31 januari 2010

Barragem de Cambambe, Dondo, Kwanza Norte....



photos stolen from: http://bragaparks.blogspot.com/
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by Luís Possolo, late 1950`s

Benguela....

Hotel Mombaka, 1960`s

28 januari 2010

Lubango....


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....a beauty from colonial time! 1960`s ?

23 januari 2010

Malmö....2009

Cord Siegel and Pontus Åqvist

21 januari 2010

House of Sweden....


Washington, 2007, by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

17 januari 2010

Beagles House....1963

Revello Drive, Pacific Palisades, by Pierre Koenig

15 januari 2010

Bubeshko Apartments....

Rudolph Schindler, LA, 1938

14 januari 2010

Virzintas Penthouse....

Richard Neutra, LA, 1966

10 januari 2010

Was Hooper a modernist...?

Nighthawks, 1942
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..or just a spectator ?

08 januari 2010

"The house of tomorrow"....



Frösakull, Bruno Mathsson, 1960

Mar Vista Tract....1947

"Modernique Homes" by Gregory Ain
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Photo: Bradley Wheeler

01 januari 2010

31 december 2009

To all my three million viewers....

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A much better new year....

27 december 2009

15000 Mulholland Drive....Bel Air





Singleton Residence, Richard Neutra, 1959

H-House....






Trosa, 2006, by WRB

The Stoner / Fisher Platform House....

Richard Neutra, LA, 1961

The Gantert / Rose House....

Pierre Koenig, LA, 1981

Matlin & Chapman....


LA, 1959

Clark Residence....

Pasadena, 1957, by Richard Neutra

26 december 2009

Großsiedlung Siemensstadt....

Hans Scharoun, Fred Forbat, Otto Bartning, Walter Gropius, Paul Rudolph Henning, Hugo Häring, Berlin, 1929-31

Bruno Taut....

Berlin, 1926

Honolulu....1949


University of Hawaii, Administration Building

25 december 2009

Gregory Ain....




Avenel Cooperative Housing, Silver Lake, 1947
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"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.) "
in Wikipedia
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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."
in LA Curbeb, March 2009
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In contrast to many European countries, the United States values the modernist heritage !!!!

The Kuba Komet Television, Germany, 1957-61....

Photo stolen from Dwell
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..radio, record player, eight speakers, and a swivel top ..

24 december 2009

The Westby House....




Silver Lake, Rudolph Schindler, 1938