As part of the development, known as the Barcode, the structure is made up of six-metre-wide cubes that form a "big building composed of mini units".įind out more about DNB Bank Headquarters › MVDRV's brick and glass headquarters for DNB is one of three buildings completed for the bank along the Norwegian capital's waterfront – all with a pixelated appearance. The 31 blocks, containing 1,040 apartments of varying sizes, are arranged to frame eight large hexagonal courtyards and overlap to provide communal outdoor spaces for residents.ĭNB Bank Headquarters by MVRDV, Oslo, Norway Scheeren has also experimented with the Jenga style, stacking huge cuboid volumes diagonally to create an "important prototype" for housing.
The Interlace by Buro Ole Scheeren, Singapore The terraces step backwards and upwards to face 1st Street – a tree-lined stretch of brownstone residences – while a closed facade is oriented to the busy 4th Avenue. Timmerhuis' form is broken down into cuboidal modules, each measuring 7.2 metres wide, 7.2 metres deep and 3.6 metres high, which helps to break down the the overall scale.Ģ51 1st Street by ODA, New York City, USAĬascading balconies top this Brooklyn apartment block by American studio ODA, providing the residences on the upper floors with outdoor space and views of the Manhattan skyline. OMA merged a 1950s municipal office block with a steel and glass structure to create a new mixed-use building in Rotterdam's city centre, close to where the firm is based. Timmerhuis by OMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
#Huge jenga series
The building comprises a series of cuboid volumes that become increasingly offset from one another towards the top, drawing comparisons with the wooden block game. Perhaps the most recognisable "Jenga tower", 56 Leonard rises 60 storeys over the comparatively low-rise Tribeca neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan.
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