Franco Grignani was a hugely influential graphic designer and artistic director who also experimented with photography and painting. Born in Pieve … [Read more...]
Constructing Abstraction. Pablo Picasso’s Constellation Drawings (1924)
The Constellations drawings are a series of sketches by Pablo Picasso drawn on sixteen pages of a notebook in 1924. For these small drawings in black … [Read more...]
The Inner Rooms of Kate Shepherd
Kate Shepherd is a visual artist who lives and works in New York City. Her paintings, prints, and silkscreens evoke Josef Albers, minimalism and … [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...]
Hashimoto Okiie’s Views of Ancient Castles and Gardens / 1
Hashimoto Okiie ( 1899- 1993) was a Japanese woodcut artist. After working as a teacher and spare-time artist, he devoted himself completely to the … [Read more...]
“Weltschmerz” and “Made in Sarajevo” by Ben Tolman
"Weltschmerz" and "Made in Sarajevo" are two series of ink drawings by Washington DC-based artist Ben Tolman. The first one is a collection made in … [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...]
Cut-out Reality Pieces by Mike Lee
Mike Lee is a Californian born, New York-based digital and illustration artist. He has been working in the commercial illustration industry, but he … [Read more...]
Flows and Growth as Described by Rachel Duckhouse
Rachel Duckhouse is a multi media artist who lives and works in Glasgow, UK. Her practice is based on the deep observation of patterns in natural … [Read more...]
Estates of Tomorrow, by Catherine O’Donnell (2013)
Catherine O'Donnell is an Australian visual artist whose practice "is about the beauty of the uncelebrated and ordinary", looking for the intrinsic … [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...]
Mass Black Implosion by Marco Fusinato (2007-ongoing)
Marco Fusinato is a visual and music artist and a noise guitarist. He started in 2007 an ongoing series entitled Mass Black Implosion in which he … [Read more...]
Visualizing Land: Works by Matthew Rangel
Matthew Rangel is an artist from the San Joaquin Valley in California beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His digital and analogical prints … [Read more...]
Don’t Be Afraid of Bad Dreams: Rik Smits’ Cities and Landscapes
Rik Smits is a Dutch artist who works with several media. His large pencil drawings depict cities and landscapes sceneries, sometimes with a realistic … [Read more...]
Rinat Voligamsi’s Surreal Glimpses of Russia
Rinat Voligamsi is a Russian painter who retrieves vintage images of the Russian countryside and of military life and alters them in a surrealist … [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...]
The Narkomfin Building in Moscow (1928-29): a Built Experiment on Everyday Life
The Narkomfin Building (Dom Narkomfin) in Moscow was designed by Moisei Ginzburg and Ignatii Milinis in 1928 to host collective housing for employees … [Read more...]
Joseph Müller-Brockmann: Musica Viva Posters for the Zurich Tonhalle
Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914-1996) was an influential graphic and exhibition designer and photographer who lived and worked in Zurich. As the leading … [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...]
Surviving the Fall. Late 19th to early 20th Century Ligurian Ex-Votos
These ex-votos ("Per Grazia Ricevuta" or PGR, in Italian) are popular expressions of religious gratitude and public testimony of faith, from the … [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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