The urban plan for the district of Pendrecht, in the south of Rotterdam, is one of the most representative projects of the urban theories developed in … [Read more...]
Human Structures and Architectural Archetypes: Aldo Van Eyck’s Playgrounds (1947 – 1978)
A hugely influential Dutch architect and theorist, Aldo Van Eyck conducted a thirty-years-long (1947 - 1978) research through practice designing … [Read more...]
House “for a society that had nothing”, the Soho House by Alison and Peter Smithson, 1953
In 1953, Alison and Peter Smithson designed a house for themselves for an infill site in Colville place in Soho neighborhood, in London, on an area … [Read more...]
An Inverted Tower: Well of the Citadel of Turin, by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
In his Dictionnaire des termes employés dans la construction ...: volume G.-Z, (1872) Pierre Chabat, wrote: 'Considered from the point of view of … [Read more...]
Peter Eisenman, Notes on Conceptual Architecture. Towards a Definition. (1970)
The issue 78/79 of Design Quarterly (journal published in 1970 by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis) was completely dedicated to possible … [Read more...]
Kon Wajiro’s Archaeology of Present Times
Japanese architect, sociologist, and educator Kon Wajiro was living in Tokyo when the violent 1923 earthquake occurred. With his students, he visited … [Read more...]
The One-Room Apartment by Cornelius Meyer (1689)
Cornelis Meijer (Cornelius Meyer) (1629-1701) was a Dutch hydraulics engineer that came to Rome in 1680 to assist in the design of the banks of the … [Read more...]
An Immaterial Drawing in Space: Alberto Giacometti’s The Palace at 4 a.m. (1933)
A 1933 sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m. relates to "a period of six months passed in the presence of a woman who, concentrating … [Read more...]
Max Bill’s Exhibition pavilion of the City of Ulm at the National Exhibition of Baden/Württemberg – Stuttgart, Germany (1955)
In 1955 the city of Ulm commissioned architect Max Bill, Rector of the Ulm University of Design, to plan and execute a pavilion for the … [Read more...]
Alvin Boyarsky, Chicago à la carte, The City as an Energy System (1968)
This post introduces a series of heterogeneous articles on Chicago, the city and its architecture: sparse attempts to convey different looks at the … [Read more...]
A Perfect Grid: the Roman Town of Timgad, the African Pompeii
The city of Timgad, in today's Algeria, was founded as a military settlement by Emperor Trajan around AD 100 and its original scope was to be a … [Read more...]
Herbert Bayer’s Small Architectural Projects (1924)
Herbert Bayer was a prolific graphic designer and typography designer who also worked as a sculptor and a painter and who produced architectural … [Read more...]
Axonometric Projections as a Project: Drawings by Alberto Sartoris
A relevant figure in the Rationalist movement, Italian-Swiss architect Alberto Sartoris (1901-1998) represented most of his projects in black and … [Read more...]
A Tough Exercise in Simplicity: Vaccaro’s Kindergarten in Piacenza.
This small kindergarten, made by only two classrooms, is located on the outskirts of Piacenza in Italy and was designed by Giuseppe Vaccaro starting … [Read more...]
Matter, Structure and Form of Life: Der Fels ist mein Haus, by Werner Blaser (1976)
In “Der Fels ist mein Haus = La rocher est ma demeure = The rock is my home", Werner Blaser analyses Swiss vernacular stone architecture. The … [Read more...]
Archetypes and Free Plan: Orinda House by Charles W. Moore
Orinda House, also known as "Moore House" is located in a valley behind San Francisco, was designed by architect Charles W. Moore for himself and … [Read more...]
Alison and Peter Smithsons’ Upper Lawn Pavilion (also known as the “Solar pavilion”), 1959-1962
The Upper Lawn Pavilion (also known as the Solar pavilion) was Alison and Peter Smithsons’ weekend home in Wiltshire in the countryside in South-West … [Read more...]
The Mechanical-Architectural World of Stijn Jonckheere
Stijn Jonckheere, a Belgian self-titled "experimental architect", works on the brink of architecture, illustration and graphic design. His working … [Read more...]
Mario Manieri Elia, The History of Architectural Design (2001)
After proposing the last chapter of Complexity and Contradiction, we would like to publish here a rare text by recently passed away architect, … [Read more...]
The City in the Space by Ricardo Bofill and Taller de Arquitectura (1970)
In 1970, Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill and his Taller de Arquitectura worked on a huge housing complex called La Ciudad en el Espacio (The City in … [Read more...]
Understanding the Grid /1: Michel Ecochard’s Planning and Building Framework in Casablanca
French architect Michel Ecochard, also trained as an archeologist, was the director of the Morocco Department of Urban Planning from 1946 to 1952 … [Read more...]
Francisco Mujica : From the Pyramid to the Skyscraper.
During his tenure at the University of Mexico City, Mexican architect and historian Francisco Mujica, born in 1899, undertook archeological research … [Read more...]
A Not-for-Humans Skyscraper: The AT&T “Long Lines Building” in New York by John Carl Warnecke (1974)
The “Long Lines Building” is a 29-floors tower located at 33 Thomas Street in Manhattan. It was designed in 1974 by architect John Carl Warneke. At … [Read more...]
François Marius Granet’s Spaces Under Vaults
French painter and watercolourist François Marius Granet, (1775-1849), a scholar of Jacques-Louis David, lived and worked for several years of his … [Read more...]
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