Sentences with phrase «diaphanous structure»

The reflective, transparent façade of Johnson's diaphanous structure combines light, interior, and exterior to describe architectural space.

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The building, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is predicated on the concept of «the veil and the vault»: the vault being The Broad's large storage area for the collection, taking up most of the museum's second floor; the veil, a porous exterior structure forming a diaphanous cover over the interior vault, allows a diffuse natural light to penetrate the 50,000 square feet of exhibition spaces, located on the first and third floors.
Pittman structures his modern - day nature morte around diaphanous bubbles, frying eggs, vegetables, splashing kettles, and strings of light bulbs.
Recurring themes include a return to nature, the relationship between light and space, aspirations of climbing the building, and the interplay of diaphanous elements with the concrete structure.
The white sheers draw the eye upwards; their purpose is threefold: they are beautiful to look at, they offer some structure and diaphanous delineation in the space, and they also allow openness and airiness, playfully blowing amongst the dramatic floor - to - sky columns of greenery.
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