Brown says stability, reliability, and approachability. It is the color of our earth and is associated with all things natural or organic. We see brown everywhere, all the time, but rarely is it a feature. The projects in this collection make a prominent use of brown for an emphatic purpose, and in doing so bring the color’s associations along with them.
- Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brown slate tiles are employed on the façades of these housing towers to give the appearance that they “root up from the ground. At the top, the brown tiles turn slightly to gray, ostensibly to match the backdrop of the sky, though this move also alludes to the eventual decay of organic matter. At the top, the brown tiles turn slightly to gray, ostensibly to match the backdrop of the sky, though this move also alludes to the eventual decay of organic matter.24H>architecture was commissioned to make a proposal for one of the five housing projects, called ‘the Twins’. The location is situated between the Oosterringdike and the Caroline Mac Gillavrylaan
- Selcuk Ecza HQ by Tabanlioglu Architects, Istanbul, Turkey
A mesh exterior screen covers parts of this pharmaceutical company’s large office complex, colored brown to give it the soft effect of wood cladding. This association is further bolstered by the use of brown at select locations throughout the rest of the complex.
- Plot 6 & Tea House in Jiangsu Software Park by Atelier Deshaus, Nanjing, China
Jishan base of Jiangsu Software Park is located in a beautiful landscape of the undulating hills. The project will provide suburban office spaces for IT companies. The courtyard walls enclose a flat artificial area in a natural undulating landscape, where courtyards and open working places flow on the ground floor.
- Bob Champion Research and Education Building
The new-build laboratory and clinical teaching facility for the University of East Anglia in collaboration with the NHS is the first building located on the developing Norwich Research Park and adjacent to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
