architecture. art. & everything else.

This is just a blog about things that inspire me...things that stand out to me.  They may be unusual, abnormal, irregular. They make me think.  [nothing is mine unless stated otherwise]  Art. Architecture. Interiors. Landscape. Urbanism. 'isms.

[architectureofdoom]

Poor Clares monastery Zonnelied, Oostende, Paul Felix, 1956-65

[nickkahler]

Eero Saarinen (1910-61), Bell Labs Complex, Holmdel, NJ, 1959-62

[elarafritzenwalden]

Kapelle Universitätsklinikum Mannheim Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 1960’s

Carlfried Mutschler (photographs by Robert Häusser, Joachim Langner)

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via “Informes de la Construcción: Volume 22, 212" (1969)

[reachartwork]

Gallery Series #106: "Escherian Sawwave"

[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

Dutch artist M.C. Escher travelled to Corsica in 1928. This is his woodcut of the vertiginous clifftop village of Bonifacio and how it still looks today, almost 100 years later.

[oxidi]

“Puddle” woodcut, 24 cm × 31.9 cm M.C. Escher, 1952

[nobrashfestivity]

1-  Escher’s distorted grid. Escher imposed a straight grid on the scene to be depicted in “Print Gallery” and then transferred the picture, one grid element at a time, to the distorted grid. 

2- Maurits Cornelis Escher, The Print Gallery, 1956

[subtilitas]

Lynch Architects - Thursford barn renovation, Norfolk 2013. Photos © the architects.

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[subtilitas]

Di Gregorio Associati - House transformation, Monticello 2019. Photos © Hélèn Binet.

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[abandonedandurbex]

Abandoned building next to a cave, Italy

[subtilitas]

Thomas Phifer - Hudson Valley cottages, Hudson Valley 2018. Via dezeen, photos © David Miranowski.

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[architectureofdoom]

Ayakita dam, Miyazaki Prefecture

[architectureofdoom]

Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria, Shumen, Krum Damyanov and Ivan Slavov, 1981

[dailyoverview]

Check out this aerial view of Bologna, Italy, taken atop Asinelli Tower. This tower was constructed between 1109 and 1119 and is the most prominent of the medieval “Towers of Bologna,” at 319 feet (97.2 m) tall. Its companion tower, the Garisenda, can be seen at the center of the courtyard and is roughly 157 feet (48 m) tall.

Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Yl9E3G

44°29'39.5"N, 11°20'48.5"E

Source imagery: @bogdandada

[architectureofdoom]

Kogakura Dam, Nagasaki

[blazejmarczak]

Neglected football stadium  

Detva, Slovakia February 2019 © Blazej Marczak / www.bmarczak.com

[subtilitas]

Alberto Campo Baeza - Burial chamber, San Donà di Piave 2018. Photos © Luca Casonato, Luca Faggiotto.

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