Hybrid buildings are urban artefacts which are often characterised by their mixed-use role in the city. The ones that manage to get built and endure are true survivors of a rare and vigorous category that flourishes in locations of opportunity.
This book presents 50 of these hybrid buildings, designed from the 19th century to the present, as a catalogue of types without any specific typology. Each project is drawn in section, revealing both its functions and a fascinating narrative about how it came to be, as well as its place in the urban context. The publication demonstrates how buildings which insist on mixing uses and users can more naturally incorporate complexity and indeterminacy.
Living+
01. Marina City,
02. John Hancock Center,
03. Brunswick Centre,
04. Ensemble Marat,
05. The Galleria
06. Linked Hybrid
07. Market Hall
08. Museum Plaza,
09. Horizontal Skyscraper,
10. Tour de la Chapelle
11. Entrepot Macdonald
12. Situla Complex
13. Pontsteiger
14. Kalkbreite
Hotel+
15. Grand Hotel
16. Tsukuba Center
17. Elbphilharmonie
18. Maison Stephane Hessel
Office+
19. Torre Velasca,
20. Plaza de Castiilla Towers
21. L'Illa Diagonal
22. Atlanpole
23. De Rotterdam
24. Blox
25. The Edge
26. Sky Village
27. Amore Pacific
28. West Village
29. Omniturm
Retail+
30. De Citadel,
31. Sliced Porosity Block
32. Barcelo Market
33. Greenland Centre
34. Longgang Cultural Centre
35. Meet Airport City
Civic+
36. Kulturhuset,
37. Derby Civic Centre
38. The Hague City Hall
39. Delft City Hall
40. Timmerhuis
Culture+
41. Auditorium Building
42. House of Friendship
43. Housing Forest-Speelhuis
44. Scala Tower
Education+
45. 't Karregat
46. Ewha Campus
47. Les Docks
Sport+
48. Downtown Athletic Club
49. St. Jacob Park
50. Werk 12
Hybrid buildings are urban artefacts which are often characterised by their mixed-use role in the city. The ones that manage to get built and endure are true survivors of a rare and vigorous category that flourishes in locations of opportunity.
This book presents 50 of these hybrid buildings, designed from the 19th century to the present, as a catalogue of types without any specific typology. Each project is drawn in section, revealing both its functions and a fascinating narrative about how it came to be, as well as its place in the urban context. The publication demonstrates how buildings which insist on mixing uses and users can more naturally incorporate complexity and indeterminacy.
Living+
01. Marina City,
02. John Hancock Center,
03. Brunswick Centre,
04. Ensemble Marat,
05. The Galleria
06. Linked Hybrid
07. Market Hall
08. Museum Plaza,
09. Horizontal Skyscraper,
10. Tour de la Chapelle
11. Entrepot Macdonald
12. Situla Complex
13. Pontsteiger
14. Kalkbreite
Hotel+
15. Grand Hotel
16. Tsukuba Center
17. Elbphilharmonie
18. Maison Stephane Hessel
Office+
19. Torre Velasca,
20. Plaza de Castiilla Towers
21. L'Illa Diagonal
22. Atlanpole
23. De Rotterdam
24. Blox
25. The Edge
26. Sky Village
27. Amore Pacific
28. West Village
29. Omniturm
Retail+
30. De Citadel,
31. Sliced Porosity Block
32. Barcelo Market
33. Greenland Centre
34. Longgang Cultural Centre
35. Meet Airport City
Civic+
36. Kulturhuset,
37. Derby Civic Centre
38. The Hague City Hall
39. Delft City Hall
40. Timmerhuis
Culture+
41. Auditorium Building
42. House of Friendship
43. Housing Forest-Speelhuis
44. Scala Tower
Education+
45. 't Karregat
46. Ewha Campus
47. Les Docks
Sport+
48. Downtown Athletic Club
49. St. Jacob Park
50. Werk 12
