An Overwhelming Concern with Shelter! (1966)
16 September 2021
An Overwhelming Concern with Shelter! (1966)16 September 2021
…on wove paper, 300 × 350 mm. DMC 2367. Hans Hollein (1934–2014), Semi-subterranean Building (detail), 1964. Pen and ink on trace, 300 × 500 mm. DMC 2490.13. Walter Pichler (1936–2012),…
DMJ – ‘All the varieties of Nature’s works under ground’: the Geological Imagination of Alexander Pope
9 December 2022
DMJ – ‘All the varieties of Nature’s works under ground’: the Geological Imagination of Alexander Pope9 December 2022
…the Swiss National Foundation, EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and the Leverhulme Trust. Her recent publications include, among others, The Hermeneutical Tradition of Chinese Gardens (2015) (in Chinese), Entangled Landscapes: Early Modern China and…
Kay Fisker: Danish Functionalism and Block-based Housing (2022) – Review
29 September 2022
Kay Fisker: Danish Functionalism and Block-based Housing (2022) – Review29 September 2022
…brick as a demanding, yet communicative material. Kay Fisker (1893–1965), Vestersohus, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1935–1939. photo by Jens Seier. Clancy and Moore’s response, ‘Conversation and the Contingent’ recognises Fisker’s profound contribution…
Keshi Ghat
13 May 2021
Keshi Ghat13 May 2021
Seeing is a reaching out, a kind of metaphorical touching that involves one’s whole being and is reciprocal. Amita Singh Author unknown, Plan and elevation, Keshi Ghat, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh,…
Aldo Rossi: Transforming Artefacts into Objects of Affection
13 February 2023
Aldo Rossi: Transforming Artefacts into Objects of Affection13 February 2023
…International, 13 (1976), p.6. Ungers et al., ‘Cities within the City: Berlin as Green Archipelago’, Lotus International, 19 (1978), p.95. Rossi, A Scientific Autobiography, p.84 Moneo, ‘Aldo Rossi: The Idea…
The I’Ansons: A Dynasty of London Architects & Surveyors
30 November 2021
The I’Ansons: A Dynasty of London Architects & Surveyors30 November 2021
…section, Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, 1875. Pencil and grey and blue washes on paper, 490 × 670 mm. DMC 1650.1. Edward I’Anson (1812–1888), Interior perspective, Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, London,…
Giuseppe Terragni’s Primordial Architecture
6 May 2024
Giuseppe Terragni’s Primordial Architecture6 May 2024
Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943) & Pietro Lingeri (1894–1968), Competition for the Monument to the Fallen of Como 1925–26, 1926. Photocollage on bodycolour background, mounted on board, 180 × 185 mm. DMC…
Seven Facets of Architectural Disegno
16 August 2024
Seven Facets of Architectural Disegno16 August 2024
…che lui ha fatto col padrone […].’ Antonio Averlino (Filarete), Trattato di architettura, 1464, ch. II, f. 7v. Ernst Gombrich, ‘Leonardo’s Method for Working Out Compositions,’ in Norm and Form:…
Soane’s Designs for Combe House, Continued
30 July 2020
Soane’s Designs for Combe House, Continued30 July 2020
John Soane (1753–1837), Combe House for Reymundo Putt, 1805–1811. Black ink and pencil on wove paper. Albert Richardson’s collector’s mark on verso, 340 × 682 mm. DMC 1845.r. John Soane…
Writing Prize 2021: Itsuko Hasegawa, Capturing an Infinite Distance
4 November 2021
Writing Prize 2021: Itsuko Hasegawa, Capturing an Infinite Distance4 November 2021
…du roman, (Ed. Gallimard: Paris, 1995), p.85. Hasegawa, I., transl. Kayoko Ota, An exercise of formally structuring a house, (e-flux.com: 2020). The top 3 plans correspond to (l-r) House in…
Freestanding: Sigurd Lewerentz
20 June 2018
Freestanding: Sigurd Lewerentz20 June 2018
– Helen Thomas
…Mark’s Church at Björkhagen, Stockholm (1960). Sigurd Lewerentz, Plan elevation of the Resurrection Chapel, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, c.1925. © ArkDes Collections. Sigurd Lewerentz, Perspective of the Resurrection Chapel, Woodland Cemetery,…
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