2150. Helsingborg, Dunkers Kulturhus

 

Dear Jan,

"It is very important to me to consider how the house

meets the sky" (Kim Utzon)

Respectfully,

R

1515. Rijadh, Saudi Arabia

Dear Mokddam,

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us"
(Winston Churchill)

Regards,
R

1453. Nord LB Building. Hannover, Germany

Dear Peter,

"The geometric discipline became oppresive..."
(Günter Behnisch)

Best,
R

1253. Bergisel Ski Jump

Dear Pierre,

"It is not so much about the power of the hand as it is the
power of the idea" (Zaha Hadid)

Regards,
R

907. Nuovo Teatro Politeama, Catanzaro

Dear Chistian,

"This craze of mine to contaminate, to put vastly removed
and sometimes highly contradictory things together,
convincing them to love each other" (Paolo Portoghese)

Regards,
R

820. Port of Yokohama

Dear Toyo,

"Any landscape is a condition of the spirit"
(Henri-Frédéric Amiel)

Congratulations on your recent award!
R

710. London City Hall

 


Dear Norman,

Learning from Joseph Paxton and from Archigram,
like a sort of god Janus seeing into the past with one
face and into the future with the other.

Yours gratefully.
R

581. Expo 02. Arteplage Biel-Bienne

Dear Gregory,

According to the architects of this project,
"The site of the great exhibition has been
conceived as a roofed platform jutting out
over the lake, ending in a space with three
towers. Its resemblance to an aircraft
carrier is not a matter of coincidence but
fully intended." The "island"of this futuristic
carrier-like structure is formed by those
three twisted towers featured in the picture.

Best.
R

553. Brasilia. Aspectos da Ponte JK

Dear Sabrina,

The Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge in Brazil was finished
in 2002. Its three arches are inspired by the movement
of a stone bouncing on the water surface.

Best.
R

543. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Los Angeles, California

Fernando,

"La arquitectura es musica congelada"
(Arthur Schopenhauer)

Saludos cordiales,
R