Aarhus University, Carl Theodore Sørensen

Some of you want to have a look at work by the Landscape Architect Carl Theodore Sørensen. Here is my photo of the amphitheatre at Aarhus University by Sørensen. Architects for the University master plan were Kay Fisker, C.F. Møller and Poul Stegmann with Sørensen. Photograph mine.


Madrid, area around Mercado de San Miguel

Hi all,

I've just found some of my photos of the area around the Mercado de San Miguel in Madrid that show alternatives to kerbs and bitumen. Thought it might be useful to many of you, but Jeremy in particular.

Try Google Street View too.




Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Try a Google Image search for "Piranesi Carceri"

Image below from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi







































Factum-Arte also made a wonderful animation of the Carceri d'invenzione.






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.

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.





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.


Ostflügel Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Also worth looking at the Ostflügel Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Diener & Diener

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).


C-Mine by 51N4E

A former coal mine in Belgium converted into a cultural centre by 51N4E


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:


Brian de Palma's tribute from The Untouchables (set in Chicago's Union Station):