night — Filip Cop — FIG. 01.04 · Antwerp at night · Filip Cop

Concrete facade — Bente Hagens — FIG. 01.05 · Concrete facade · Bente Hagens

§ 02 — Territory

Spain

Sun-carved volume, ceramic, and Moorish echo.

Key cities — Madrid · Barcelona · Seville · Bilbao

Ornate interior — Mueed Ahmed — FIG. 02.01 · Ornate interior · Mueed Ahmed

Street life — Will Myers — FIG. 02.02 · Street life · Will Myers

Balconies — Uladzislau Petrushkevich — FIG. 02.03 · Balconies · Uladzislau Petrushkevich

Clock tower — Dmitrii E. — FIG. 02.04 · Clock tower · Dmitrii E.

White facade — Madalin — FIG. 02.05 · White facade · Madalin

§ 03 — Territory

Portugal

Azulejo, Atlantic light, and layered history.

Key cities — Lisbon · Porto · Coimbra · Évora

Lisbon aerial — FABIO VILHENA — FIG. 03.01 · Lisbon aerial · FABIO VILHENA

Rooftops — Jude Wilson — FIG. 03.02 · Rooftops · Jude Wilson

Street — Daniil Korbut — FIG. 03.03 · Street · Daniil Korbut

Tram — Shobhit Sharma — FIG. 03.04 · Tram · Shobhit Sharma

Empty street — Burçin Ergünt — FIG. 03.05 · Empty street · Burçin Ergünt

§ 04 — Territory

Italy

Rational geometry and Mediterranean warmth.

Key cities — Milan · Rome · Florence · Venice

Cathedral — Anna Church — FIG. 04.01 · Cathedral · Anna Church

Stone mass — Zuzana Ruttkay — FIG. 04.02 · Stone mass · Zuzana Ruttkay

Tower — Oleksii Holovachko — FIG. 04.03 · Tower · Oleksii Holovachko

Clock tower — Ivanna Vinnicsuk — FIG. 04.04 · Clock tower · Ivanna Vinnicsuk

Balcony — Zeinab Kebari — FIG. 04.05 · Balcony · Zeinab Kebari

§ 05 — Territory

United Kingdom

Industrial heritage, glass, and garden urbanism.

Key cities — London · Edinburgh · Manchester · Bath

City of London — Naren Manoj — FIG. 05.01 · City of London · Naren Manoj

Glass ceiling — Daniil Korbut — FIG. 05.02 · Glass ceiling · Daniil Korbut

Skyline — Grant Ritchie — FIG. 05.03 · Skyline · Grant Ritchie

Tall building — Daniil Korbut — FIG. 05.04 · Tall building · Daniil Korbut

Garden context — Scott Webb — FIG. 05.05 · Garden context · Scott Webb

§ 06 — Territory

United States

Horizontal scale, timber, and West Coast minimalism.

Key cities — Los Angeles · San Francisco · New York · Seattle

High-rise — Victor — FIG. 06.01 · High-rise · Victor

Structure — Marten Bjork — FIG. 06.02 · Structure · Marten Bjork

White volume — Paul Menz — FIG. 06.03 · White volume · Paul Menz

Modern house — Wiktor Karkocha — FIG. 06.04 · Modern house · Wiktor Karkocha

Concrete mass — Paul Menz — FIG. 06.05 · Concrete mass · Paul Menz

§ 07 — Territory

Greece

White mass, Aegean light, and ancient proportion.

Key cities — Athens · Mykonos · Santorini · Thessaloniki

Aegean — Tânia Mousinho — FIG. 07.01 · Aegean · Tânia Mousinho

Blue dome — Chloé Lefleur — FIG. 07.02 · Blue dome · Chloé Lefleur

Village — Heidi Kaden — FIG. 07.03 · Village · Heidi Kaden

Cliff houses — James Ting — FIG. 07.04 · Cliff houses · James Ting

Aerial village — Dawid Tkocz — FIG. 07.05 · Aerial village · Dawid Tkocz

§ 08 — Territory

Turkey

Ottoman geometry, terracotta, and Bosphorus views.

Key cities — Istanbul · Ankara · Bodrum · İzmir

Dome — Fatih Yürür — FIG. 08.01 · Dome · Fatih Yürür

Aerial — Anna Berdnik — FIG. 08.02 · Aerial · Anna Berdnik

Sun mass — Linus Mimietz — FIG. 08.03 · Sun mass · Linus Mimietz

Spires — Ahmed Mulla — FIG. 08.04 · Spires · Ahmed Mulla

Street — Andrea Leopardi — FIG. 08.05 · Street · Andrea Leopardi

§ 09 — Territory

Morocco

Riad logic, zellige, and desert color.

Key cities — Marrakech · Fez · Casablanca · Tangier

Riad columns — Abdou Faiz — FIG. 09.01 · Riad columns · Abdou Faiz

Sun-bleached — Abdou Faiz — FIG. 09.02 · Sun-bleached · Abdou Faiz

Rooftop — Wassim Chouak — FIG. 09.03 · Rooftop · Wassim Chouak

Blue alley — Wassim Chouak — FIG. 09.04 · Blue alley · Wassim Chouak

Blue door — ilias el Kyaki — FIG. 09.05 · Blue door · ilias el Kyaki

§ 10 — Territory

Netherlands

Canal precision, brick, and the Dutch grid.

Key cities — Amsterdam · Rotterdam · The Hague · Utrecht

Dome — Matt Pictures — FIG. 10.01 · Dome · Matt Pictures

Clock building — Olaf Stumpf — FIG. 10.02 · Clock building · Olaf Stumpf

Canal balcony — Kateryna Melnyk — FIG. 10.03 · Canal balcony · Kateryna Melnyk

Canal row — Çalgan Aygün — FIG. 10.04 · Canal row · Çalgan Aygün

Brick row — Giulia Squillace — FIG. 10.05 · Brick row · Giulia Squillace

§ 11 — Territory

Switzerland

Alpine exactitude, stone, and engineered silence.

Key cities — Zurich · Basel · Geneva · Lausanne

Zurich — Rico Reutimann — FIG. 11.01 · Zurich · Rico Reutimann

Aerial sunset — Ilia Bronskiy — FIG. 11.02 · Aerial sunset · Ilia Bronskiy

Old town — Meizhi Lang — FIG. 11.03 · Old town · Meizhi Lang

Lakeside — Aho — FIG. 11.04 · Lakeside · Aho

Civic mass — Ilia Bronskiy — FIG. 11.05 · Civic mass · Ilia Bronskiy

§ 12 — Territory

Denmark

Nordic warmth, timber, and hygge-informed space.

Key cities — Copenhagen · Aarhus · Odense · Aalborg

Waterfront — Gianluigi Marin — FIG. 12.01 · Waterfront · Gianluigi Marin

Brick mass — Jacob Christiansen — FIG. 12.02 · Brick mass · Jacob Christiansen

Tower — Aliaksei Lepik — FIG. 12.03 · Tower · Aliaksei Lepik

Clock tower — Artem Shuba — FIG. 12.04 · Clock tower · Artem Shuba

Concrete — Krisztian Tabori — FIG. 12.05 · Concrete · Krisztian Tabori

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