422. Kolumba. Filtermauerwerk uber der Ausgrabung
Dear Catarina,
"I don't understand light. It gives me the
feeling there's something beyond me,
something beyond all understanding,
And I am very glad, very grateful that
there is such a thing" (Peter Zumthor)
Best.
R
421. Hotel Xenia. Myconos
420. Moscou. Club de l'usine Caoutchouc
Dear Alexandra,
The Kauchuk Factory Workers Club, located near the
historical Devichye Pole Park in Moscow, was designed
in 1927 by Konstantin Melnikov. He followed here the
model of his previous and popular Rusakov Club. The
building seems to be much larger of what actually is due
to its cylindrical shape.
Best regards.
R
419. Mockba, CCCP
Dear Galina,
Lenin's mausoleum was designed by Aleksey Shchusev
in 1924, during a period in which the Russian Avant-Garde was still at its peak. The mausoleum is an
authentic masterpiece of modern architectural plainness finished with red granite for Communism and black labradorite for mourning.
Sincerely.
R
Sincerely.
R
418. Lulea. Shoppingcenter
Dear Carol,
Ralph Erskine, whom I had the fortunate to meet
to years back, once said that the job of buildings
is to improve human relations: architecture must
ease them, not make them worse.
This is evident in his Lulea Shopping Center,
This is evident in his Lulea Shopping Center,
which is considered to be the first modern indoor
shopping mall ever built in the world.
Regards.
R
Regards.
R
417. Universita Cattolica del S. Cuore. Milano
416. Neutra by Julius Shulman
415. Linz. Tabakfabrik
414. San Sebastian. Real Club Nautico
Querido Manolo,
Aún se habla hoy y se hablará en el tiempo
Del tiempo de aquel barco
Cuentan los que lo vieron
(los que nunca lo vieron, pero suponían
amaneceres jubilosos,
constelaciones de bajeles, bancos
de viva sal
para alegrar la vida de las criaturas)
que era bello de ver
y amable de habitar
el confín de aquel barco y que tenía
como nombre EL FUTURO…
Cesa aquí la visión.
El mar al mar, la tierra en tierra
y en la ciudad el barco
que, si todos no vieron, deseaban
y en el barco las letras de su nombre:
JOSE MANUEL AIZPÚRUA,
Navegante, arquitecto.
(Santiago Amón)
Abrazos.
R
413. Park Hotel, Barcelona
Querido Juan Lu,
Esta es una postal del famoso Park Hotel construido
por Antoni de Moragas en 1953. De él se puede decir
que su fachada principal, que es la más corta, está emparentada con el racionalismo holandés,
especialmente con las obras de Duiker; pero que el edificio en su conjunto está más cerca del clasicismo moderno de Adolf Loos e incluso de ciertas obras de Alvar Aalto.
Un abrazo.
R
Un abrazo.
R
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