"The Formal Generators of Structure" is a sequence of drawings which explore orthogonal forms. The research starts from the square and the cross, two … [Read more...]
Fireworks at Parc de la Villette, Paris, by Bernard Tschumi, 1992
In 1974, Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi developed the theme of fireworks as an architectural manifesto. Fostering a fierce reaction against the … [Read more...]
John Hejduk’s Diamond House A (1963-1967)
In 1962 architect and educator John Hejduk (1929-2000) started a six-year investigation on the architectural implications of the "diamond … [Read more...]
A “Palladian” Villa in Sweden: The Norrköping House by Sverre Fehn (1963-64)
The Norrköping Villa was designed by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn in 1963-64 as a model architecture for an ideal family of four. The 150 m2 house … [Read more...]
“A Given Moment of a Fleeting Reality”: Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor in Oliveira de Azeméis by Álvaro Siza Vieira (1971-1974)
At the start of the seventies, Porto-born architect Álvaro Siza Vieira completed a series of small-scale projects in the north of Portugal, close to … [Read more...]
“Irrational Thoughts Should be Followed Absolutely and Logically”: Sol LeWitt’s “Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes” (1974)
In 1974, American artist Sol LeWitt created one of his major works, a seminal piece on the themes of seriality and variation, the series entitled … [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...]
Monument for Every Situation, Lygia Clark (1964)
Monumento para todas as situações ("Monument for Every Situation"), is a series of small-scale objects created by Lygia Clark in 1964. (See also in … [Read more...]
“Agricultural City” by Kisho Kurokawa (1960)
Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa survived the Ise Bay Typhoon in 1959 and his experience inspired the design for an "Agricultural City" … [Read more...]
Simmetry and Alignments: The Temple of Horus in Edfu
One of the best preserved temples in Egypt is devoted to the falcon god Horus and was built between 237 and 57 BCE during the Ptolemaic Period. … [Read more...]
Erwin Heerich’s Abstract Geometrical Compositions (and Other Works)
German artist Erwin Heerich (1922-2004) used to work mostly with cardboard and polystyrene, materials which he believed didn't have any specific … [Read more...]
Allan Wexler’s Axonometrics of the House (1979)
Some days ago we featured on Socks a set of cray landscape models by US architect, artist and teacher Allan Wexler. Today we focus on a smaller scale, … [Read more...]
Breaking Ground (2011-2014) by Allan Wexler
Allan Wexler is one of those figures whose work is difficult to classify within conventional boundaries. Working since forty five years in the fields … [Read more...]
Autonomous Neutral Objects: The Combinatorial Models of La Villette’s Folies
We've recently stumbled upon these interesting photographs of "maquettes combinatoires" (combinatorial models) of the Park La … [Read more...]
Rento Van Drunen’s ‘Gridcollages’ and ‘Transmission’
Rento Van Drunen is pursuing an ongoing visual research on graphs, tables and grids. His series of drawings "Gridcollages" and "Transmission", are … [Read more...]
“I grew up here, but I never felt entirely part of it”: Marco Tirelli’s Tiny Sculptures
Marco Tirelli grew up at the Swiss Institute in Rome, surrounded by visiting scholars and artists. His father was the manager and he family lived … [Read more...]
Waiting Land: Ideal Homes / Interiors / Inventory (Karen Lohrmann & Stefano de Martino 2001-2013)
Waiting Land is an art and landscape project devised by Lorma Marti , the collaborative practice of Stefano de Martino and Karen Lohrmann. The … [Read more...]
Tanaka Ryohei’s Deserted Etchings
Tanaka Ryohei is one of the most important contemporary etching artist in Japan. Born in 1933 in Takatsuki City (Osaka Prefecture), he studied etching … [Read more...]
The Observatory by Robert Morris (1971)
The Observatory is a land-art piece by Robert Morris located in Flevoland, in the Netherlands. The first version of the project was created by the … [Read more...]
Gordon Matta-Clark’s “Reality Properties: Fake Estates” (1973)
Starting in the summer of 1973, artist Gordon Matta-Clark purchased fifteen lots in the city of New York, fourteen in Queens and one in Staten Island. … [Read more...]
Richard Giblett’s Architectural Algorithms
Richard Giblett (B.1966, Hong Kong), an artist living and working in Melbourne, creates bi and three-dimensional works as explorations of urban … [Read more...]
Franco Purini: Study of Architectural Elements (1968)
The number 11-12 (Nov-Dec 1972) of Italian architecture magazine Controspazio presented a retrospective of the earliest "design researches" by the … [Read more...]
Corner Solutions of Mies Van Der Rohe’s towers (John Winter, 1972)
In the February 1972 issue of The Architectural Review, the architect, writer and Architectural Association teacher John Winter analysed the design … [Read more...]
Ettore Sottsass Jr.’s Metaphors (1972-1979)
"He starts leaving discrete signs in the landscape, almost invisible traces, he continues building real architectures or metaphors of the … [Read more...]
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