DMJ βΒ The Sound of Magma: Geographies of Infrasound, Vibrating Bodies, and Representing the Earth
9 December 2022
DMJ βΒ The Sound of Magma: Geographies of Infrasound, Vibrating Bodies, and Representing the Earth9 December 2022
β Adam Bobbette
…the 20th century. Download the full article as a printable PDF HERE.Download DMJournal–Architecture and Representation No. 1: The Geological Imagination ISSN 2753-5010 (Online) About DMJournal About the author Adam Bobbette…
Construct
13 March 2023
Construct13 March 2023
β Richard Hall
…Methods at OMA’ in Rem Koolhaas: Urban Projects (1985–1990) (Barcelona: Quaderns, 1990). Rem Koolhaas, ‘The Terrifying Beauty of the Twentieth Century’ in S,M,L,XL (New York: Monacelli Press, 1995). It is…
DMJ β Borrominiβs Smudge
15 November 2022
DMJ β Borrominiβs Smudge15 November 2022
β Jonathan Foote
…fragments. The material dialectic between tevolozze and stucco romano provided the material support for Borromini’s signature approach to light and space. This technique emerged directly out of Roman building culture, with its long tradition of re-use and relation to antique methods. The inherent…
DMJ β Asphalt Tales and the Ends of History
3 March 2023
DMJ β Asphalt Tales and the Ends of History3 March 2023
Robert Smithson, Asphalt Rundown, Cava dei Selce, Rome, Italy, 1969. Asphalt, earth, sculptural event. © Holt/Smithson Foundation ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. This paper explores how asphalt became a…
Benjamin Wistar Morris and a new Metropolitan Opera House
10 June 2022
Benjamin Wistar Morris and a new Metropolitan Opera House10 June 2022
β Janet Parks
Fig.1. Morris & O’Connor, Scheme ‘B’, suggested site for the Opera, 1931. Pencil and charcoal on tracing, applied to backing sheet, 560 × 420 mm. DMC 3393.1.4. A recent acquisition…
Pan Scroll Zoom 17: Monadnock
1 September 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 17: Monadnock1 September 2021
β Job Floris and Fabrizio Gallanti
…the arts, finding expression in different ways: translatio (translate), imitatio (creative editing) or aemulatio (surpass). Every architectural example, classical or contemporary, could be copied as it was considered an honour…
Notes from Rome
23 May 2024
Notes from Rome23 May 2024
β Anna Kostreva and Diane Lewis
The following text first appeared in Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space, ed. by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux (Milano: Skira editore, 2022), 192-195. Edited and transcribed by Anna…
Keeping a Notebook
24 June 2021
Keeping a Notebook24 June 2021
β Simon Unwin
…at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff. Pdfs of some of Simon’s notebooks may be downloaded from simonunwin.com. He also supplements the content of his books on Instagram: www.instagram.com/analysingarchitecture….
A Christmas Card from Ralph Erskine
6 July 2023
A Christmas Card from Ralph Erskine6 July 2023
β Nicholas Ray
…Clare Hall 1984-2005’ in David Ibbetson, Malcolm Longair & Catherine Walston, Clare Hall, a Fiftieth Anniversary Portrait (Third Millennium Publishing, 2016), pp. 136–139. David Owers, who worked on the Government…
Joan Littlewood’s Memos to Cedric Price
21 November 2022
Joan Littlewood’s Memos to Cedric Price21 November 2022
β Ana Bonet MirΓ³
…demands ‘MUSAK. MUSICA. AUDIO-DELICES. MOBILE KINEMA. KINETIC VICE SEWELLS’ to celebrate the publication’s preview – ‘THE VIEW’. [7] And she reclaims a celebratory drink, ‘ONE. PRICESON. NAMEDAY. BOISSON. OWED’. (Figure…
The Iterative Power of Architecture’s Absence
7 April 2022
The Iterative Power of Architecture’s Absence7 April 2022
β Peter Sealy
…design proposal for Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1928. Photograph of photomontage (now lost), 100 × 147 mm. DMC 1077. Alison Smithson (1928–1993), Urban Re-identification Project, competition entry for Golden Lane Housing, c….
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