05 januari 2011

Another masterpiece from Finland....







Säynätsalo Town Hall, 1951, by Alvar Aalto

03 januari 2011

Experimental house....

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This is not only exquisite architecture but groundbreaking creativity....
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Muuratsalo, 1954, by Alvar Aalto

31 december 2010

To all my 3 000 000 readers....

Case Studie #22, 1960, by Pierre Koenig
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..a much better new year !

The Wermuth House....

Fort Wayne, IN, 1942, by Eero Saarinen

29 december 2010

Aluminaire House....


Long Island, 1931, by A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey
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Read some more here about this amazing house....and please get rid of the fence !

28 december 2010

Deane Residence....


Great Neck, 1974, by Paul Rudolph
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And here you can find more pictures....

Beckhard House....

Glen Cove, 1964, by Herbert Beckhard

27 december 2010

Wicklow Hills house....

Dwelling at Maytree, 2008, by ODOS architects
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I have a "dejà vu" feeling....

26 december 2010

Dudley Zoo....





Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Group, 1937

23 december 2010

City [dis]membering....

Largo do Rato, Lisboa

22 december 2010

Cuban Pavilion....



Expo 67, by Vittorio Garatti, Sergio Baroni and Hugo Dacosta

19 december 2010

There are many ways of messing up a house....

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The house in the foreground is a typical "box" from the Swedish 70´s ; well planned and with plenty of light influx. The house in the background is a newly "redesigned" creation with a round window which should have reduced light influx and view....to less than half. The art of wasting money.

14 december 2010

Charlottenlund....

Danmark, 1931, by Arne Jacobsen

11 december 2010

La Solana del Mar....






Punta Ballena, 1945, by Antonio Bonet

10 december 2010

09 december 2010

Arlanda VIP-service....

Stockholm, 2001, by Jonas Bohlin

08 december 2010

Sede dell'Associazione Motonautica Italiana Lario (AMILA)....

Tremezzo, Lake Como, 1931, by Pietro Lingeri

Villa Bianca....


Seveso, 1937, by Giuseppe Terragni

07 december 2010

Lloyd Wright`s Moore House proposed for demolition....

You can read more here....and here
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That's the problem with money .... good taste is not included.

Aarhus Town Hall....


1942, by Arne Jacobsen

03 december 2010

Waiting for the Sun....




1968, by Tage Steffensen