In 1930, the Russian architects group OSA, with Ivan Leonidov as team leader, took part in the competition of the urban design of the chemical and … [Read more...]
Max Thalmann’s “America in Woodcuts” (1925) and “The Cathedral” (1922)
German Max Thalmann (1890-1944) was a figurative artist who produced black and white woodblock prints for a short period of time between the two World … [Read more...]
A Collection of Tessenow’s Interiors Drawings
Tessenow's drawings are immediatly recognizable for being straightforward and yet precise in the description of a building or a space. The essence of … [Read more...]
‘Everything I Have’ and Other Works by Simon Evans
The paper works of the duo of artists called 'Simon Evans' combine a certain passion for materiality with a conceptual attitude and a humorous touch. … [Read more...]
Portrait of Their Landscape and Other Drawings by Seokyong Shim
Seokyong Shim (soquu.d) studied architecture in South Korea and is now enrolled in a program for Graphic Design in London. His graphic projects join … [Read more...]
The “Compact City” of Atlanpole, Nantes by Hans Kollhoff (1988)
This competition entry for a "technopole", an urban centre for research and teaching for the development of high specialized industries, was submitted … [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...]
Pirro Ligorio’s “Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago” (Image of the Ancient City of Rome), 1561
In 1551, Pirro Ligorio produced an engraving depicting a reconstruction of ancient Rome; this inventive map was printed by Jacopo Rossi in 1561. Pirro … [Read more...]
Apocalyptic Woodcuts, Etchings and Litographs by Palle Nielson
Palle Nielsen (1920-2000) was a Danish graphic artist who worked with several media throughout his career: woodcuts, linocuts, etching, lithography, … [Read more...]
Inhabiting a Three-Dimensional Grid: The “Railway Sleeper House” by Shin Takasuga
In 1970, Japanese architect Shin Takasuga designed a house in the middle of the forest on the Pacific Ocean's island of Miyake. Students of the New … [Read more...]
Travel Notes, Ettore Sottsass, Jr. (in: Terrazzo n°1, 1988)
This short, poetic article was originally published in the legendary magazine Terrazzo edited by Barbara Radice, in the very first number in … [Read more...]
“Café Samt & Seide” by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (1927)
In 1927 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe together with his professional and personal partner, architect and designer Lilly Reich, was commissioned by the … [Read more...]
Diogo Seixas Lopes
At 10-12 Travessa do Cabo, in the Lisbon district of Estrela, you will find an old repair garage, or so you will think if you simply walk past. … [Read more...]
A Non-Figurative Memorial: The Monument to the Victims of the Concentration Camps in Milan by BBPR (1946)
The Monument to the Victims of the Concentration Camps was designed by the Milanese architecture group BBPR in 1945 in the weeks following the … [Read more...]
Eva Hesse’s Circles and Grids Drawings: Ordered Systems as and Expression of an Obsessive, Introspective Quality
Repetition as a formal and conceptual strategy has been employed by artist Eva Hesse (1936-1970) throughout her career with series of drawings on … [Read more...]
Pao: Dwellings For the Tokyo Nomad Woman by Toyo Ito (1985 and 1989)
Pao I and Pao II (1985 and 1989) are two projects by Toyo Ito based on a scenario where most of the domestic functions are dissolved in the metropolis … [Read more...]
The Form of Form [Announcing the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2016]
We are happy to announce that Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli (Socks-Studio / Microcities) will contribute as content curators to "The Form of … [Read more...]
Louis Reith’s “Nachttuin” and Other Paper Works
Dutch artist and graphic designer Louis Reith produces works through a variety of different media ranging from collages to wood sculptures, to paper … [Read more...]
Constructing a False Reality: Chris Engman’s Photographs
Chris Engman is a photographer who creates installations and constructions in the landscape and inside preexisting architecture and then captures them … [Read more...]
Fragments of a Dream-like City: Collages by Tali Bayer
Young German artist Tali Bayer, based in Leipzig, is particularly inspired by natural and architectural structures when she creates her illustrations … [Read more...]
“How Do We Represent Something That We Never Look At?” Drawings by Martinet et Texereau
Pauline Martinet and Zoé Texereau are two French artists who work together producing common drawings with a shared aesthetics. They provided … [Read more...]
Axonometric Views by Harriet Lee-Merrion
Bristol based illustrator Harriet Lee-Merrion (already present in Socks' archive) works on sophisticated drawings which combine linear figures and … [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...]
When Geometry Comes to Life: “Somnium” by Laurent Millet (2014)
Laurent Millet is a French artist, whose work we already wrote about, who combines sculpture and drawing with the medium of photography. His 2014 … [Read more...]
“House Without Qualities” by O. M. Ungers (1995)
Haus III or the "House Without qualities" (Haus ohne Eigenschaften) is a late work by German architect Oswald Mathias Ungers which the architect … [Read more...]
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