19 mars 2011

Chalmers Bibliotek....




 
Göteborg, by Melchior Wernstedt (1950`s)

18 mars 2011

Spiral....

1968, by Tage Steffensen

Nedre Johanneberg....

Göteborg, 1930`s

17 mars 2011

Chalmers Kårhus....





Göteborg, 2001, by Wingårhd Arkitektkontor

I am becoming very tired of stupid copper thieves....



Humanisten, 1980`s

Cinema Cineac....


Amsterdam, 1934, by Johannes Duiker

15 mars 2011

Warren Platner....

The American Restaurant, Kansas City, 1974
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Very American indeed....and that guy with the moustache is a time stamp !

14 mars 2011

General Motors Technical Center....






Warren, 1956, by Eero Saarinen
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..and this is probably about the closest we will ever get to "modern".

MoMa....

New York, 1939, by Philip L. Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone

Amstelstation....







Amsterdam, 1939, by H. G. J. Schelling

Pepsi Headquarters....


New York, 1960, by SOM

13 mars 2011

Hermann Kaufmann....

Sohm Holzbau - Bürogebäude, Alberschwende, 2009
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..and in the case of wooden architecture, these Austrians are among the best....

Station Almelo....


1962, by K. van der Gaast and J.H. Baas

12 mars 2011

Hatch Cottage....

Wellfleet, 1960, by Jack Hall

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