Tarjetas Postales de Arquitectura Moderna/ Modern Architecture Postcards
1448. Secretariat, Chandigarh
Dear Tim,
"All that remains is the dream, the dream of being free,
the dream of being master of one's destiny"
(Le Corbusier, When the Cathedrals were white)
Regards,
R
1447. Guggenheim Bilbao. Detalle del atrio
Dear Arantxa,
"One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian
Lorenzo Bernini." (Frank Gehry)
Regards,
R
1445. Eduardo Souto Moura
Querido Manolo,
"El problema actual de la arquitectura consiste en
no tener ninguna limitación, en poder hacer todo
lo que se quiera" (Eduardo Souta de Moura)
Abrazos,
R
PS. Croquis para la Burgo Tower, Oporto.
Abrazos,
R
PS. Croquis para la Burgo Tower, Oporto.
1444. Lotus-shaped Gandhi Bhawan, Chandigarh
Dear Charles,
"Convenience, subsistence, these are not solutions...
We should have struggled for the conditions of civilization"
(Pierre Jeanneret)
Respectful,
R
1443. Cruz y Ortiz. Museo ICO
Querida Olga,
"No planificamos un libro de estilo. Nuestro trabajo
sale del cine y la literatura que nos gusta. Todo comparte unos valores asentados por el tiempo. Nos interesa los creadores que hablan de sus propias experiencias con mucha independencia" (Antonio Cruz)
Un abrazo,
R
Un abrazo,
R
1442. Aarhus Byraadssalen paa Raadhuset
Dear Louis,
"The fundamental factor in architecture is proportion.
Proportion is precisely what makes the old Greek temples
beautiful" (Arne Jacobsen)
Sincerely,
R
1441. Rest Home of Mivtahim. Zichron Yaaqov.
Dear David,
The jury members of the Israel Award declared that
this building provided a rare example of an architecture that synthesizes the earth and the sky.
Peace,
R
Peace,
R
1440. Casa d'abitazione Novo Comum, Como.
Dear Jan,
"Modernism took art and culture by the scruff of the neck
and revolutionized the built environment."
(Dennis Sharp)
Warm regards,
R
1438. Mäntyniemi, Helsinki, Finland
Dear Osmo,
"My ideas do not progress: they move around like clouds over the archipelago of the architectural ideas of modernism." (Reima Pietilä)
Best,
R
1437. Falkoping, Centralstationen
Dear Erik,
"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space"
(Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)
Best,
R
1436. Amsterdam. Amstelstation
Dear Teresa,
"Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a
building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intelectual
one" (Helmut Jahn)
Best regards,
R
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