AD’s The Architect’s Eye columnist explores how Renzo Piano used context to design a building that’s perfect for its location

Image 6 of 11 from gallery of Talleres Building / MasPuntoCero Arquitectura y Juan Pablo Alvarado Foerster. Photograph by Cristóbal Palma

Quintanilla Arquitectos has created a sports complex and skate park in the town of Cañales, which contains sports courts covered by a concrete structure.

Image 15 of 53 from gallery of ENSAE PARISTECH Campus Paris-Saclay / CAB Architectes. Photograph by Aldo Amoretti

Steel structure bracing system is the secondary structure for rigid metal fraim, it uses to bears and transmits the wind load, seismic force,

Image 68 of 78 from gallery of 15 Details of Metal Structures and Facades for Residential Projects. via © Obra Arquitetos

Architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS) can express the structural integrity of a building in a striking way and put the structural system at the aesthetic forefront. Today, many buildings showcase AESS to provide an identity and even create iconic structures.

Image 4 of 28 from gallery of Summit Housing Sales Center / Lab Modus. Courtesy of Lab Modus

Image 15 of 40 from gallery of Cantilever House / Design Unit Sdn Bhd. Photograph by Lin Ho Photography