A PERFECT ORDINARY BUILDING
In these pages, we worship ordinary buildings. And I offer to you now the Perfect Ordinary Building. I came upon this on the island of Ios in Greece. Out for a morning walk along...
Tagged: BARCELONA PAVILION
IT’S NOT ON A PLINTH
The Barcelona Pavilion is not on a raised plinth. I mentioned this on the previous page. Yet architects are taught and indoctrinated that indeed the building is on a raised plinth. To add veracity...
BARCELONA PAVILION
It’s underwhelming, the Barcelona Pavilion by Mies. But in a good way. It was as if the expectation of total perfection diluted the experience of perfection. How can you experience perfection when you know...
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