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It has been claimed here and there that architecture like design is about light, sound and matters. But architectural production is not just artefacts. According to Peter Zumthor as related by the excellent FT specialist, Edwin Heathcote, architecture is to make a place. - PZ’s current Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 in London, with extensive press […]
October 16, 2010
Gerrit Rietveld is one major designer of the 20th century, with no single interest but broad output from furniture to architecture. Among pals like Mondrian (Mondriaan, in dutch) and Van Doesburg, he remains one great name of the De Stijl movement in art. His legacy lies in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (NL). Many people […]
May 12, 2010
Architecture is not restricted to isolated showcases with no consideration to the actual surroundings, as if they were in sealed boxes. Nonetheless, the exhibition in Shanghai may provide one inspiring testbed. - The Danish Pavilion (@ArchDaily). Add-on : visual tour (@Fubiz). - The UK Pavilion (@Fubiz). - More following the tag “Shanghai 2010“ @ArchiDaily. - […]
April 20, 2010
The best architecture park in Europe is a factory and a showroom, stuck to the swiss border in Germany. Another jewel has been erected near the Rhine : the VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is now open, and deserves additional round walks on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. The site is for […]
March 31, 2010
Architecture is light over matter, matter under light to create space for all senses. Some works are more gracious than others. Sanaa is now the recipient of the Pritzker Prize 2010 for so elegant reasons. - The Guardian’s portfolio of S, plus the article on the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne (in other words, part […]
February 21, 2010
Une ville ne se réduit à aucune de ses composantes, sa richesse ne procède pas de l’homogénéité mais plutôt de la diversité orchestrée de manière originale, plus ou moins concertée. Imaginer un grand espace où il y a des plantes, des allées qui protègent et d’autres qui laissent circuler ; des bâtiments pour les loisirs […]
February 4, 2010
Arup cannot be underestimated. Remember the engineering of the Sydney Opera, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Millau Bridge more recently. Slim City is a nickname for a project that ” provided a global, risk-free platform where cities and the private sector could exchange best practices to deliver resource efficiency at the city level” (WebOL’s […]
January 24, 2010
Il n’y a jamais trop de places pour la lecture. L’on voudrait demeurer sur une marche disparu dans du papier et de l’encre entre terre et ciel et terre, selon que l’on monte ou descende. C’est là que l’on pourrait vivre en lisant en écrivant, en regardant sur écran de temps à autre les sélections […]
October 16, 2009
L’architecture est forme, matière et fonction. En attendant une visite pour saisir l’ensemble de la triade, voici quelques idées du premier aspect du nouveau siège de Rossignol dans les Alpes françaises : photos & brefs commentaires (@bactiactu.com). A suivre, parole d’ArchitecturOL : - Ici, @e-architecture.co.uk |@worldarchitecture.org. - Ailleurs, Telenor (NO) | Vitra (DE) | Energinet […]
September 29, 2009
Nothing spectacular until you turn round the corner to discover the plazza outlined by two long bowed buildings, on which each glimpse of light glides. Just a wonderful piece of architecture, spanning from East to West to follow the course of the (outstanding nordic) sun. A bit like the Sony Center in Berlin, a compelling […]
August 18, 2011
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