352. Burroughs Wellcome Co.
Dear Tony,
"What the architect has to offer in the final analysis has
not changed through the centuries. Only the means
change, not the end" (Paul Rudolph)
Regards.
R
351. Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany
350. Lieksan Kirkko
349. Petronas Twin Towers. Kuala Lumpur
348. Tropicana Night Club, Havana, Cuba
Dear Anna,
Max Borges along with Felix Candela created in 1951
the very famous Tropicana's Arcos de Cristal. Many
pieces of furniture displayed were designed by American
designers Charles and Ray Eames. The Arcos de Cristal
was one of only few Cuban buildings included in the 1955
Museum of Modern Art exhibit entitled "Latin American
Architecture since 1945."
Regards.
R
347. Zaragoza. Pabellon puente sobre el rio Ebro
Querido Carlos,
Siempre recordare a Rafael Gonzalez Sandino, con su
mano posada en la frente y sus ojos perdidos en el
infinito recitando a Rilke cuando nos hablaba de
arquitectura y filosofia:
(...) Si nosotros encontráramos también una pura,
contenida, estrecha, humana franja de huerto, nuestra,
entre el río y la roca (...)
(Rainier Maria Rilke “Las Elegías de Duíno” 1922)
Zaha Hadid construyo algo de esa franja, yo creo.
Abrazos.
R
346. Algeciras (Cadiz) Plaza de Abastos
345. Sao Paulo. Vista Aerea Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo, Morumbi
344. Charles and Ray in the living room of the Eames House 1975
Dear Tanu,
I was very lucky last week when I had a chance of
visiting The Eames House. As you know, this house
was built in 1949 by husband-and-wife design pioneers
Charles & Ray Eames, to serve as their home and
studio. Since then the house has became a strong
architectural statement while remaining an amazingly
comfortable and functional living space. The interior
including furnitures and all kind of objects remains very
much the same they were in the Eames' lifetimes. Now
the Eames House is the home of the Eames Foundation.
See you on Monday.
R
343. The Garden Grove Community Church
Dear Jan,
The first walk-in/drive-in church built
in the world by Richard Neutra is more
an architectural environment rather than
a typical building. When the massive
windows open, the building becomes a
continuos environment throughout the
parking lot and beyond. Neutra said about
Garden Grove that it is a place where
anyone can sit not only in the sanctuary but
also in his car, familiar and dear to the
American as a second family home.
Hope you are doing well.
R
342. School ala Merelstraat. Hilversum
341. Darmstadt. Kunstlerkolonie Portal Ernst-Ludwig-Haus
340. Hotel Las Salinas. Lanzarote. Islas Canarias
339. Napoli. Nuovo Palazzo della Poste
338. Park Avenue. New York
Dear Koji,
"I am, in fact, completely opposed
to the idea that a specific building
should have an individual character.
Rather, I believe that it should
express a universal character which
has been determined by the total
problem which architecture must
strive to solve"
(Mies van der Rohe on the
Seagram Building)
Best regards.
R
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