In 1966 Italian typewriters and related products company Olivetti asked architect Louis Kahn to design their factory in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The … [Read more...]
The Akatsuka House by Takamitsu Azuma, 1969
The Akatsuka House by Takamitsu Azuma was built in Osaka in 1969, a few years after the completion of the Tower House in Tokyo. The principles behind … [Read more...]
The Tower House by Takamitsu Azuma (1966)
Built in Tokyo in 1966, the Tower house by Japanese architect Takamitsu Azuma is developed around a staircase which distributes its six levels. The … [Read more...]
A Glimpse of Post-Metabolism: Two Houses by Toyokazu Watanabe
Suguiyama House and Nakano House (Standard House 001) are two residential projects designed by Toyokazu Watanabe (b. 1938) between 1979 and the … [Read more...]
Alice Aycock’s “A Simple Network of Underground Wells and Tunnels” (1975)
In 1975, American artist Alice Aycock created the first of her underground earthworks for the exhibition “Projects in Nature” at Merriewold West, Far … [Read more...]
The Church Sainte-Bernadette-du-Banlay in Nevers by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio
The church Sainte-Bernadette-du-Banlay was conceived and designed from 1963 to 1966 by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio and built in 1968 in the town of … [Read more...]
Concrete Modular Cities by David Umemoto
David Umemoto is an architect who creates concrete architectural sculptures. His work, he explains, is a highly codified and rigorous construction of … [Read more...]
Concrete Monolith: Sigurd Lewerentz’s Flower Kiosk in Malmö (1969)
The project of the Eastern Cemetery of Malmö accompanied Sigurd Lewerentz throughout his whole career (1916 to 1969) and the flower shop located at … [Read more...]
Im-materiality no. 3 (Consciousness) by Ebbe Stub Wittrup &Troels Sandegård
"Im-materialitet no.3 (Bevidsthed)" is a collective exhibition, held at the Sorø Kunstmuseum, (2014), presenting works by Robert Barry, Hansjoerg … [Read more...]
Inhabiting Memories: Dagmar Schmidt’s Grabungsstädte – a Tribute to the Plattenbauten (2003-2005)
"Plattenbauten" are buildings whose structure is assembled out of prefabricated concrete slabs. Widely used in East Germany since the 1960s for public … [Read more...]
Two Monumental Concrete Kitchens by NU Architectuuratelier
NU Architectuuratelier is a Belgian office dedicated to "intense architecture and experimental development". In two of their housing renovations they … [Read more...]
