ArchiDiaries

JUNE 9, 2022

Starchitects like Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid and Eero Saarinen, have all designed iconic chairs. Starchitects like Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid and Eero Saarinen, have all designed iconic chairs. A detail that many starchitects find important is the chair.

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Architizer

AUGUST 29, 2022

In his 1927 manifesto, Five Points of Architecture, Le Corbusier made horizontal windows a core concept of his architectural philosophy. Le Corbusier’s ‘ribbon window’ (highlighted in emblematic projects like his Villa Savoye ) quickly became a staple of modernist architecture. Photos by Felipe Gomes.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Saunders Architecture designed the Lily Pad residence for a Toronto couple that wanted a rural retreat in the Muskoka region north of the city. The Lily Pad house wraps around and over on itself. The clients] found a 16-acre site on the edge of Lake Rosseau. Saunders Architecture designed the house as a modernist take on the vernacular of Muskoka.

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Shades of Grey

JULY 30, 2023

An interesting example from the Training Sessions I have been doing at work based on Villa Savoye by le Corbusier. This is from 2002. Arguably at the peak of my powers as an all round architect and my last completed project in Africa. Seems like several lifetimes ago in some ways. Proto BIM, I guess.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Finnish architect, designer and academician, together with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, is one of the most important figures in 20th century architecture as a master of the Modern Movement and undisputed leader of the European organic architecture. Paimio Sanatorium. Baker House.

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Architizer

MAY 31, 2022

Architects such as Le Corbusier famously thought that a house should function as a “machine à habiter” or machine for living in his 1923 manifesto for future habitation, Towards a New Architecture. The entrance hall in Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye. Judging is now underway for the 10th Annual A+Awards Program!

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Architizer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ask your mom to mail your cargo pants. Replace the batteries in your Tamagotchi. It’s time to take a long, hard look in the rearview mirror. But first, close your eyes. Imagine yourself back in the studio. Take a deep breath and embrace the omnipresent laser-cutting fumes. If you find yourself in a familiar place, then you’re off to a good start.

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A4 Architects

MARCH 19, 2024

East View Before & After of Past Project (Newport, Rhode Island) There is a difference between “Architecture” and “Building.” Architecture is an art form that aspires to create an experience and impact the imagination and mindset of the user whereas building is simply the enclosing of space for a purely functional purpose. Is this a good thing?

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Its vast expanses of glass, white exterior and geometric blueprint have drawn comparisons to modernist houses such as Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye and Maison La Roche-Jeanneret. Photo is by Jake Holt. Abernathy House by William F Cody. Find out more about Abernathy House ›. Photo is by Jim Riche. Photo by Gary Bembridge.

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Shades of Grey

JUNE 18, 2023

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Villa Savoye by le corbusier. Villa Savoye. I built this model so long ago it's ridiculous. But kind of interesting too. The window and door families predate my current modular approach. This is one unit spanning three rooms. That's my working hypothesis.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A book on Le Corbusier is a monograph. A book on Villa Savoye is a case study. as "case studies." I like how the phrase indicates that the subject, the case , is being analyzed in depth: it is being studied , not just presented. I hope there are others.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Architectural Models of Theodore Conrad: The "Miniature Boom" of Mid-Century Modernism by Teresa Fankhänel Bloomsbury Visual Arts , July 2021 Paperback | 7 x 9 inches | 224 pages | 150 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9781350152830 | $37.95 Teresa Fankhänel is a curator at the Architekturmuseum der TUM in Munich, Germany.

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