Dear Jacopo,
"For 91 days, I worked from 9 AM to 4 AM."
(Arturo Mezzedimi)
Regards,
R
2471. Oslo. Rådhuset. Borggården.jpeg
Dear Xavier,
The Oslo City Hall building's foundation stone was
laid in 1931 and the shell was completed in 1936.
However construction came to a halt as war broke
out in 1940. Construction resumed after the war
and the official opening took place in 1950, on the
occasion of the city's 900th anniversary.
Regards,
R
2470. Hepburn Hall of Meiji Gakuin University
Dear Setsu,
“What I am always thinking about is the relationship
between architecture and human beings.”
(Togo Murano)
Sincerely,
R
2469. St. Annakirche Düren, Hauptschiff
Dear Rebeca,
”One must develop a church like a
motor out of its intrinsic laws.
This is ‘sakrale Sachlichkeit’
(Sacred Objectivity)."
(Rudolf Schwarz)
Best,
R
2468. Frente de la Basilica de Ntra. Sra. de La Altagracia. Higüey, República Dominicana.
Querido Juan Carlos,
Los arquitectos de esta gran basílica construyeron
un edifico de hormigón armado de una escala
monumental que justificaron con la necesidad
del edificio de soportar los huracanes que golpean a este
país regularmente.
Un abrazo,
R
2467. Alvar Aalto Museo. Jyväskylä, Finland
Dear Isa,
"Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to
develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need
time for everything that develops and crystallizes
in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more
of this time than other creative work."
(Alvar Aalto)
Regards,
R
2466. Westminster Abbey Church. Mission, B.C., Canada
ecclesiastical architecture, demonstrates
Åsbjørn Gathe's originality. He wanted to
"express something of a Benedictine antiquity,
combined with contemporary advances in
structure and design."
Each arm of the Greek-cross floor plan of
the church is reserved for one of the elements:
blue is equated with water, red with fire,
brown with earth, and grey with air.
Best regards,
R
2465. Quartiere S. Ambrogio di Milano. Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Giovanni Bono.
Querida Cristina,
La iglesia de San Giovanni Bono se incluyó en el
proyecto de construcción del nuevo barrio de
Sant'Ambrogio en Milán que se construyó en 1968.
El diseño de la iglesia y de todo el barrio se debe
a Arrigo Arrighetti. Las paredes, tanto interiores
como exteriores, están hechas de hormigón armado
visto, perforadas por una gran cantidad de pequeñas
ventanas de colores.
Besos,
R
2464. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Dear Sybille,
Josef Paul Kleihues was one of the organisers
of the Berlin International Bauausstellung in
1986. He reduced the project of contemporary
architecture altogether to what he termed
"a Critical Reconstruction of the European City"
I still remember the impression the Kant Dreieck
tower left on me when we saw it as we passed
by on your motorbike.
Cheers,
R
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