FJ 49, Finn Juhl, 1949 30 juli 2009
29 juli 2009
27 juli 2009
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, 1971
26 juli 2009
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)
24 juli 2009
23 juli 2009
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
22 juli 2009
21 juli 2009
20 juli 2009
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
17 juli 2009
16 juli 2009
Léon Stynen....
British Petroleum Building in Antwerp, 1963.
....a suspended piece of excellent architecture.
14 juli 2009
12 juli 2009
11 juli 2009
10 juli 2009
09 juli 2009
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