Rhythm has much to do with the pattern. Patterns can be found in both music, through beat and repetition, but can also be found in shapes or structural elements in architecture. The texture in music has to do with the layering of different sounds and rhythms with different instruments. Materials in architecture can also display texture.
Frank Lloyd Wright… Ask the average citizen to name a famous American architect and you can bet that their answer will be Frank Lloyd Wright, I mean… There are many more American architects, but Wright was the epitome of American Architecture. Wright gained such cultural primacy for good reason: he changed the way we build and live. But… How much do YOU really know about him? Let’s put your knowledge to the TEST.
Bergson first introduced his notion of duration in his essay Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness. According to Bergson, duration and the time in mathematics is not real
Bjarke Ingels… The BIG sensation. Ha, get it? But seriously, be it because his firm’s name is “BIG” (Bjarke Ingels Group) or because his website is big.dk, we all love Bjarke Ingels. But… How much do YOU really know about him? Let’s put your knowledge to the TEST.
On October 6th, we architects worldwide celebrate Le Corbusier’s Birthday! And to honor him and his beautiful architecture, I decided to compile the best photographs of his works, taken by me, on my travels.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim, by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is an art museum located at 1071 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street in Manhattan, New York City. The museum is known as a landmark building of 20th century architecture and has been conceived as the start of organic architecture
We spent so much time inside I can’t even recount the hours. Although we were in a hurry because we wanted to go check out more stuff in LA, we saw every crevice and walked all around the museum. What interested me the most was the fact that the entry was free! Comparing all other centers and museums around the world, and the amount of stuff you see in here and experience here for it to be free is unbelievable.
“God is in the details” is a very true statement said by Mies van der Rohe; his blinds system is an example of this. He thought about how the height of the building would be such a problem for blinds, users would tend to have the blinds at all levels and the facade would then look all messy.
Teshima island is the epitome of an artistic and magical place. It is a rural island in itself where you will find many rural homes still inhabited by mostly fishermen and old people. However, it is a very exciting travel destination to see contemporary art.
Chichu Museum, known as the best museum for contemporary art in the world was shocking. Shocking in a good sense. The sensations, sights, feelings I had inside this place will not compare to any other. Although I walked with a group of 6 people we didn’t talk the whole way in. There was nothing to talk about, the individual was making the journey alone, everything was so beautiful to describe.
“Thunder in summer”: The winners of Pritzker Award 2017. // RCR Architects of Catalonia, Spain, received the award because they raise the universal category, the local values and maximize materials such as iron, recycled steel, plastic, wood, glass and the stone to bathe them to contemporaneity.
I talk about Guy Debord, the author of “Theory of the Derive” and “The Society of the Spectacle,” includes in his books the idea of a basic concept or practice called derive, a technique of rapid passage through spaces.
