10(+) architects I have been thinking about

Also Dr Casino's flickrblog was great when he was in Europe. Highly recommend. Must look at updates now.

Thanks, Hyggeligt! Nice to hear about the Perrault exhibit - it was going on while we were in Paris, but the incredible group/student rate we swung for the building didn't apply to special exhibitions. As far as Perrault goes, for me, the Bibliotheque Nationale has a certain appeal but it's hard to get over the Hilberseimer quality of it. Last year we visited his would-be Olympic buildings in East Berlin and they were quite bleak.

This thread is like going through a pile of AR back issues. Which I've been doing, lot of crossover (such as the winery I DIED just posted). Anyway, interior shots of Berlin concrete/plywood house = jaw-dropping.

Don't worry about it, loved it. (xpost)

His olympic buildings did give off that impression. I think I got a good one of his pool & velodrome. Must check.

I am wondering: does anyone know of a good biography (i.e. for the layman) of Frederick Kiesler? I'm reading a biography of Peggy Guggenheim at the moment and would love to know more about Kiesler (the pictures I find of the gallery he made for her are fascinating. Ditto his furniture).

Also could I just state here that I am not a fan of the Centre Pompidou. I think it is ugly and dated. I am aware that I am coming off as ignorant and thick. So be it.

Dr Casino, how long have you been travelling in Europe? It seems over a year at this point!

Hahah, I wish! Two distinct five-week trips, run by the Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State, in which I'm enrolled as a grad student. (I was a TA/chaperone on the more recent trip, which was added exhaustion but ultimately worth it.) Last year's trip was Germany, Prague, Vienna, northern Italy, Switzerland... this year ran from Barcelona through France to Belgium, the Netherlands, and a dash of West Germany. Scanning film takes forever so my blogging is maybe a week and a half into this year's trip...oof!

If I TA again next year it would be largely the same as last year's trip, although we're looking at a few changes to keep it interesting... mainly, adding a northern loop to Copenhagen and its environs. (This is, funnily enough, inspired by flickr - mainly the excellent photography and commentary by architectural Dane seier_seier_seier.) Any recommendations in Denmark or between there and Berlin? s_s_s has shared a ton of hot tips but we're all ears.

re: the Perrault velodrome & natatorium - the model was on display at the actual building when we were there and it was much easier to look at than the weedy, gray reality. My friend Evan has some photos of it starting here which tell the story pretty well. Granted, the weather was definitely not on Perrault's side that day!

I enjoyed Perrault's velodrome and its setting, but I think it had something to do with the context - Daft Punk show was really perfect in the space.

I was at that show! In June 2007? Was that really the same velodrome? It seemed a bit older/run down.

My goodness, it is the same place! I recognise that walkway thing. Madness. Great show though!

http://www.dezeen.com/2008/08/12/point-of-view-by-office-for-subversive-architecture/#more-16395

nice small-scale intervention - I'm happy to be seeing more small but smart efforts pop up and get attention rather than the the usual AR megabudget megaprojects.

what u guys think of this? my best friend designed it for El Dorado Architects. it's a unitarian sanctuary in kansas city.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/chapel2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/chapel_1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/chapel3.jpg

Looks good - have they done a professional photoshoot for it yet? Best money an architect can spend.

That was just my bud takin some photos on the site. Their other stuff is up here:

http://www.eldoradoarchitects.com/

i really like it. he should be very proud of it.

jed, what about H&dM's Dominus Winery from 1997?

i thought of it straight away but i was thinking of the domestic scale of the project plus the fact i've never seen it used as a pitch. i love the continuous walls-pitch gabion.

meanwhile i really love this: h2o architects designed this separate dwelling for a teenager in an outbuilding in the garden of a paris house. (presumably the kid in the pictures is not the lucky "teenager" in question!

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/inhabitable-furniture-by-h2o-architects-02-h2o_chatou_photo.jpg
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/inhabitable-furniture-by-h2o-architects-06-h2o_chatou_photo.jpg
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/inhabitable-furniture-by-h2o-architects-17-h2o_chatou_axo.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/flip13-h2o_chatou_section.jpg

this seems to be the exterior of the building:

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/inhabitable-furniture-by-h2o-architects15-h2o_chatou_existing.jpg

yes I love that h2o project!

Looks like it's got some head clearance issues at the stairwells and I think the plywood finish everywhere is going to wear in some really unattractive ways, but it's really great to see interiors projects that are designed three dimensionally rather than as a sequence of plans.

I DIED otm - I'm not wild about the choice of finishes, but that one 3D model/rendering of it really makes the sale. I admit to some curiousity about the "cave" in the section though...!

ha, i think cave is French for basement but i could be wrong.

but it's really great to see interiors projects that are designed three dimensionally rather than as a sequence of plans.

agreed, totally.

of course in the US, ADA does a great job of ensuring that projects stay really damn flat.

I DIED, i always wanted to ask you - were you called something else on old ILX?

I was Brian Miller - going back through this thread makes me realize I have been saying negative things about architecture for a long time!

ah right. i remember you but not for saying negative things.

i really like it. he should be very proud of it.

OTM. Well done Tracer Hand's friend.

I love the H20 thing but would be worried about sink set in wood, leaks and damage spreading through the material. I know, way to rob it of the romance. Wonderful seeing entire space used though.

'Cave' also means wine cellar meaning that this teen would seriously be the luckiest S.O.B. in history!

Well done Peter Zumthor!

great!

although if you didn't know Zumthor's work then the photos accompanying that article would probably make you extremely confused about the award.

I do not know much Zumthor. Perhaps you might have a few good examples for the thread?

Can I point out that I think Zumthor is a deadly name and I for one would like him to rule over earth like a pointy bearded alien dictator.

More Herzog and de Meuron (with an Anish Kapoor blob sculpture to boot) @ 54 Leonard St NYC

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/03-woolworth-view-sq.jpg
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/06-lobby-view-008-sq.jpg

hyggeligt, it's always hard to dig out zumthor photos, you can never seem to find ones that really communicate the building well.

having said that upthread here:

10(+) architects I have been thinking about

and here:

10(+) architects I have been thinking about

are good photos

hyggeligt,i love the name Zumthor too.

TZUM-THORRRRR!!!!

i'll say no to the H&DeM just posted but i'd pretty much say no to all skyscrapers.

perhaps we should start a new thread?

i mightstart a temporary thread for the temporary structures at the venice biennale.

Keep it all here for maximum building pr0n effect!

I love those TZUM-THORRRRRs. What is it about the Swiss and light?

Has anyone been reading about that Star structure? A bit silly* I think.

I also do not like that skyscraper, I am worried that bits will fall off or it will fall over. I am also a bit underwhelmed by Kapoor in general. I say this because I am bitter that I didn't get to see him in the Turbine Hall.

*Prob not an adult word :p

Has anyone seen Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman yet?

Trailer here: http://aff.bside.com/2008/films/visualacousticsthemodernismofjuliusshulman_aff2008

i can barely believe this is real

http://yatzer.com/assets/Image/10.october08/duplicasa_by_J_MAYER_H_Architects_photos_by_david_franck/14.jpg
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Auguste Perret, Notre Dame du Raincy (1921-1922):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2782273411_5485323502.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2783133580_0e8006c144.jpg

Mecanoo, St. Mary of the Angels Chapel, 1998-2001

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2885980223_d72155b9fd.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2885990597_d8f10458bd.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2886829050_378b33c18b.jpg

And - for the truly hardcore - Herman Hertzberger, Delft Montessori School, 1960-1970

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2888261680_f1dfdd6d3c.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2888273452_73d2d6e21f.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2887458241_f6109a9abc.jpg

Some more photos of the Dupli Casa posted by Jed upthread.
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/architecture/Dupli-Casa-Remembers-its-Past/

And floor plans here
http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=80137_0_23_0_C

Some people at archinect seem to doubt its existence!

I also doubt its existence! They are really beautiful images but none of them have a smoking "not a rendering" gun. There's a thumbnail I found on Google image search that seems to be the building under construction but it is teeeeeeeny. Perfectly willing to believe it's a work in progress though.

Tiny but convincing!

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Uz5X3enPZzCLHM:http://www.jmayerh.de/work/buildings/vmm/images/000.jpg

I thought the interior shots had to be real. Why go to the bother of having such realistic gardens in the background otherwise?

According to this it was completed last year.

Neutelings Riedijk, Institute for Sound & Vision, Hilversum, 1999-2006

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2957562090_a7f5a3c1b1.jpg
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good old hilversum

Has anyone seen Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman yet?

Trailer here: http://aff.bside.com/2008/films/visualacousticsthemodernismofjuliusshulman_aff2008

― caek, Saturday, October 4, 2008 8:53 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark

... won best documentary feature at Austin

Ahh, what the hell, finish off the vacation:

Hans Hollein, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, 1983-1991

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3011265619_7c642395dd.jpg
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1. Abalos and Herreros

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2363353389_c0616179ea.jpg?v=0

Public Library, Usera, 2003

2. Toyo Ito

http://architourist.pbwiki.com/f/tower-winds1.jpg

Tower of the Winds, Yokohama, 1986

During the day opaque, at night interior lights respond to wind and noise.

3. Philip Johnson

http://www.freewebs.com/charlotklinkhamer/philip_johnson_glass_house_new_canaan_connecticut.jpg

Glass House, New Canaan, 1949

4. Moshe Safdie

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/34/117234-004-8AEFACC5.jpg

Habitat, Montreal, 1967

5. Sauerbruch/Hutton

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/19066211_3d47b57a79.jpg?v=1159131889

GSW Building, Berlin, 2001

6. Ushida/Findlay

http://www.manggha.krakow.pl/architecture/Images/kf_02.jpg

Soft and Hairy House, Tsukuba, 1994