2166. The Main Reading Hall. Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

 

Dear Olga,

"The new Bibliotheca Alexandrina with its vast

circular form alongside the circular Alexandrian harbor

recalls the cyclical nature of knowledge, fluid

throughout time." (Snøhetta)

Cheers.

R

2049. Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem. Iosephinum Vocational College. Piliscsabai, Hungary

 

Dear Rem,

"My architecture is humanized architecture, it is

focused on man. (...) The human face is an imaginary

geography" (Emro Makovecz)

Sincerely,

R

1958. San Francisco International SFO

 

Dear William,

"It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on 
earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty 
as an airport" (Douglas Adams)

Regards,
R

1627. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2001

Dear Berta,

"Architecture should make us feel different,  if not,
engineering should be enough" (Daniel Libeskind)

Sincerely,
R

1612. Serpentine Pavilion 2001

Dear Liam,

"Rigid origami is a part if the study of the mathematics 

of paper folding, and rigid origamis structures can be 

considered as a top of mechanical linkage." 

(Wikipedia, Rigid Origami)

R

1355. The Wall House. Groningen, Netherlands

Dear Susan,

"Life has to do with walls; we're continuously going in and out, back and forth, and through them...The walls heightens the sense of being just a momentary condition, what I call the moment of the present" (John Hejduk)

Regards,
R

1242. Milwaukee Art Museum

Dear Joan,

In Milwaukee, visiting the MAM, including the latest new
Quadracci Pavilion that features a dramatic movable steel louvers inspired by the winds of a bird.

Regards,
R

1070. Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Dear Chris,

"The new Bibliotheca Alexandrina was conceived as a revival of the ancient library in the city  founded by Alexander the Great some 2,300 years ago and lost to civilization centuries later. Its vast circular form alongside the circular Alexandrian harbor recalls the cyclical nature of knowledge, fluid throughout time." (Snøhetta)

Best,
R

717. Eden Project

Dear Charles,

"It's quality that matters more than anything else"
(Sir Nicholas Grimshaw)

Sincerely.
R

407. Tate Modern. London

Dear Mark,

" Our strategy was to accept the physical power of the
massive mountain-like brick building and to even enhance
it rather than breaking it or trying to diminish it. (...)This is
a kind of Aikido strategy where you use your enemy's
energy for your own purposes. Instead of fighting it, you
take all the energy and shape it in unexpected and new
ways." (Jacques Herzog)

Regards.
R

70. Bellevue Art Museum-Aerial View

Dear Joel,

Cheers from Seattle! Spent some time visiting Steven
Holl's Bellevue Museum. Good architecture and good
weather. What else can I ask for?

Best wishes.
R