2299. Brasilia. Santuário Dom Bosco.

 

Dear Lucio,

The Sanctuary Dom Bosco, dedicated to Brazil

national patron, is a contemporary masterpiece by 

architect Brazilian architect Carlos Alberto Naves

who designed the incredible stained glass of the

extensive 80 windows that includes twelve shades 

of blue.

Sincerely,

R

2298. Bourg-St-Maurice -Les-Arcs (Savoie) La Cachette.

Dear David,

"Nothing is off the table; there is not single answer."

(Charlotte Perriand)

Best regards,

R

2297. Helsinki.Hotelli Vaakuna.

Dear Erno,

One of Erkki Huttunen's masterpieces was the Sokos

Hotel Vaakuna, built in 1952 for the Summer Olympics

held by Helsinki that year. 

The luxurious but highly functional hotel features

wonderful brass lamps by prominent designer Paavo 

Tynell that fortunately are still in perfect order.

Besides the lamps the beautiful lobby features a fountain 

with a red granite sculpture by finnish sculpture Gunnar

Finne. 

Best regards,

R

2296. Taranto. Concattedrale Gran Madre di Dio. Veduta interna.

 

Dear Cecilia,

"Original ideas do not exist. Ideas are received and 

re-expressed. We say -I got and idea- not -I created

an idea-." (Gio Ponti)

Sincerely,

R

2295. Hong Kong Bank. Interior.

 

Dear Elena,

"The Hong Kong Bank was truly a 

component building that was shipped

from America, Japan, and the U.K.,

and assembled on site. So in that

sense, it was totally prefabricated."

(Norman Foster)

Sincerely,

R

2294. Tarrasa. Masía Freixa

 

Querido Jordi,

Seguramente ya conoces esta joya del modernismo

catalán que es la Masía Freixa. Con sus bóvedas

catalanas y sus arcos catenarios inspirados por

Gaudí, la masía fue primero fábrica de hilaturas,

después residencia familiar de los Freixa, a 

continuación Conservatorio Municipal de Música

y finalmente Oficina Local de Turismo.

Un abrazo,

R

2293. Säynätsalo.

 

Dear Timo,

"...in parliament buildings and courthouses the court 

has preserved its inherited value from the time of

ancient Crete, Greece, and Rome to Medieval and

Renaissance periods..." (Alvar Aalto)

Respectfully.

R

2292. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea

 

Dear Joe,

"As much as poetry and literature, architecture is

about relationships between things and shifts

from one to the others." (Alvaro Siza Vieira)

Regards,

R

2291. Rietveld Schröderhuis

Uncle Dudley,

The Schröder House was built 100 years ago

and still looks as modern as if it was built yesterday.

All the best,

R