Multi colored buildings

Your Rainbow Panorama (Aarhus, Denmark) | Olafur Eliasson

Color is a very important part of our world and it is present in every element surrounding us: landscapes, seasons, plants, animals, objects and buildings created by man.

Color has always played an important role in human evolution. The environment and its colors are perceived by our brains in a simultaneously subjective and objective manner.

Color has a powerful effect, able to communicate and transmit information, and its perception can have a strong psychological effect on a subject.

Countless white buildings repeated throughout our landscapes might lead us to believe that there has been a devaluation of color in contemporary architecture. However, color is and will always be a very important part of architecture, which can convey emotions and feelings, providing character and identity to buildings and landscapes.

We selected some of the best examples of multi colored buildings, all over the world, that can brighten any city even in the cloudiest days...

International Management Institute (Kolkata, India)| Abin Design Studio

Social housing Carabanchel 24 (Madrid, Spain) | Rafael Cañizares Torquemada

Seguin Apartment Building (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) | Agence Bernard Bühler

The Pixel Building (Melbourne, Australia) | Studio 505

Social housing Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain) | Amann-Canovas-Maruri  

Sugamo Shinkin Bank (Tokyo, Japan) | emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design

Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León (León, Spain) | Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos

Convention Center (Montreal, Canada) | Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architectes, Ædifica, Hal Ingberg

Dexia Tower (Brussels, Belgium) | Samyn and Partners, Jaspers-Eyers

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Hilversum, The Netherlands) | Neutelings Riedijk

Hesperia Hotel Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain) | IA+B Arkitektura

The Saguaro Palm Springs (California, U.S.A) | Stamberg Aferiat Architecture

Pantone Hotel (Brussels, Belgium) | Olivier Hannaert, Michel Penneman

Kindergarten (Monthey, Switzerland) | Bonnard Woeffray Architectes

Okazaki Building (Okazaki, Japan) |Ciel Rouge Création

Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud (Paris, France) | KOZ Architects