Nice geometry too that could inspire outcomes at the edge of Belmore Park.
See you all soon.
Skatepark, Waterloo Station
Far, far too late for any of you to be contemplating a new programme, but have a look at this skatepark below Waterloo Park, London
Nice geometry too that could inspire outcomes at the edge of Belmore Park.
See you all soon.
Nice geometry too that could inspire outcomes at the edge of Belmore Park.
See you all soon.
Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk
Sohlbergplassen Viewpoint, Atnsjø, Stor-Elvdal, Norway by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk 2005.
Photos below from here
Photos below from here
Rafael Gustavino
Rafael Gustavino developed the Gustavino Tile system, based on the Catalan vault. Allowed construction of some of the great buildings by McKim, Mead & White and others.
Photo below is Pittsburgh Union Station by Daniel Burnham. Photo from here.
Photo below is Pittsburgh Union Station by Daniel Burnham. Photo from here.
Alte Pinakothek by Leon von Klenze, reconstruction by Hans Döllgast
Alte Pinakothek in Munich by Leo von Klenze, reconstruction (following WWII bombing) by Hans Döllgast.
Essay on Hans Döllgast in Oase #49-50
Photos from here, here & here
Essay on Hans Döllgast in Oase #49-50
Photos from here, here & here
Grundtvigs Kirke
A few of my photos of the Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, completed by his son, Kaare Klint.
Thomas Ruff's photograph of the Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe
Thomas Ruff's extraordinary photograph of the Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe.
Photo from here.
Photo from here.
Casa Malaparte
Casa Malaparte by Adalberto Libera / Curzio Malaparte / Adolfo Amitrano, Capri
Large parts of Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris shot here.
Photo from here.
Large parts of Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris shot here.
Photo from here.
Hexenhaus, Bad Karlshafen by Alison & Peter Smithson
The Hexenhaus in Bad Karlshafen designed for Axel Bruchhäuser of Tecta by Alison & Peter Smithson.
Photos by Anna & Eugeni Bach here.
Photos by Anna & Eugeni Bach here.
Grossmünster windows by Sigmar Polke
Not related (I don't think) to your studio, but i've just learned of the windows designed by Sigmar Polke installed at the Grossmünster church in Zurich. How beautiful! (Polke amazes me).
Article from the New Yorker here.
Video here.
Photos below from here and here.
Article from the New Yorker here.
Video here.
Photos below from here and here.
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Also worth finding out about Hans Döllgast's reconstruction of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich by Leo von Klenze. Not much in English.
Article here.
Photo below from here.
Article here.
Photo below from here.
Ostflügel Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Also worth looking at the Ostflügel Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Diener & Diener
Photo below by Christian Richters
Photo below by Christian Richters
Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Architects
I know you've seen this many times before, but it's worth having another look at the Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Architects
Photo below by Candida Höfer (! - look her up).
Photo below by Candida Höfer (! - look her up).
Superstudio
A few images of work by Superstudio (via) mentioned last week. I don't think your projects need to be quite so ambitious.
Potemkin Stairs, Odessa
Potemkin stairs in Odessa mentioned last week.
Full Odessa Steps sequence from Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin:
Full Odessa Steps sequence from Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin:
Brian de Palma's tribute from The Untouchables (set in Chicago's Union Station):
Zollverein coal mine industrial complex
Zollverein coal mine near Essen transformed into a park.
Website here.
Links to OMA's projects at Zollverein here & here.
Website here.
Links to OMA's projects at Zollverein here & here.
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