13 december 2009

Victor Bourgeois....


Brussels, La Cité Moderne, 1925

12 december 2009

Casa Omnibus....




Cachagua, Gubbins Arquitectos, 2004

09 december 2009

Walström House....

1969, LA, by John Lautner

06 december 2009

Royal Desert Palms....




(Twin Palms), 1957, by William Krisel

05 december 2009

Goodsill House....

Pu'u Panini, Hawaii, Vladimir Ossipoff, 1952

Siegrist House....



Venice, Florida, Paul Rudolph,1953

Elrod House....


John Lautner, Palm Springs, 1968

04 december 2009

Dinah Shore Residence....









Palm Springs, 1963, by Donald Wexler

Kiltro House or....a good interaction with nature !






(click the photos to enlarge)
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Talca, Chile, 2008 by Supersudaka

03 december 2009

The LIDL-Superstore at the Alter Meßplatz in Mannheim....

AJR Atelier, Jörg Rügemer
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Not bad....for a LIDL !

Great America Place....


Kevin Hart Architecture, Santa Clara, CA, 2008

01 december 2009

Baker Residence....



Cory Buckner architects, Brentwood, LA

Vestfold....Norway

(click to enlarge)

30 november 2009

Casa Biehl....


Jorge Garcia and Daniel Rojo, Santiago, 2007

28 november 2009

La maison de verre....

Paul-Amaury Michel, Brussels, 1936

Bredenberg's department store....

Gunnar Asplund, Stockholm 1933-1935

22 november 2009

Hotel Britânia....









Lisboa, Hotel Britânia by Cassiano Branco, 1943.
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..this hotel is a good definition of.... "good taste" !

Photos: Lisboa S.O.S.

IBM, General Products Division....1961

Well....I prefer to "Think" 1965 !

Konditori Valand....



Stockholm, Stellan Åström, 1954 (this place remains unchanged !) Photo: Mats Jonholt

Kenneth Anderson....

401, Beloit Avenue, LA, 1950`s

Jacques Dupuis....


Brussels, 1955

21 november 2009

Willy Van Der Meeren

Evere, 1962

19 november 2009

Des Moines....


18 november 2009

École Peter Pan....

Brussels, 1963, by Léon Stynen and Paul De Meyer

Belgian Design....

Willy Van Der Meeren & Jean Stuyvaert....

Huvudnässkolan....1963


Vänersborg, auditorium

13 november 2009

More delights from Cassiano Branco....


photo: Luis Morgado



1937, Avenida Defensores de Chaves, 27

07 november 2009

What a shame....Lisboa !

(click to enlarge)
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Rua de Alcolena 28, António Varela and Almada Negreiros (panels), 1955. A house of this quality in this state ...?

06 november 2009

Uddevallavarvet....1940`s



Shipyard, Head Office, photos: Jan Jörnmark

04 november 2009

James Douglas Morrison....

Photo: Michael Ochs / Archives Getty Images
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" I touched her thigh
& death smiled "

assírio & alvim....

....a quality bookshop! Rua Passos Manuel, 67 B

03 november 2009

Lisbon Cinemas....

Campolide Cinema, 1932
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Cinema Alvalade, Lima Franco, 1953
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Cinema Europa, Antero Ferreira, 1958
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Cinema S. Jorge, Fernando Silva, 1947-50
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Photos: Estúdio Mário Novais

02 november 2009

Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 138

Lisboa, 1930`s

27 oktober 2009

Hello Chiado....1982

photo: Carlos Duarte
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Rua do Carmo, 51 A

25 oktober 2009

The portuguese masterpiece by Cassiano Branco....











Lisboa, Avenida da Liberdade,168, Hotel Victória, 1934

23 oktober 2009

Luis Cristino da Silva....


Lisboa, Parque Mayer, 1931

22 oktober 2009

A place to buy a book....

Lisboa, Rua do Carmo

21 oktober 2009

Broughton House....1949




909 N Beverly Glen, LA, Craig Ellwood

Apolo 70....

Lisboa, 1970`s

19 oktober 2009

Rua Miguel Lupi, 12

Lisboa (1960`s ?)

18 oktober 2009

Praça Marquês de Pombal....

16 oktober 2009

The beautiful 70`s....

Lisboa, Rua Primeiro de Dezembro

15 oktober 2009

Av. Alvares Cabral, 54....

Lisboa, Ávila Amaral, 1936

14 oktober 2009

Av. António José de Almeida, 12

Lisboa, 1930`s

13 oktober 2009

Centro Cultural de Belém....a quality place!




Vittorio Gregotti, Manuel Salgado and interiors by Daciano Costa, Lisboa, 1992

12 oktober 2009

Av. António José de Almeida, 11

Lisboa, 1930`s

10 oktober 2009

Avenida Alvares Cabral....

Lisboa, 1930`s

09 oktober 2009

Rua da Ilha de São Tomé....

Lisboa, 1930`s

07 oktober 2009

Rua Saraiva de Carvalho, 122

Lisboa, (early 1960`s ?)

05 oktober 2009

Hospital da Luz....



Lisboa, Manuel Salgado and Albert de Pineda, 2007

Avenida de Roma, 56

03 oktober 2009

Rua Nova de S. Mamede, 17


Lisboa, 1930`s

Rua Marquês de Sá da Bandeira, 112

Lisboa, (1930`s ?)
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Interesting corner with glass blocks ! I wonder how the light is perceived from the inside ?

02 oktober 2009

How to destroy a good building....



Lisboa, Estrada de Benfica, 702

01 oktober 2009

Henry Moore....1961

"Vilande figur", Slottsskogen, Göteborg

30 september 2009

Lisboa....1950


Cassiano Branco, Av. Gago Coutinho, 166

Avenida de Roma, 110....

Aluminum windows....what a shame!

27 september 2009

The best URINAL in Lisbon....

photo by RW
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Lisboa, Cinema São Jorge by Fernando Silva, 1947-50

Porfírio Pardal Monteiro....





Lisboa, Estacão do Cais do Sodré, 1929
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....and the new extention from 2009

25 september 2009

João Simões....


Avenida Casal Ribeiro, 26, Lisboa, 1935

Rodrigues Lima....

Cinema Cinearte, Lisboa, 1938

23 september 2009

Gonçalo Rodrigues....



Portugal, 1940`s

City [dis]membering....

Avenida da República, Lisboa

27 augusti 2009

Stockholms Stadsbibliotek....

Gunnar Asplund, 1928

26 augusti 2009

Luxury modernism....

Stockholm, Askrikegatan 9-13, 1937-38

Stockholm is a beautiful city....



Stockholm, Värtavägen 41 / Askrikegatan 21 (1930`s)
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The last floor overlooking Gärdet ....suits me perfectly !

Combining....

Stockholm, Stallgatan, (1880`s and 1980`s)
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....old and new, requires sensitivity....and a few skills.

25 augusti 2009

City [dis]membering....

Stockholm, Slussen, (1960`s ?)

Toy car garage...?

Värtavägen, Stockholm, (1950`s or earlier ?)

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)
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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.

16 augusti 2009

Royal Desert Palms....

Alexander Residence, William Krisel, 1957

15 augusti 2009

Union 76....

Palm Springs, Donald Wexler, 1962

Pier Luigi Nervi....

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Firenze, 1932

Seidler House....

Sydney, Harry Seidler, 1967

14 augusti 2009

Mid-century....

....LA-modernism, is good enough for me.

13 augusti 2009

Van Nellefabriek....



Rotterdam, Johannes Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt, 1929
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( tobacco factory )

Zuyev Workers' Club....

Moscow, Ilya Golosov, 1928

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe....

Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

Peter Celsing....

Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 1974

12 augusti 2009

Eslövs Medborgarhus....



Gunnar Asplund, 1957

08 augusti 2009

Landskrona Konsthall (Art Center)....


Fritz Jaenecke and Sten Samuelsson, 1963

07 augusti 2009

Per Friberg....

Ljunghusen, 1960

06 augusti 2009

Växjö Stadsbibliotek....

Erik Uluots, 1965
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...and the extention from 2003 by Schmidt Hammer Lassen

05 augusti 2009

Preservation....a noble act !

Rua Dr. Gama Barros, Lisbon, (1950`s ?). Photo stolen from Dona T

Weissenhof....


Stuttgart, Le Coubusier, 1927

01 augusti 2009

U2 360° Tour and....The Claw !

Nya Ullevi, Fritz Jaenecke / Sten Samuelsson, 1958 (click to enlarge)


Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg, 31 July 2009
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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....
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TWA Flight Center, Idlewild Airport (JFK), New York, Eero Saarinen, 1962

30 juli 2009

Høvdingestolen....

FJ 49, Finn Juhl, 1949

29 juli 2009

More from Asmara....

27 juli 2009

This house can be demolished....


Rua de Alcolena 28, Lisbon, António Varela and Almada Negreiros (panels), 1955
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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, 1971

26 juli 2009

Off-grid IT HOUSE....

Pioneertown, California, by taalmankoch, 2007

Segel House....


Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, John Lautner, 1979

25 juli 2009

Hans Westman....

Villa Westman, Lund, 1939

GP-Huset....

Göteborg, Ragnar Ossian Swensson, 1935

Paul Hedqvist....

Ålstensgatan, Stockholm, 1933

Clarion Hotel Sign....

Stockholm, Wingårdh Arkitektur, 2008

Villa Fjolle (Spies)....



The futuristic summerhouse of Simon Spies at Torö, Staffan Berglund, 1969 (the table and chairs in the middle could be elevated)

Sarasota's Riverview High School....



Florida, Paul Rudolph, 1958

24 juli 2009

David McGlashan....


Heide House, Melbourne, 1963

23 juli 2009

Cascais....early 60`s

Photo stolen from Dona T

Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes....


Burkina Faso, FAREstudio, 2007
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....simplicity and the understanding of local needs and traditions. A worthy winner of World Architecture Festival Awards (health category) 2008

Avram villa....

Colourful....

Villa Laila....

Cohans`s villa....

Asmara....a place to visit !

22 juli 2009

Cinema Impero....

Asmara, 1937

21 juli 2009

Cinema Roma....


Asmara, Eritrea, (1930`s ?)

H.L. Shah....

St. Peter's Church, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1962

20 juli 2009

Anthony Almeida....

Central Library, Maktaba Kuu Ya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1967

Modernism in Africa....


Asmara, Eritrea, Fiat Tagliero Building by Giuseppe Pettazzi,1938
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"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

Washington Dulles International Airport....

Eero Saarinen, 1962

Kunsten - Museum of modern Art Aalborg....

Designed by Elissa and Alvar Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël, 1972

Le Corbusier....

Villa Stein, Garches, 1927

17 juli 2009

Palácio do Planalto....

Brasilia, Oscar Niemayer, 1958

16 juli 2009

Léon Stynen....


British Petroleum Building in Antwerp, 1963
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....a suspended piece of excellent architecture.

14 juli 2009

Fredrikshavn....

den 14 juli 2007....

12 juli 2009

Juan O'Gorman....


The houses of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Mexico city, 1930

Palm Springs, 1971....

Merrill Lynch Building by Donald Wexler

11 juli 2009

Ruy Athouguia, Cascais, 1952....

10 juli 2009

Casa das Canoas, 1953....


The residence of Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro

09 juli 2009

Gropius House....

Boston, Massachusetts, Walter Gropius, 1938

08 juli 2009

Louis Herman De Koninck....

Villa Berteaux, Avenue du Fort Jaco, Brussels, 1936
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This is modernism with.......M (click to enlarge)

Hester & Jones....

Horizon Home, San Diego, 1963

1968....

Filinto Amorim, 1968

06 juli 2009

Alto Rungue, Maitencillo, Chile

05 juli 2009

Vall de Bianya, La Garrotxa, Spain


04 juli 2009

Niels Bruun and Henrik Corfitsen....


Gest houses at Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, 2000

Cullberg Arkitektkontor

Filmstaden (cinema) in Göteborg, 2006, with the Nya Ullevi Stadium (1958) in the background

03 juli 2009

Hydra Pier....

By Asymptote Architecture is a permanent structure built originally as a pavilion for Haarlemmermeer's Floriade exhibition in 2002

01 juli 2009

Mari and Stewart Williams House, Palm Springs, 1955



Who`s in....and who`s out ?

30 juni 2009

Wallace Beery Duplex....

William Kesling, LA, 1936

29 juni 2009

Harry Seidler....again !



Berman House, Joadja, New South Wales, 1999

Braille Institute of America....

William L. Pereira, LA, 1977

28 juni 2009

Álvaro Siza....


House in the beautiful Island of Mallorca, 2007

27 juni 2009

Balconies....



Dessau, Walter Gropius, 1925-26

25 juni 2009

Buff, Straub and Hensman....


Case Study House 20, Altadena, LA, 1958
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....that pine tree could become a bit scary on a windy day

24 juni 2009

Anna-Pia Slothower

Club chair and ottoman by Animavi
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....this chair is definitely a "line of beauty"

ENESIS....


Casa Llorenc in Mutxamel

22 juni 2009

Wrong place...?

Edsgatan, Vänersborg, 1960`s
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....or the blindness of some architects during this decade ?

19 juni 2009

Mart Stam....

Weißenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, 1926

17 juni 2009

Tuath Na Mara Residence....


Macgabhann architects, 2007

15 juni 2009

Josef Paul Kleihues....

Kaufhaus für Mode, Stuttgart, 2000

13 juni 2009

Take a close look at that second floor....

The Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Branch Bank, 510 Fifth Avenue at 43rd, NY, Gordon Bunshaft and Charles Evans Hughes III, 1954

12 juni 2009

Thrower Residence....



Sedgefield, NC, George Masumoto, 1962
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....and some good stuff by Eero Saarinen and Paavo Tynell.

09 juni 2009

John Hedjuk....


Wall House in Groningen designed 1973, but completed during the Blue Moon Festival in 2001.

08 juni 2009

Geometrical....

Amsterdam, (late 60`s ?)

07 juni 2009

Shadow...?

Bonneville Salt Flats rest stop shelter, Utah (1950`s ?)

06 juni 2009

Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof....


Ernst Sagebiel, 1935-41

Italia....


04 juni 2009

"Funktionalism"....

Helsingborg, 1930`s

03 juni 2009

Sven Markelius....

Berget 10, Stockholm, 1929

02 juni 2009

The genius of Cassiano Branco....

The plans of 1930 for the village of Costa da Caparica outside Lisbon (not realized)

31 maj 2009

Medical Clinic....

Palm Springs, Donald Wexler, 1963

30 maj 2009

The BKF chair....a design Icon

Grupo Austral (Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan, Jorge Ferrari Hardoy) 1939

Cinema São Jorge....




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The best cinema in Lisbon....Fernando Silva, 1947-50
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Photos: Estúdio Mário Novais

29 maj 2009

Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset

Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg (late 50`s)

28 maj 2009

Paul Rudolph....1964

1000-1050 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY

Malin Residence...."Chemosphere"

LA, John Lautner, 1960
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....something's wrong Jake ?

27 maj 2009

Twin Towers....

William L. Pereira, Newport Beach, CA , 1969

26 maj 2009

Nils-Einar Eriksson....



Konserhuset, Göteborg, 1935

Studentkåren....probably the most underestimated building in Göteborg ?


The older part by R.O. Swensson, 1931, and the extention from the 1960`s
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....stupid copper thieves