OMA: Big Competitions—Reorienting the Modern Project
29 August 2024
OMA: Big Competitions—Reorienting the Modern Project29 August 2024
…a Mies van der Rohe and an Oscar Niemeyer project. In between, there was my drawing and Rem’s comment, ‘altruist machine’, that he did as a beautiful dedication for me….
The Manufacture of architecture: Joseph Paxton and the development of the Great Stove
9 November 2023
The Manufacture of architecture: Joseph Paxton and the development of the Great Stove9 November 2023
…Drawing Matter, completed in 2014. The building was nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture—Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. In parallel with his practice, Hugh is currently…
Haus-Rücker-Co.
9 October 2015
Haus-Rücker-Co.9 October 2015
…projects during this period involved interventions in which a house or building would be ‘stolen’ and adapted to radical new uses. The proposed occupation of Mies van der Rohe’s Haus…
Clancy Moore Architects: Atcost
20 September 2021
Clancy Moore Architects: Atcost20 September 2021
– Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore
…Photo: Sue Barr The Atcost Building has been nominated for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. This text is part of an ongoing series…
Henry van de Velde and a monument to Nietzsche
13 November 2019
Henry van de Velde and a monument to Nietzsche13 November 2019
Henry van de Velde (1863–1957), Nietzsche temple on a square ground plan, 1911–1912. Graphite on paper. Fonds Henry van de Velde, ENSAV La Cambre. Count Harry Kessler – the German…
Madelon Vriesendorp and Rem Koolhaas at Van Rooy Gallery, 1980
23 October 2018
Madelon Vriesendorp and Rem Koolhaas at Van Rooy Gallery, 198023 October 2018
– Editors
…1980, at the height of postmodernism, Luce van Rooy opened her gallery in Amsterdam, around the corner from the Stedelijk Museum. [1] In a recent interview van Rooy reflects on…
Marie–José Van Hee: Black Drawings
23 November 2016
Marie–José Van Hee: Black Drawings23 November 2016
…Marie-José Van Hee, Black Drawing: plan and perspective, 2007. © Marie-José Van Hee. Marie-José Van Hee, Design development drawing for Zuidzande House, Netherlands, 2007. © Marie-José Van Hee. Marie-José Van…
DMJ – Template and Talisman
13 March 2024
DMJ – Template and Talisman13 March 2024
Original Zuni Amulet inlaid with jet and mother of pearl. Photograph by the author. From the Aldo van Eyck Archive. For a time, Aldo Van Eyck kept this little amulet…
Peter Blake & Adolfo Natalini: From Mies to Mickey Mouse
25 March 2020
Peter Blake & Adolfo Natalini: From Mies to Mickey Mouse25 March 2020
…Mies’ 1922 design for a glass-curtain skyscraper for Berlin (see link at the bottom of this page), and situated just down the road from Mies’ own Lake Shore Drive Apartments.,…
Zaha Hadid
27 November 2018
Zaha Hadid27 November 2018
…in conversation with Tina di Carlo. Tina di Carlo in conversation with Luce Van Rooy. Tina di Carlo in conversation with Luce Van Rooy. The images included, ‘Axonometric in Context’,…
Dom Hans Van Der Laan Saint Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals
25 January 2018
Dom Hans Van Der Laan Saint Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals25 January 2018
Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–1991), Cross section and interior view of church, St. Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals, 1956. Pen and pencil on paper, 220 × 280 mm. The following…
Materia 2: Corrugated Iron
14 July 2022
Materia 2: Corrugated Iron14 July 2022
– Gordon Shrigley
…component became, within early modernist architect’s hands (especially those who looked more to the Marxism of Hannes Meyer and Mart Stam than the phenomenological muteness of Ludwig Mies van der…
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