Graft Lab’s 10 Most Impressive Buildings
Originally from the USA, architects Graft have been making their mark in over five continents, with stunning buildings fit to serve any purpose in any location. Culture Trip brings you ten of their finest structures.
Autostadt Roof and Service Pavilion
The organic form of Autostadt Roof and Service Pavillion is beautiful and functional. The leaf-like shape is designed to protect the area from the elements while still allowing light to permeate like a rainforest canopy. Bridging land and sky, the soaring curve is stunning yet welcoming. Minimalism in its purest form without walls, windows or ornamentation, the aesthetic curve the product of an engineering mind and an architects soul.
Autostadt, Stadtbrücke, Wolfsburg, Germany, +49 800 288678238
Platoon Kunsthalle
Building
AO Project
Building
MIR NOLA
Kirche Wünsdorf
Building, Church, Opera House
Hotel Lofer
Building
Changbaishan Ski Jump
Ski Resort
Solarkiosk
One of Graft’s smallest projects, the Solarkiosk has the potential for the greatest impact. Winner of the German Design Award 2015, the Solarkiosk is a self-reliant kiosk for off-the-grid rural locations. Currently found in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana and Germany, the Solarkiosk is an ongoing project delivering sustainable answers to some of the world’s most rural locations. Designed as a lightweight ‘kit of parts’, the Solarkiosk can be easily transported and assembled in remote global locations delivering a place of commerce, socializing and livelihood to rural communities in need.