12 mars 2011

Cocoon House....




Siesta Key, Florida, 1949 by Ralph Twitchell & Paul Rudolph

Casa Hasbún....

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Ñuñoa, Santiago, 1935, by Vadim Fedorov, Daniel Alberto Hayme, Andrés Peretiatkowicz
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Four residences created for members of the same family and with common spaces. At the time and place was considered as "bad taste" (demolished 2004)

10 mars 2011

Adega Mayor....


 
Campo Maior, 2006, by Alvaro Siza

Modern ruins....

The ruined classrooms of Cass Technical High in Detroit (click to enlarge)
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To abandon a library full of books....must be a sign of a society in freefall. And here are more pictures from a town I do not want to visit....

08 mars 2011

Gino Pollini and Luigi Figini....

House in Milan....1930`s


Casa Elettrica, Monza, 1930
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..austerity / simplicity in early Italian modernism.

05 mars 2011

Gunnar Bergh....

Centralstationen, 1999

Sunset....

1968, by Tage Steffensen

04 mars 2011

Esplanada Linha d' Água....


Lisboa, 1990`s (?) photo stolen from Lisboa S.O.S.

01 mars 2011

Edificio Proamar....

Montevideo, 1939, by Rafael Ruano

26 februari 2011

Abbeyleix Library....

Laois, 2009, by DeBlacam & Meagher

Vangeboskolen....





København, 1960, by Henning af Larsen, Gert Bornebusch, Max Brüel, Jørgen Selchau

25 februari 2011

Casa Curutchet....





La Plata, 1955, by Le Corbusier
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Classified as Monumento Nacional....and respected as such ! (the entrance door bear witness to a great sense of humor ?)

24 februari 2011

Edificio de la CEPAL....






Comuna de Vitacura, 1966, by Emilio Duhart, Christian de Groote, Roberto Goycoolea, Oscar Santelices.
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If I ever visit Chile,....I will not miss this !

23 februari 2011

Viktor Rydberg Student Apartments

Johanneberg, 1953

Timeless...?

The Hague, 1926, by Jan Wils and Frans Lourijsen

21 februari 2011

Johanneberg....

Göteborg, 1930´s

Fallen tree....

..frozen mushroom....

Volrat Tham Student Apartments....

Göteborg, 1962, by Johan Tuvert

20 februari 2011

Trygg Hansa-huset....

Stockholm, 1976, by Anders Tengbom
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..and some aesthetic illiterate politicians from Stockholm want to demolish this building !

Olsen House....

Berkeley, 1954, by Donald Olsen
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..classified as "city landmark"

19 februari 2011

Casa Cortés....


Comuna de Las Condes, 1957, by Jorge Costabal and Alejandro Méndez.... (demolished)

18 februari 2011

Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum....





..If you need to visit an excelent museum and a place where time stands still....

16 februari 2011

Every time I visit The Museum of Natural History....

 
..I have to admire this wonderful Castelli chair by Giancarlo Piretti

15 februari 2011

The Kawahara Residence....




Rolling Hills Estates, LA, 1969, by Craig Ellwood

14 februari 2011

Roma, Roma....

..buon giorno di San Valentino....M.

12 februari 2011

Roma, Roma....

..Città Eterna....
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..unforgettable city !