2003: Oscar Niemeyer Niemeyer’s steel, aluminum and concrete contribution, a low-slung white roof introduced with a ruby-red ramp, showcased the Brazilian legend’s contrasting design and love of curves, and included a series of his own wall drawings inside. Partially submerged, the building seems to float on its base. Photograph © 2003 Sylvain Deleu

One of Tokyo’s most exclusive addresses, Roppongi Hills merges high-end real estate with glittering public art and design by the likes of Ron Arad and Shigeru Uchida. Morrison, one of a handful of designers asked to contribute public benches to the project, created an extended functional public bench out of Japanese cypress.

"Model Room," Olafur Eliasson, 2003. A collaboration with Einar Thorsteinn, this display showcases a vivid landscape of models and prototypes at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin.

Villa Bjørnsen/Sund, 2003.

2003, Massimo Vignelli / Vignelli Associates.

In 2003, Resolution: 4 Architecture was one of 16 firms who participated in the Dwell Home Design Invitational—a competition to design a modern prefab home for $200,000. Their winning design, constructed in Pittsboro, North Carolina, is a groundbreaking case study that combines prefabricated construction with contemporary, modern design.

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The Richard and Lois Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003

Here's Steven Holl Architects' Loisium Hotel, 2003. Image: Lucas Wasserman.

R128, Sobek’s family home (featured in Dwell’s May 2003 issue), is a groundbreaking example of green design with zero energy consumption, emissions, and waste.

Capella Garcia designed the building’s dynamic limestone facade in 2003.

Harold Cohen wrote the computer program that produced "AARON." 2003, from Digital Pioneers.

The Rose by Norisada Maeda, 2003, Minato-ku, Tokyo Prefecture

A look at the falsework and construction of the Marble Curtain Studio Gang installed at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, in 2003.

In the living area, a Ligne Roset sofa accompanies a vintage Adolf Loos coffee table. The 2003 photograph Pond Garden is by Stephen Waddell.

Casa Sierra Fría is the first residential project by Esrawe Studio, the design studio founded by Mexican industrial designer Hector Esrawe in 2003. It is regarded as one of the best known design studios in the country.

In the 1980s, the retreat was made up of three tiny pavilions linked by wooden platforms. By 2003, the pavilions had been connected by a unifying roof, creating a single form grounded onto the hillside and projecting out over the landscape.

ORG Permanent Modernity renovated the main house in 2003 and the rear extension in 2015, with help from structural engineers UTIL. The breakfast area (above left) features a set of Eames dining chairs from Vitra and a Tulip table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll.

The Rolls Royce headquarters in West Sussex, UK, finished in 2003, is a transport facility of a different, albeit more refined, stripe. Photo by Edmund Sumner/VIEW.

Mira Nakashima. Concordia Chair, 2003.

From a 2003 report on the buildings on Governors Island

The Sagaponac House (2003).

Perhaps a more ordered precursor for the New Museum in New York, this Dior shop in Tokyo from 2003 is a good example of SANAA's subtle shift in scale, color, and porousness.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson calls for Juneteenth to be a National Holiday in 2003.

Hyatt Regency atrium; Fukuoka, Japan (2003)

A pedestrian footbridge in Germany built by Otto in 2003.

“We always comb through work we really like for general inspiration when starting a project, but usually there isn’t one project we draw from,” says architect Ryan Bollom. “I’d consider The Barak House, designed by R&Sie in 2003, a more direct precedent for this home. Formally and conceptually it’s very different, but its core idea is a flexible wrapper over a more rigid home construction.”

Originally built in 1907, the train station was renovated in 2003. High Point received its name because it was the highest point of elevation along the railway line between Charlotte and Goldsboro.

When the Harrises bought their house in 2003, it was strangely sealed off from its stunning setting. Christopher Deam opened the house up to the lagoon and nearby Mount Tamalpais in the distance.

ArchDiploma 2003 Ausstellungser�ffnung Kunsthalle Wien 30.09.2003

425 Fifth Avenue; New York City (2003)

The Longyang Residential Complex, completed in 2003 in Shanghai, China.

This is the living area in the ADU which was designed and built by Levitch and Associates in 2003.

Case Study Kelvin40, 2003. Photo by Daniel Adric.

Ellington Chair (2003) This leather armchair was designed for David Edward.

Monstrum was founded in 2003 by Ole B. Nielsen and Christian Jensen.