Architecture of the Day
Architecture of the Day
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- utopian3
- San Francisco Convent, by David Closes Santpedor, Cataluña 2008.Miesfan
- I would love to work on something like this, all I get is fucking nondescript glass and metal boxes, with some turgid brick residential tossed in occasionally.face_melter
- microkorg5
- Fantastic. Looking at interiors like this satisfied my nosey nature.CyBrainX
- One of the beautiful facts about the design of this building is that the driveway goes up one side of building, around the back and down the other side...microkorg
- The rear of the building is curved with the front door in the middle. The radius of the curve of the building and driveway was based on the turning circle...microkorg
- ...of the car that the owner had at that time.
:)microkorg
- utopian0
- https://thefullcalat…Miesfan
- He does some amazing work. Beautiful in the seemingly simplistic detailing, yet clearly harmonizing with substantial forces of nature.formed
- His use of structure to create elegant forms is unparalleled.formed
- utopian0
- I have helped students with their final year presentations at KTH and it is interesting to see the exact same ideals and problems show up in this video.face_melter
- The huge difference between school idealism and real-world architecture. You qualify and end up doing room details for an office block.face_melter
- It's a thing that isn't really discussed with students at any great length and comes up time and time again.face_melter
- neverscared0
- see. that's how a nice home office looks likested
- exactly.neverscared
- utopian-4
- Waste of a precious spaceOBBTKN
- Complete messy clean disasterAQUTE
- not too elegant ...neverscared
- Miesfan2
Villa Planchart, Gio Ponti, 1953 Venezuela