Dear Lucca,
"Design creates culture, culture shapes
values, values determine the future."
(Gio Ponti)
Best,
R
Showing posts with label y: 1970. Show all posts
Showing posts with label y: 1970. Show all posts
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
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
2230. Indra Regent, Bangkok
Dear Ken,
The fantastic Indra Regent is characterized
by its fin shades in the facades, inspired by
local Prajamyam motifs.
Regards,
R
2212. Petruskirche Rümlang, Switzerland
Dear Jan,
"The Church of St. Peter, like an immovable rock,
should embody and hold together Catholic church
life." (Bernhard Weis)
Cheers,
R
2210. Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary with Aalto's Library in the background.
Dear Erik,
"Reading a book involves both culturally and
physically a strange kind of concentration: the duty
of architecture is to eliminate all disturbing
elements." (Alvar Aalto)
Sincerely,
R
2105. Palacio Nacional de Congresos y Exposiciones de la Costa del Sol, Torremolinos, Málaga.
Querido Manolo,
"La arquitectura no es más que la ordenación del espacio
para la felicidad del ser humano" (Rafael de la Hoz Arderius)
Un abrazo,
R
1995. Sevilla. Plaza de España y sede de la Compañía Sevillana de Electricidad
Querida Cristina,
En esta vieja postal se puede ver más allá de
la estructura curvilinea de la Plaza de España
el edificio monolítico de la nueva sede de la
Compañía Sevillana de Electricidad todavía en construcción. Este edificio, hito pionero de la
arquitectura contemporánea en la ciudad, buscó
su inspiración en la sede proyectada por Mies
van der Rohe para la compañía Bacardí en
Tultitlán, México.
Besos,
R
1683. Hotel Panorama, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia
Dear Peter,
The impressive Hotel Panorama was built in 1970 to
accommodate visitors to the World Ski Championship.
Since 2008 the building has been remodeled as a
mixed-use complex including besides the hotel, private
apartment units, and common areas and facilities.
Regards,
R
Regards,
R
1656. Empresa Nacional de Luz y Fuerza, Managua
Querido Walter,
Este edificio es una de las joyas de la arquitectura
moderna nicaragüense por su limpieza de lineas, su
rotundidad y severidad y por su forma elegante y ágil
de llegar al suelo. A pesar de su aparente fragilidad
resistió sin problemas el fuerte terremoto de 1972.
Un abrazo,
R
Un abrazo,
R
1598. Tashkent. Lenin Museum
Dear Galina,
The former Lenin Museum, today The Uzbekistan History
Museum, is a unique example of Soviet architecture shaped
by a local architectural feature as the traditional Uzbek sunscreens.
Regards,
R
1523. Central University Library. University California San Diego
Dear Mary,
"Those who plants trees love others besides themselves"
(Thomas Fuller)
"A book holds a house of gold" (Chinese proverb)
Sincerely,
R
1511. Mount Angel Abbey Library. St. Benedict, Oregon
Dear Jeremy,
" Listen readily to holy reading"
(Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter 4)
Respectfully,
R
1507. Brasilia, Cathedral
Dear Nuno,
(...)
De curvas é feito todo o Universo.
O universo curvo de Einstein.
(Oscar Niemeyer)
Sincerely,
R
1424. Glen Harder House after Julius Shulman
Dear Glenn,
"The artist must have an unlimited capacity and range for feeling, an insatiable curiosity and boundless enthusiasm" (Bruce Goff)
Best regards,
R
1372. Düsseldorf. Schauspielhaus
Dear Silky,
"Talking about art is like dancing about architecture"
(David Bowie)
Best,
R
1324. Belo Horizonte. Conjunto Kubitschek
Dear Oscar,
"The unexpected, irregularity, surprise, or astonishment are
essential parts and characteristics of beauty"
(Charles Baudelaire)
Best,
R
1091. Brasilia. Vista aerea do Palacio Itamarati
Dear Philip,
"After all, what remains in architecture are the monumental works, the ones that mark history and technical evolution, those that socially justified or
not, still touch us". (Oscar Niemeyer)
Regards,
R
Regards,
R
1013. Bellinzona. Le nuove piscine.
Dear Aldo,
"This project is subordinated to an idea of circulation which
structures the spaces. To construct circulation is a fixation
of mine which derives directly from Le Corbusier's images
of Algiers and Rio" (Aurelio Galfetti)
Regards,
R
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