Henry van de Velde and a monument to Nietzsche
13 November 2019
Henry van de Velde and a monument to Nietzsche13 November 2019
β Richard Hollis
…3 February 1911. Letter, 2 February 1911. Letter, 14 April 1911. Récit, vol 2, p 355. Letter, 26 September 1911. See Récit, vol 2, note 2, p 362. Peters, pp 305–06….
Aalto on Asplund: Stockholm Exhibition (1930)
9 March 2020
Aalto on Asplund: Stockholm Exhibition (1930)9 March 2020
β Alvar Aalto
…interiors. Excerpted from an interview for the Swedish newspaper Åbo Underrättelser, May 22, 1930. Reprinted in Göran Schildt, ed., Alvar Aalto: Sketches, trans. Stuart Wrede (London: MIT Press, 1979), 16….
Leonhard Lapin: Objects on the Beach
13 December 2019
Leonhard Lapin: Objects on the Beach13 December 2019
β Andres Kurg
…50. Leonhard Lapin, Ando Keskküla. Näituse kataloog (Tallinn: ENSV Riiklik kunstimuuseum, 1986), unpaginated. Leonhard Lapin, Häppening Eestimaal – Valimik artikleid ja ettekandeid kunstist 1967–1977. Manuscript in Leonhard Lapin’s archive (Tallinn: 1977), p. 14….
Lauretta Vinciarelli’s West Texas Types
26 June 2019
Lauretta Vinciarelli’s West Texas Types26 June 2019
β Caitlin Murray
…friend, Lauretta Vinciarelli, an architect, to be partners.’ Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), axonometric drawing for project in Providence, Rhode Island, 1984. Ink on tracing paper, 603 × 762 mm. © Judd…
Cedric Price: Urban Spaceman
22 March 2021
Cedric Price: Urban Spaceman22 March 2021
β Ana Bonet MirΓ³
…Rocket (Yonezawa, 1963); a High Wheel Robot (Yoshia, 1964); a Machine Robot (Horikawa, 1963); [1] a Space Conqueror S-5 (Daiya, 1962), [2] and a Robot with Spark (SY/Yoneya, 1960s). [3]…
L’art tue
19 January 2017
L’art tue19 January 2017
…of a city, Paris’ (Le guide de Paris de L’Ivre de Pierres, 1982). Aerolande, Page from a Sketchbook, Study for L’Art Tue, 1975. DMC 2586.21. The visual content of L’ART TUE, its…
On Drawing
4 February 2016
On Drawing4 February 2016
β Adolfo Natalini
…of the Landmarks exhibition of architectural drawings and artefacts. Transcribed by Shumi Bose. Adolfo Natalini (1941–2020), Superstudio Sketchbook, New York, 1969–1970. Ink on paper, 340 × 275 mm. the artist. DMC 2141.52….
Charlotte Skene Catling: The Dairy House
11 February 2021
Charlotte Skene Catling: The Dairy House11 February 2021
…interview with Charlotte Skene Catling, 20/06/2019. This text is excerpted from Material Transfers: Metaphor, Craft, and Place in Contemporary Architecture, by Françoise Astorg Bollack. To purchase the book, click here….
A New Administration Center For Los Angeles (1936)
27 October 2020
A New Administration Center For Los Angeles (1936)27 October 2020
β William Hamilton
…Government proposes to erect a large building, (i.e. some fifteen stories high) which would be about one-half the height of the tower of the City Hall.’ William Lee Woollett (1874–1955),…
Forecast and Fantasy: Architecture without Borders 1960s to 1980s β Review
30 January 2023
Forecast and Fantasy: Architecture without Borders 1960s to 1980s β Review30 January 2023
…Vávra). Regeneration of Praha JiΕΎní MΔsto housing area, 1986. Display board for exhibition Urbanita‘86. Mixed media, cardboard. Private collection; (3) Kirmo Mikkola. Good-bye, Futurology! (Tatlin’s Nighttime Walk), 1970. Collage, cardboard….
Behind the Lines 12
23 September 2019
Behind the Lines 1223 September 2019
β Philippa Lewis
Gordon M Hills, Colgate Chapel, Sussex, 1871. Pen, ink and watercolour on wove paper watermarked Hodgkinson 1870, 332 × 497 mm. DMC 2961. 1870 Colonel James Clifton-Brown, newly established at…
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