1940. Looshaus, Wien, Austria

 

Dear Josef,

"Cultural development involves the elimination of
ornaments from useful objects"
(Ornament & Crime, Adolf Loos)

Respectfully,
R

1939. Seattle Art Museum.

 

Dear Bob,

"They owe me not a Pritzker Prize but a Pritzker
inclusion ceremony" (Denise Scott Brown)

Respectfully,
R

1938. Wanda Metropolitano. Madrid

 

Dear Manuel,

"Architecture is a very synthetic activity. Many 

factors take parts: economic, constructive, social, 

visual...the building must be the connecting point 

of all of them." (Antonio Ortiz)

Sincerely,

R

1937. Union Carbide Building. New York

 

Dear Eero,

"Architecture changed all the time, it has always 

changed. It's never been boring" 

(Natalie de Blois)

Sincerely,
R

1936. Exposition Universelle de 1900. Le pavillon de la Finlande.

 

Dear David,

"Art was born as a desire, not as a demand"
(Eliel Saarinen)

Sincerely,
R

1935. Frankfurt a.M. Verwaltungs u. Wirtschats-Gebäude der I.G. Farben-Industrie A.G.

Dear Greta,

"Light, God's eldest daughter, is the principal beauty

in a building" (Hans Poelzig)

Regards,
R 

1934. Scottish Parliament Building

 

Dear Arthur,

"From our recollections of Scotland we find these 

images (a row of Scottish boats laying on the ground 

upside down) that stick in our minds...The boats 

offered by the land. We like these boats not only in 

their construction, but also in their delicate presence 

in a place. Something about their form floating in the 

landscape should be part of our project"

(Enric Miralles)

With gratitude,

R

1933. Potsdam. Einstenturm

 

Querido abuelo Joaquín,

Un día lluvioso de agosto de 1994 mi amiga

Sybille me llevó en su Kawasaki a visitar el 

mítico observatorio astronómico dedicado a

Einstein en Potsdam. Recorrimos los 25 kilómetros

desde Berlín hasta la milenaria y hermosa ciudad de

Potsdam y al llegar empezó a llovernos fuerte.

Bajar el pequeño prado rodeado de hermosos árboles

hasta llegar al edificio bajo la lluvia fue un vivencia

personal que jamás olvidaré.

Un beso,

R

1932. Christo. The Gates. Project for Central Park, NYC

 

Dear Norman,

"Our work is a scream of freedom" (Christo)

Sincerely,

R