Tagged: LECORBUSIER

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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...

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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. ...

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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.” ...

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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...

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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...

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LINKS

Le Corbusier copied history. That is to say, he self educated himself on the great historical precedents, and then used those examples as a direct basis for his work. I don’t know about everyone...

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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...

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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. ...