David Pelham was an English artist and graphic designer who came to meet author J. G. Ballard through their mutual friend, pop artist Eduardo … [Read more...]
On Continuous Space: Louis Kahn’s Olivetti-Underwood Factory
In 1966 Italian typewriters and related products company Olivetti asked architect Louis Kahn to design their factory in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The … [Read more...]
How to Make Architecture Disappear: Ice House I and II by Gianni Pettena (1971-1972)
Italian artist Gianni Pettena conceived a series of works which might be considered on the brink between land art and architecture. Two of the most … [Read more...]
An Archaeology of Urban Transformations: Lara Almarcegui’s Works
Lara Almarcegui is a Spanish artist who currently lives and works in Rotterdam. Her work deals with the transformation of cities, urban renewal, … [Read more...]
The Dining and Assembly Hall at Brunswick Primary School by J.Stirling and J.Gowan (1961-1962)
The Dining and Assembly Hall at Brunswick Primary School is a project by James Stirling and James Gowan. Completed in 1962, it is composed of a single … [Read more...]
The Temporary Inhabitant (L’Habitant Temporaire) by Thomas Batzenschlager
"L’Habitant Temporaire" is a project by Thomas Batzenschlager, a French architect living and working in Santiago (Chile), which takes the form of an … [Read more...]
Infinite Infrastructure: Drawings of Tokyo Stations by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka is a Japanese architect who creates mesmerizing x-ray drawings of Tokyo's major stations. These are precise ballpoint pen descriptions … [Read more...]
Apollo Missions 15-17’s Lunar Topographic Orthophotomaps (1973)
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (a self describing "research institute that provides support services to NASA and the planetary science community, … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Nature: “Trees by Man” by Michael Amery
Michael Amery is an artist based in Cape Town, South Africa with a graphic design background. His series of drawings in charcoal and India ink called … [Read more...]
Monuments for a Future Civilization: Paintings by Minoru Nomata
Japanese artist Minoru Nomata graduated from the Design Department of Tokyo University of the Arts and started working as a painter at the end of the … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Laib’s Research of Forms
Wolfgang Laib is a German artist who explores a set of minimal forms through installations that are mostly realized using natural elements like … [Read more...]
Ordinary Buildings, Reassembled by Oliver Michaels
English photographer Oliver Michaels creates images through the composition of different architectural elements as found in specific places. The … [Read more...]
“A Roman State of Landscape”. Exhibition and talk at Campo, Rome – June, 23rd 2016
If you are in Rome today, do not miss: A ROMAN STATE OF LANDSCAPE Exhibition and talk curated by Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli … [Read more...]
“The Masterly, Correct and Magnificent Play of Masses Brought Together in Light”. Lucien Hervé, Photographs of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille (1949)
Hungarian-born photographer Lucien Hervé took 650 shots of Le Corbusier's "Unité d'habitation" in Marseille, allegedly all on a single day in 1949. … [Read more...]
Forgotten Monuments of Unrealized Futures: Danila Tkachenko’s “Restricted Areas”
Russian artist Danila Tkachenko works with documentary photography. For his project "Restricted Areas" he describes the human striving for … [Read more...]
Imaginary City Landscapes by Georg Bohle
The imaginary city landscapes of Dutch artist Georg Bohle are metaphors representing the growth logic of a city and exacerbating the city's own image. … [Read more...]
“Ueno Planet for Exhibition” by Haruka Misawa
"Ueno Planet for Exhibition" is a collection of posters and brochures by Japanese designer Haruka Misawa and her office, the Misawa Design Institute. … [Read more...]
The Imperial Villa of Katsura, Japan (1616-1660)
The Imperial Villa of Katsura in the outskirts of Kyoto was built in three stages by Hichijonomiya Toshihito and his son Toshitada between 1616 and … [Read more...]
Quinta da Malagueira in Évora by Álvaro Siza (1977-1998)
Quinta da Malagueira in the outskirts of Évora, South of Portugal, is Álvaro Siza’s third experience in the construction of social housing programs … [Read more...]
German Cities and Other Prints by Dieter Roth (1962-1970)
German-born artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998) moved to Switzerland in 1943 at the age of 13, seeking asylum during World War II. As he began to work as … [Read more...]
Infinite Sequence of Interior Space: John Soane’s Bank of England (1788-1833)
From 1788 to 1833, Sir John Soane was the architect and surveyor of the Bank of England, his first major commission and the biggest work he had until … [Read more...]
Perspective Corrections, by Jan Dibbets (1967-1969)
Between 1967 and 1969, Dutch conceptual artist Jan Dibbets created a series of works, consisting of photographs of walls, floors and lawns, titled … [Read more...]
Thierry Urbain’s Invented Ancient Worlds
Since 1985, photographer Thierry Urbain conducts a relentless work of research on architecture, archaeology and landscape. Reinventing imaginary … [Read more...]
An Encounter with “Naked Space”: The Tanikawa House by Kazuo Shinohara
The second house Kazuo Shinohara designed for Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, lies in the mountains in Nagano prefecture. Built in 1974, this … [Read more...]
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