Kunsthaus Graz, the Friendly Alien

By Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1406917

Kunsthaus Graz was designed by Colin Fournier and Sir Peter Cook, in 2003 in Graz, Austria.

Nicknamed The Friendly Alien by the locals.

Kunsthaus Graz Museum

By Marek Slusarczyk, CC BY 3.0commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49665690

The acrylic glass skin of the eastern side of the building is an example of Blob Architecture and BIX (big pixels) technology.

By Matthias Süßen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0/commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152413754

By Matthias Süßen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152414111

By Peter Christian Riemann – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=129143120

The Iron House is a cast-iron structure that was built in 1848 and forms one side of the building.

By Isiwal – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=136316499

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