CROATIA MODERNISM
The modenism is Croatia is out of this world. That is because it is inspired by authentic socialist modernism. I said this before a couple of years ago. And I’m saying it again, now,...
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EVERYDAY MODERNISM
On a forced march thru Tokyo, I was stunned to have this building suddenly appear across a parking lot. When you see something like this, it almost takes your breath away. I call this...
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
I didn’t know there was a LeCorbusier building in Tokyo. Yet there is. It is called the National Museum of Western Art. Many sources say that it is one of his least known buildings. ...
ANTI-ILLUSIONIST TESSELLATION
Picasso painted from photographs. His use of photographs was: “…a productive to-and-fro between a photo that reduces real volumes to their flat coordinates and a pictorial reinterpretation of that photographic record into anti-illusionist tessellation.” ...
CORB IN THE M’ZAB VALLEY
In the 23 May 2016 issue of The New Yorker, Julie Belcove writes about a new architectural exhibition that is being constructed in the Guggenheim. The artist is Kader Attia, and he has set...
A LECORBUSIER MINDSET
LeCorbusier itemized, in his Five Points Towards a New Architecture, his basic planning principals on how to approach design. The first four points address the structure, roof gardens, open plans, and horizontal windows, all...
SKETCHING IN THE WAKE (LITERALLY) OF LECORBUSIER
The Topkapi Palace as seen from the east. LeCorbusier I felt LeCorbusier’s presence in Turkey. And this was before I realized that Turkey was an inspiration for him. I always knew that his travels...
LA TOURETTE
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. ...
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