"Carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l’Armée française dans la campagne de Russie en 1812-1813", is a graphical depiction of the … [Read more...]
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, the “Eastern Castle” in the Syrian Desert
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi or "the Eastern Castle", (the Arabic term Qasr means a fortified structure for monitoring a region), is situated 97km … [Read more...]
Unnatural Perspectives by Morimura Ray
Born in Tokyo in 1948, painter Morimura Ray graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University and began his career as a painter using abstract, geometric forms, … [Read more...]
Jean-Jacques Lequeu: a Visionary at the Age of Reason
Jean-Jacques Lequeu (Architect, 1757-1825) worked in France at the same time of Etienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799) and Claude-Nicolas Ledoux … [Read more...]
A Settlement for Equals: The Town of Biskupin in Poland
In 1933, a team from Poznan University led by Polish archaeologist professor Józef Kostrzewski, started a series of excavations close to Lake Biskupin … [Read more...]
Project of my ‘Self’, by Golnar Abbasi
Project of my 'self' is a tumblr curated by Golnar Abbasi which contains the elements of the author's postgraduate thesis project at The Berlage … [Read more...]
First City in Antarctica, a 1980-83 Study by Amancio Williams
In early 1980 Amancio Williams, the Argentinian architect whose 1943 Bridge House we already featured here at Socks, was consulted by the Argentine … [Read more...]
Tomnod: Scan Satellite Images from your Home
Tomnod, (after the Mongolian word for “Big eye"), is an interesting site in that it provides high resolution satellite maps and allows users from all … [Read more...]
Brandhaus II: A Building Conceived to be Set on Fire
This building, designed in 2006 by Staufer & Hasler office, appears as one of those bold and purist concrete constructions so typical in Swiss … [Read more...]
On the Persistence of Form: Lynn Davis Sculptural Photos
Lynn Davis is an American photographer known for her images carefully toned to produce varying shades, from grey to sepia, and usually printed in very … [Read more...]
Ascii-Art Mapping: SyMAP (or Early Computer Generated Cartography)
William Caraher, assistant professor at the University of North Dakota and writer of the site "The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World" … [Read more...]
Space Replay, an Eerie Space Manipulating Device
Space replay is a project designed by Francesco Tacchini, Julinka Ebhardt and Will Yates-Johnson of the London's Royal College of Art. As the title … [Read more...]
Notes for a Short History of the Anti-Monument /1 : Claes Oldenburg Proposed Colossal Monuments
Claes Oldenburg's unbuilt "Monuments" are imaginary anti-memorials designed by the artist at the end of the 1960s. Their paradoxical anti-monumental … [Read more...]
Infinite Stairs and Dissected Buildings: Marcin Bialas’ Visions
Marcin Bialas is a Polish artist who's specialized in etchings and drawings in black an white. Among his large production, a recurring theme … [Read more...]
From Lines to Volumes: Architectural Drawings by Kristin Arestava
These enigmatic pencil drawings by Kristin Arestava are an interesting experiment in architectural visualization. The abstract volumes are represented … [Read more...]
“I do not draw plans, facades or sections”: Adolf Loos and the Villa Müller
Villa Müller in Prague was designed by architect Adolf Loos, assisted by architect Karel Lhota, in 1930 for František Müller and his wife, Milada … [Read more...]
The Three Mawangdui Maps: Early Chinese Cartography
Between 1972 to 1974 three tombs in the archaeological site of Mawangdui, China, were excavated. In one of them, the archaeologists … [Read more...]
About the Spatial Experience: Hans Dieter Schaal’s Paths, Passages and Spaces (1970’s)
Hans Dieter Schaal (1943) is a German architect, stage designer, landscape designer, writer and artist. Throughout his whole career he constantly … [Read more...]
House E.1027 by Eileen Gray illustrated by Josephin Ritschel
Josephin Ritschel (Mevameva) is an illustrator living and working in Berlin. We originally knew her thanks to Wrap Magazine that used the illustration … [Read more...]
Tools for Minimal Space Occupations: Action Pieces by Franz Erhard Walther
Franz Erhard Walther is an influential German artist, active since the early 1960s. His works explore the relationship between space and … [Read more...]
Artificial Microclimates: Nature Within Walls in Montreuil and Pantelleria
In Montreuil, a village on the outskirts of Paris, a peculiar type of architecture was created in the Seventeenth century: a system of walls 2,70 m … [Read more...]
Your Prison (The Routine of Daily Life) by Alexander Brodsky
Alexander Brodsky (1955) is a Russian architect and artist famous for his narrative works on the brink between different disciplines. His production … [Read more...]
“Nowhere I actually want to be”: Drawings by Kat Masback
Kat Masback is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her intricate drawings, done with simple tools (pencil, marker, ball-point) deal … [Read more...]
Learning from the Casbah: Horizontal Housing Units in Rome by Adalberto Libera
Adalberto Libera's "Unità orizzontale" (Horizontal Unit) in the Tuscolano neighborhood in Rome is an experimental housing complex built in the city … [Read more...]
To Transcend Reality and Function as Symbol: Stage Design of Edward Gordon Craig
Born in 1872 as illegitimate son of an architect and of the revered actress Dame Ellen Terry, Edward Gordon Craig was raised as an actor in the … [Read more...]
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