2162. Vitra Design Museum

 

Querida Teresa,

"La arquitectura debe hablar de su tiempo y su lugar

y a la vez anhelar la eternidad" (Frank Gehry)

Afectuosamente,

R

2060. Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

 

Dear Frank,

"The simultaneous expression of conflicting forces

in a symbiotic manner is my style"(kisho Kurokawa)

Regards,

R

2015. Bank Austria Kunstforum, Wien

 

Dear Barbara,

"The architect's language is drawing" (Gustav Peichl)

Sincerely,

R

1640. The Design Museum's Shad Thames home.

Dear Dylan,

This charming building was the home of the
world's first museum of mass-produced design.
The building was originally a former 1940s
banana warehouse and was converted to
resemble a building in the international Modernist
Style of the 1930s. In fact, people used to call it
"Bauhaus on Thames"

Best regard,
R

1413. Zaragoza. Edificio de Juzgados

Querido Iñaki,

"Como en las ciencias exactas, una definición operativa 

es más cierta; una definición operativa a través del conjunto de problemas de la arquitectura y de los de su enseñanza" (Alejandro de la Sota)

Saludos,
R

PS. Encerrado en el círculo rojo el Edificio de Juzgados de Zaragoza, obra de Alejandro de la Sota

1240. Vitra Design Museum in Weil Am Rhein

Dear Steen,

"I think the blurring of the lines between art and architecture has got to happen" (Frank Gehry)

Regards,
R

1206. Canadian Museum of Civilization

Dear Richard,

"We are magical beings, as human beings, because 

we have this power of creativity. No other beings on 

this planet have this gift because their pattern of 

existence are set and just as a deer is always a deer, a 

bear can only be a bear, a fish only a fish. But, we can recreate ourselves and create the tools to be anything 

we want, faster than a cheetah, fly higher than a bird, stronger than an elephant: we are not limited. All we
have to do is declare our intentions powerfully and 

keep our word, not operating on reason, but on a total commitment and we make our visions happen." 

(Douglas Cardinal, Blackfoot)

Peace,
R

1167. The Mikkeli Concert and Congress Hall

Querido Jean,

Este bello edificio de lineas aaltianas fue diseñado
y construido por Arto Sipinen en 1989. Este arquitecto
colaboró en su juventud con Alvar Aalto y Viljo Revell.
Posteriormente ya como arquitecto en solitario ganó
numerosos concursos y construyó edificios como el
ayuntamiento de Imatra, la biblioteca central de Lahti
o el centro cultural y de congresos de Kuusamo.

Saludos,
R

934. Pieksämäki Cultural Centre

Dear Timo,

I also believe that the Modern Movement is an inexhaustible
source of architectural concepts, rich in meaning and
history as Kristian Gullichsen declared and confirmed in this
graceful and inspiring building.

Kind regards,
R

885. Kobenhavn. Tycho Brahe Planetarium

Dear Arianna,

The exquisite Tycho Brahe Planetarium was designed by 
Knud Munk, the architect of the wonderful Carlsberg 
Brewery building in Northampton, UK. The planetarium, 
that somehow resembles some other buildings of Mario 
Botta, is dedicated in honor of Danish astronomer and 
alchemist Tycho Ottesen Brahe.

Regards,
R