Architects are often known for their more high-profile projects: skyscrapers, museums, chapels, destination buildings. Yet the glamorous projects aren’t the only ones that big-name architects put their stamp on. When they’re not creating the buildings that make it to the front pages, they’re working on projects that might be less suited for Instagram, but are nevertheless essential to urban infrastructures — like parking garages, wastewater treatment facilities, and power plants. Here’s our roundup of some of the least glamorous projects by starchitects. 1111 Lincoln Road by Herzog & de Meuron, Miami, FL This white beauty — a parking garage with retail space at the bottom — is conceived as “all muscle with no cloth,” leaving its exposed, sculptural structure visible with minimal guardrails and dividing walls. This also fills the garage with natural light and gives visitors unimpeded views outward to Miami Beach’s spectacular surroundings. Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant by Ennead, Brooklyn, NY This treatment plant includes sculptural forms, striking materials, and color in addition to perimeter fencing as well as aerial walkways and bridges, forming a unique visual composition. Digester eggs are the star of this show, and glass walls …
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