During the birth of modernism, the Weisenhof Housing exhibition has loomed large as a historical marker. In 1927, between the wars, the German government mounted the Deutcher Werkbund exhibition. This exhibition was established so...
The building is built. The design was done the best that you could have done. Yet I find it interesting to pursue the what if scenarios. What if, for example, there would not have...
Our correspondent Mike reminds us of Gerald Rietveld’s Schroder Residence in Utrecht. Indeed, this building was one that I continued to gaze at thru the iconic book images as a student. I won’t bore...
There is a unique barn shape that I have only seen in Central Upstate New York. The examples that I know of are around Seneca Falls. They look very organic and wedded to the...
I taught both design and gave a lecture survey course last fall. My goal in the course was to give a broad pictorial overview of architecture. And as you might guess, I had the...
As we have seen, I have a problem with iconic architectural images. When I was in architecture school and the AEG Turbine Building by Behrens (1908) was discussed, in every instance I was presented...
Industrial designers draw transparently. And this makes sense. They are designing objects. Their objects, although smaller than buildings of course, nevertheless need to be a complete enclosure. Industrial designers have many of the same...
I have been looking more at the residential work of Adolph Loos. This Transparent Drawing of the Mueller House, or Villa Mueller, is a result. I assembled this drawing from the multiple photographs and...
Of all of the iconic buildings that I have been bombarded with over the decades, Villa Savoye always seems to be near the top. Every time that I see an image of this building,...
Years ago during a family trip to Italy, I dutifully brought along my sketchbook. We stayed almost a week in Florence. This is a pencil sketch that I completed during that trip. I made...
I’ve never been to La Tourette, which as you may know, is the Dominican monastery designed by LeCorbusier. I became curious about La Tourette as I gave a monastery project to my design students. ...
Adolph Loos. Steiner House. Vienna. I recently gained a new interest in Adolph Loos. This is principally because of a recent article that I read about his work. This house was designed for an...
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