25 juli 2009

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

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

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