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.

Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk

Sohlbergplassen Viewpoint, Atnsjø, Stor-Elvdal, Norway by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk 2005.

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.

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

 

Tent Room, Charlottenhof Palace, Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Tent Room, Schloss Charlottenhof, Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Photo from 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.

Mien Ruys

Tuinen Mien Ruys (Gardens of Mien Ruys), Dedemsvaart, Mien Ruys

Photo from here

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.

Torre Velasca, BBPR

Torre Velasca by BBPR.

Photo via Archdaily.

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.

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.

Laurentian Library, Michelangelo Buonarroti

Staircase of the Laurentian Library, Florence by Michelangelo, 1524-71.


Photograph 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.

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):

Parque do Ibirapuera, Oscar Niemeyer

Pedro Kok's inspiring photo and video of the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, Brazil

Trail House, Anne Holtrop

The beautiful Trail House by Anne Holtrop

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.