Dear William,
"This is the place of the books. So you feel the building
has the invitation of books." (Louis I. Kahn)
Sincerely,
R
2200. Myyrmäki Church, Vantaa
Dear Aarno,
"To me, a building as it stands, as a
piece of architecture, is nothing. Its
meaning comes only in counterpoint
with its surroundings, with life, and
with light." (Juha Leiviskä)
Sincerely,
R
2199. Church of the Light, Ibaraki
Dear Koichi,
"In all my works, light is an important
controlling factor. I create enclosed spaces
mainly by means of thick concrete walls.
The primary reason is to create a place for
the individual, a zone for oneself within
society. When the external factors of a
city's environment require the wall to be
without openings, the interior must be
especially full and satisfying."
(Tadao Ando)
Respectfully,
R
2198. Jungendstil in Wien. Kirche am Steinhof.
Dear Walter,
"Each new style gradually emerges from the earlier
one when new methods of construction, materials,
human tasks, and viewpoints demand a change of
reconstitution of existing forms." (Otto Wagner)
All the best,
R
2197. VitraHaus. Vitra Campus. Weil am Rhein, Germany
Dear Frank,
"By superimposing one form on top of
another, you add a new element, another
gesture. (...) We wanted a fairly sculptural
and complex result, like a landscape,
intense." (Jacques Herzog)
Sincerely,
R
2196. Praha-Král. Vinohrady
Dear Ana,
"A tower, a mule, me, and the garden."
(Jože Plečnik)
Gratefully,
R
2195. Matsal och sällskapsrum, Hotell Borgafjãll
Dear Mats,
"If you don't love people, you can't make good
architecture". (Ralph Erskine)
Sincerely,
R
2194. Copenhagen Opera House
Dear Jørrn,
"Light and space are interconnected"
(Henning Larsen)
Best regards,
R
2193. Chiesa di Dio Padre Misericordioso, Roma
Dear Paolo,
"Rome has not seen a modern building in more than
half a century. It is a city frozen in time."
(Richard Meier)
Ciao.
R
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