2245. Villa Savoye à Poissy


 













Dear David,

"To create architecture is to put in order.
Put what in order?  Function and objects."
(Le Corbusier)

Best regards,
R

2243. Tango Mäntyniemi


 












Dear Aino,

"Reima's mother had been foretold that her son would
be an architect and her daughter an artist. The predictions
came true." (Raili Pietilä)

Sincerely,
R

2242. Stockholm. Stadshuset


 













Dear Sven, 

"...with which one has, as it were, the life of the 
entire city clear to oneself..." (Ragnar Östberg)

Sincerely,
R

2241. Pabellón alemán. Barcelona 1929


 













Dear Jordi,

"Architecture is the crystallization of its inner structure,
the slow unfolding of its form.' (Mies van der Rohe)

Best regards,
R

2240. Casa das Pedras. Guarujá (Santos)


 












Querida Cristina,

La expresiva "Casa de Piedra" en la localidad
de Guarujá cercana a Sao Paulo es un edificio
de claro estilo moderno con losas planas de
hormigón y vidrio. Lo que la hace particularmente 
interesante, además de su evidente diálogo con el 
paisaje natural, es el uso de las rocas existentes 
como parte de la composición consiguiendo 
así fundirse orgánicamente con el terreno donde se 
enclava.

Besos,

2239. Factory Building. Vitra Campus. Weil am Rhein. Germany


 













Dear Jan,

"The beauty of architecture lies in its simplicity,
in its ability to create something profound from
something very basic." (Alvaro Siza)

Cheers,
R

2238. Ljubljana. Vzajemna Zavarovalnica et al.


 














Dear Tom,

This lovely postcard from  Ljubljana features
many buildings designed by famous Slovenian
architect Jože Plečnik including from bottom left
and counterclockwise the Central Market, 
St. Michael's Church, the Žale Cemetery, the 
National and University Library, the Triple Bridge, 
and the Palace of  Vzajemna Zavarovalnica mutual 
insurer.
This last building was a commercial and residencial
building designed in a style associated with 
the Vienna Secession and particularly with Otto 
Wagner's Vienna Palaces.

Best regards,
R

2237. Jyväskylä


 





















Querido Juan,

En esta vieja postal se puede ver en el extremo
derecho una obra temprana de nuestro admirado 
Aalto: el edificio del cuartel general de la
guardia civil finesa (Defense Corps). Esta es una
vista algo más frontal que la de la postal 2047 que 
envié a Cristina en mayo de 2022.

Cuídate mucho y un fuerte abrazo.
R

2236. Walker Art Center, General Mills Hennepin Lounge


 












Dear Ila,

"The drama of architecture is that without people
nothing works. Architecture is a kind of stage for
human performance." (Jacques Herzog)

Sincerely,
R