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, 1932, and the extention from the 1960`s
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..stupid copper thieves







Studentkåren / Studenternas Hus (student union) in Göteborg, 1966-67, by Lennart Kvarnström

24 maj 2009

Aesthetics...?


Bauhaus Hochschule für Gestaltung, Dessau, Walter Gropius, 1926

23 maj 2009

Lovell House....

Richard Neutra, LA, 1929

22 maj 2009

Creativity-in-action....

Ray and Charles Eames

19 maj 2009

Diz....

Sérgio Rodrigues, 2002

Carl Nyrén....


Handelshögskolan, Vasagatan, Göteborg, 1952

Bergman`s house....Fårö

Kjell Abramson, 1967

18 maj 2009

"Draken" still alive....and kicking !


Göteborg, Nils-Einar Eriksson, 1956 
 
."In the opening speech of the 1995 Festival, it was announced that Draken, owned and operated by Svensk Filmindustri /SF, was to be closed down the coming summer to the benefit of the expanding multiplexes. SF was willing to leave the cinema to the Gothenburg Film Festival. SF´s main concern was the seats, newly installed, which could easily be moved to another cinema. An appeal was directed to the audience, to raise enough money to buy the seats and save the theater. This turned out very successful and each one of the 713 seats were sold symbolically for SEK 1.000! World famous Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman, was among those buying a seat and rescuing Draken"

Is this a PH...?

 
..a row of these PH 3 at Studentkåren, Götabergsgatan, was replaced 2012 due to the effects of copper thefts !

Stupid copper thieves (1)

Nordhemsgatan, Göteborg

"The FBI today ratcheted up the clamor to do something more substantive about the monumental growth of copper theft in the US. In a report issued today the FBI said the rising theft of the metal is threatening the critical infrastructure by targeting electrical substations, cellular towers, telephone land lines, railroads, water wells, construction sites, and vacant homes for lucrative profits. Copper thefts from these targets have increased since 2006; and they are currently disrupting the flow of electricity, telecommunications, transportation, water supply, heating, and security and emergency services, and present a risk to both public safety and national security."

in slashdot.org

(and devastating some cultural heritage !)

17 maj 2009

Look around the corner....

Kungsportsavenyn, Göteborg, 1930`s

Göteborgs Stadsbibliotek....

Lund & Valentin, 1967

Copper....


Tegnérsgatan, Göteborg, 1930`s

16 maj 2009

Joe Colombo....

Spider Light, 1963

Charles M. Goodman....

Prefab house by Alcoa, 1958

Danmarks Nationalbank....

Arne Jacobsen , 1965-78

Rudolf M. Schindler....

Falk Apartments, LA, 1939

15 maj 2009

Eduardo B. Razmilic....

Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, 2008

14 maj 2009

Maria Flöckner und Hermann Schnöll....

haus 47°40’48”n/13°8’12”e // nutzfläche (gesamt): 558 m2 / baukosten: netto euro 1.720,-/m2) / bauzeit: ix/2005-iv/2007 / adresse: riedl 79, a-5421 adnet.

Paul de Ruiter....


Villa Berkel, Veenendaal, 2005

House in Minami Boso....

Designed by Kiyonobu Nakagame Architects, 2007

Interdesign Departamento de Arquitectura....

Pabellón en Calera de Tango, Chile, 2003

13 maj 2009

Robert E. Jones....

Busch Residence, San Diego, 1963