View of the elevated restaurant, (1960`s ?).
It reminds me of....Breuer, Catalano, and Coire
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Großsiedlung Siemensstadt....
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Hans Scharoun, Fred Forbat, Otto Bartning, Walter Gropius, Paul Rudolph Henning, Hugo Häring, Berlin, 1929-31
25 december 2009
Gregory Ain....
Avenel Cooperative Housing, Silver Lake, 1947.
"Avenel Cooperative Housing Project, properly known as Avenel Homes, is a 10-unit cooperative housing development designed by architect Gregory Ain, and built in 1947 in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles. Ain's innovative design has been called "a model for effective use of limited space for low-cost urban housing".
The ten original members of the cooperative included at least four who were blacklisted or questioned by HUAC, leading to the conclusion that the project was "a cooperative living experiment for a group of communists". Resident and architect Richard Corsini noted: "Most of the people that originally lived here were path-breaking political types", and even after the communist cooperative broke up, the structures remained popular with progressive homeowners (The claim that the units were originally built for a group of motion picture cartoonists and their families is not correct, but applies instead to Ain's Community Homes project of the same period.) "
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"....last sold in November 1994 for $110,000, today's asking price is $695,000 or (a rather hefty) $701 per square foot."
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In contrast to many European countries, the United States values the modernist heritage !!!!
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The Theme Building....
Los Angeles International Airport, William Pereira, Charles Luckman, William Becket, Paul Williams, 1961 13 december 2009
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The LIDL-Superstore at the Alter Meßplatz in Mannheim....
AJR Atelier, Jörg Rügemer.
Not bad....for a LIDL !
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Hotel Britânia....
Lisboa, Hotel Britânia by Cassiano Branco, 1943. .
..this hotel is a good definition of.... "good taste" !
Photos: Lisboa S.O.S.
Photos: Lisboa S.O.S.
Konditori Valand....
Stockholm, Stellan Åström, 1954 (this place remains unchanged !) Photo: Mats Jonholt
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What a shame....Lisboa !
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Rua de Alcolena 28, António Varela and Almada Negreiros (panels), 1955. A house of this quality in this state ...?
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James Douglas Morrison....
Photo: Michael Ochs / Archives Getty Images
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" I touched her thigh
& death smiled "
03 november 2009
Lisbon Cinemas....
Campolide Cinema, 1932 .
Cinema Alvalade, Lima Franco, 1953.
Cinema Europa, Antero Ferreira, 1958.
Cinema S. Jorge, Fernando Silva, 1947-50:
Photos: Estúdio Mário Novais
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The portuguese masterpiece by Cassiano Branco....
Lisboa, Avenida da Liberdade,168, Hotel Victória, 193423 oktober 2009
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Rua Marquês de Sá da Bandeira, 112
Lisboa, (1930`s ?).
Interesting corner with glass blocks ! I wonder how the light is perceived from the inside ?
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Porfírio Pardal Monteiro....
Lisboa, Estacão do Cais do Sodré, 1929
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Stockholm is a beautiful city....
Stockholm, Värtavägen 41 / Askrikegatan 21 (1930`s).
The last floor overlooking Gärdet ....suits me perfectly !
Combining....
Stockholm, Stallgatan, (1880`s and 1980`s).
....old and new, requires sensitivity....and a few skills.
25 augusti 2009
24 augusti 2009
Coldplay and "Viva La Vida Tour" at Stockholms Stadion….
22th of August, 22:47 at this point.... I was in another planet
....remember this band "White Lies" ....because they are good!
....the 1912 Olympic Stadium (click to enlarge); the place where my fellow countryman Francisco Lázaro never arrived....Coldplay gave everything they had….and they have a lot to give. A fantastic concert with Chris Martin in absolute top shape (went straight into my all time top three list). The band and the songs, the lights and the sound....invited us to 111 minutes of unforgettable music.
If you have the opportunity to see these guys….don’t miss it !!!!
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Best in show: "Glass of Water" and the other 22 songs including the tribute to Michael Jackson, "Billy Jean"
One word = MAGICAL
20 augusti 2009
Slottsskogsvallen, Lars Israel Wahlman, 1923
Built for the Göteborg Exposition and ornamented with classical empire elements (click the pictures to enlarge).
In this stadium, Arne Andersson and Gunder Hägg had some of their fights for the world record in the english mile, during the year of 1942.
In 1975, John Walker broke the world record and was the first human to run the mile under 3:50 (3:49.4).
And of course....Patrik Sjöberg trained here for many years, and became one of the best high-jumpers ever.
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Van Nellefabriek....
Rotterdam, Johannes Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt, 1929.
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U2 360° Tour and....The Claw !
Nya Ullevi, Fritz Jaenecke / Sten Samuelsson, 1958 (click to enlarge)
Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg, 31 July 2009.
Not as good as the concert in Göteborg during The Vertigo Tour 2005 (which was a complete knockout), but a memorable show with the most “intelligent” stage ever.... “The Claw” (Willie Williams): Inspired on the Theme Building of the LAX Airport (Pereira, Luckman, Williams, Becket), the stage has no defined front or back and is surrounded on all sides by the audience. Gigantic....without hiding anything at all, hanging loudspeakers with perfect sound,....a brilliant concept.
Not as good as the concert in Göteborg during The Vertigo Tour 2005 (which was a complete knockout), but a memorable show with the most “intelligent” stage ever.... “The Claw” (Willie Williams): Inspired on the Theme Building of the LAX Airport (Pereira, Luckman, Williams, Becket), the stage has no defined front or back and is surrounded on all sides by the audience. Gigantic....without hiding anything at all, hanging loudspeakers with perfect sound,....a brilliant concept.
Best in show: "Vertigo" and a very odd version of "I`ll go crazy if I don`t go crazy tonight".... (Snow Patrol was a good revelation).
31 juli 2009
A masterpiece....
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Lisbon Lounge.....
TWA Flight Center, Idlewild Airport (JFK), New York, Eero Saarinen, 1962
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This house can be demolished....
Rua de Alcolena 28, Lisbon, António Varela and Almada Negreiros (panels), 1955.
Finlandia Hall....
....but the use of thin Carrara marble slabs became a technical disaster (the slabs tended to curve).
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Helsinki, Aalvar Aalto, 197126 juli 2009
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Villa Fjolle (Spies)....
The futuristic summerhouse of Simon Spies at Torö, Staffan Berglund, 1969 (the table and chairs in the middle could be elevated)
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Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes....
Burkina Faso, FAREstudio, 2007.
....simplicity and the understanding of local needs and traditions. A worthy winner of World Architecture Festival Awards (health category) 2008
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Modernism in Africa....
Asmara, Eritrea, Fiat Tagliero Building by Giuseppe Pettazzi,1938.
"As Peter Cachola-Schmal, director of the Deutsches Architektur Museum (DAM) hosting the exhibition Asmara: Afrikas heimliche Hauptstadt der Moderne in Frankfurt rather cynically remarks in his foreword to Asmara: The frozen City: "poverty is the best conservation tool".
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Krakow and Havana are two other examples of the relation between lacks of money, and preservation of the built heritage....
18 juli 2009
Kunsten - Museum of modern Art Aalborg....
Designed by Elissa and Alvar Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël, 1972
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Léon Stynen....
British Petroleum Building in Antwerp, 1963.
....a suspended piece of excellent architecture.
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Louis Herman De Koninck....
Villa Berteaux, Avenue du Fort Jaco, Brussels, 1936.
This is modernism with.......M (click to enlarge)
