Posts tagged Architecture

X-tu Architects: Nanterre Apartment Block, France - ” A new design by Nicolas de Mazieres and Anouk Legendre use the principals of volumetric forms to create a veritable, consolidates architectural language. The built form takes on a graphic sensibility as it breaks down the space of the skyline in ‘Nannterre Apartment Blocks.’ Urban terraces are deconstructed into a landscaped negative of large-scale tetris-like composition. In the context of the andre wogensky prefecture, an area characterized by 1960’s large scale modernist blocks that emphasize space, height and geometry, the nanterre apartments absorb the historically prefabricated and streamlined forms while cutting its volumes with vibrant color.”

X-tu Architects: Nanterre Apartment Block, France - ” A new design by Nicolas de Mazieres and Anouk Legendre use the principals of volumetric forms to create a veritable, consolidates architectural language. The built form takes on a graphic sensibility as it breaks down the space of the skyline in ‘Nannterre Apartment Blocks.’ Urban terraces are deconstructed into a landscaped negative of large-scale tetris-like composition. In the context of the andre wogensky prefecture, an area characterized by 1960’s large scale modernist blocks that emphasize space, height and geometry, the nanterre apartments absorb the historically prefabricated and streamlined forms while cutting its volumes with vibrant color.”

The Casa de los Azulejos or “House of Tiles” Mexico City 1948. A 18th century palace built by the Count del Valle de Orizaba family. The palace remained in private hands until near the end of the 19th century.

The Casa de los Azulejos or “House of Tiles” Mexico City 1948. A 18th century palace built by the Count del Valle de Orizaba family. The palace remained in private hands until near the end of the 19th century.

Bld Blog Arctic Instruments - As part of Lund’s Extreme Environments & Future Landscapes program, students flew up to visit “the far north, beyond the Polar Circle, to Svalbard, to study the growing communities affected by the melting ice cap and the large opportunities for transportation and resources that the northeast passage now offers.”

Bld Blog Arctic Instruments - As part of Lund’s Extreme Environments & Future Landscapes program, students flew up to visit “the far north, beyond the Polar Circle, to Svalbard, to study the growing communities affected by the melting ice cap and the large opportunities for transportation and resources that the northeast passage now offers.”

Glass Cloud, Antoine Predock, Canadian Museum For Human Rights.

Glass Cloud, Antoine Predock, Canadian Museum For Human Rights.

Roy Lichtenstein Residence + Studio, New York - “The late artist Roy Lichtenstein left behind a legacy of hard-edged pop art, characterized by bold outlines, striking benday dots and expressions lifted from comic books. Two low Greenwich Village buildings converted by Lichtenstein in the 1980’s from metal shop and garage to residence and work space have now been converted into a sculpture garden and preserved component of his estate. Brooklyn-based Caliper Studio took the unused 6000 square foot surface of eight aging rooftops and refitted them with an undulating expanse of flowering plants. Lichtenstein’s vibrantly-colored ‘brushstrokes’ and ‘endless drip’ now make their home in the rare patch of greenery in the theatric urban garden.”

Roy Lichtenstein Residence + Studio, New York - “The late artist Roy Lichtenstein left behind a legacy of hard-edged pop art, characterized by bold outlines, striking benday dots and expressions lifted from comic books. Two low Greenwich Village buildings converted by Lichtenstein in the 1980’s from metal shop and garage to residence and work space have now been converted into a sculpture garden and preserved component of his estate. Brooklyn-based Caliper Studio took the unused 6000 square foot surface of eight aging rooftops and refitted them with an undulating expanse of flowering plants. Lichtenstein’s vibrantly-colored ‘brushstrokes’ and ‘endless drip’ now make their home in the rare patch of greenery in the theatric urban garden.”

Felice Varini’s Optical Illusions Painted on Architectural Spaces

Felice Varini’s Optical Illusions Painted on Architectural Spaces

Parkeergarage Europarking Amsterdam Designed by Piet Zanstra

Parkeergarage Europarking Amsterdam Designed by Piet Zanstra

25 Annees UAM, 1930-1955 Catalog, 1956 (Les formes utiles: l’architecture, les arts plastiques, les arts graphiques, le mobilier, l’équipement ménager) Le Corbusier, Herbst Prouvé etc. The U.A.M was a group of architects and designers founded in Paris in 1929 and active until 1958. The group essentially comprised the modernist avant-garde and was devoted to the idea of the unity of the arts and mass production.

25 Annees UAM, 1930-1955 Catalog, 1956 (Les formes utiles: l’architecture, les arts plastiques, les arts graphiques, le mobilier, l’équipement ménager) Le Corbusier, Herbst Prouvé etc. The U.A.M was a group of architects and designers founded in Paris in 1929 and active until 1958. The group essentially comprised the modernist avant-garde and was devoted to the idea of the unity of the arts and mass production.

Designboom Interviews Pritzker Prize Winning Architect Toyo Ito - In this original from 2001, (Designboom met Toyo Ito in his first solo-exhibition in Europe, at the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy) and talked with the now Pritzker Prize recipient about architecture in the electronic age and especially about the Mediatheque in Sendai.

Designboom Interviews Pritzker Prize Winning Architect Toyo Ito - In this original from 2001, (Designboom met Toyo Ito in his first solo-exhibition in Europe, at the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy) and talked with the now Pritzker Prize recipient about architecture in the electronic age and especially about the Mediatheque in Sendai.

Architectural Iconoclast Wins the Pritzker Prize -“Toyo Ito, a Japanese architect who broke from Modernism and designed a library that survived his country’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake, was awarded his profession’s top honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, on Sunday. “

Architectural Iconoclast Wins the Pritzker Prize -“Toyo Ito, a Japanese architect who broke from Modernism and designed a library that survived his country’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake, was awarded his profession’s top honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, on Sunday. “

Foster + Partners: Vieux Port Pavilion, Marseille - “A simple intervention on a french quayside, Foster + Partners newly inaugurated  ‘Port Vieux’ pavilion is a literal reflection of the idyllic surrounding wharf. The 46 by 22 meter canopy is made of highly polished stainless steel such that it reflects the inverted pedestrian area and harbor at the water’s edge.”

Foster + Partners: Vieux Port Pavilion, Marseille - “A simple intervention on a french quayside, Foster + Partners newly inaugurated  ‘Port Vieux’ pavilion is a literal reflection of the idyllic surrounding wharf. The 46 by 22 meter canopy is made of highly polished stainless steel such that it reflects the inverted pedestrian area and harbor at the water’s edge.”

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Eames Prints To Help Restore The Eames House - Limited edition prints of Eames designs for $75, proceeds go to restore The Eames House. Herman Miller and Vitra will match for every print sold.

Eames Prints To Help Restore The Eames House - Limited edition prints of Eames designs for $75, proceeds go to restore The Eames House. Herman Miller and Vitra will match for every print sold.

Penn Station,1963: Walker Evans’Portrait of a Doomed American Treasure, For Life Magazine.

Penn Station,1963: Walker Evans’Portrait of a Doomed American Treasure, For Life Magazine.