wire you have posted some absolute beauties in this thread of late.. That Cedric Price is insanely amazing <3
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demolishing a building adds an excess to the landfill as well. does it not?
in the long run, green buildings are better. you have to agree with that.
and sometimes it's not about beauty. it's about history (in the case of restoring buildings) and functionality (in building new ones).
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Originally posted by wire.artistSome of my biggest influences are the russian constructivists:
OMA's greatest hits came from here.
Melnikov:
[Selling CCP, Harnden, Raf, Rick etc.
http://www.stylezeitgeist.com/forums...me-other-stuff
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speaking of zaha, this is the article i got today :/
Zaha Hadid's Award-Winning Snack-itecture Inspired by Doodles, Chips, Funyuns
Note to readers of John Seabrook's New Yorker profile of Iraqi female starchitect Zaha Hadid this week: The opening scene, full of potato chips and chicken falling from Hadid's mouth as he interviewed her lunching at the Mercer is no accident. It's advanced criticism.
The sandwich came with potato chips, and Hadid examined one, turning it in her fingers, which were long and tapered and ended in bright-red nails, before putting it into her mouth. The twisty geometry of an ordinary potato chip, to say nothing of the curves in modern cars and phones, is a reminder of how few buildings look as if they belonged in the digital world. Hadid is devoted to helping architecture catch up.
Well, now that we know of her love for chips--as well as her affinity for capes; it's a juicy piece!--we have to say that the salty snacks are exactly what come to mind when we see Hadid's buildings. The London Olympic Aquatic Center, being constructed for 2012, looks just like a Pringle! Is it possible then, that Hadid's work is able to achieve engineering feats previously only found in fried potato products? The New Yorker has done a fine job of examining Hadid as the lone Arab woman at the top of her field. We examine her work as it relates to a greasy, sour cream-and-onion-scented heap of Frito-Lays.
The Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum in Cagliari, Italy; Lays
The just-completed MAXXI Museum, Rome; Sun Chips
Aqua Table for Established & Sons; Tostitos Scoops
VorteXX Chandelier for Zumtobel and Sawaya; Funyuns
The Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck, Austria; Cheeto
On a more serious note, I found this video of the MAXXI quite enjoyable. love that stairwell.
Last edited by swych; 12-16-2009, 01:59 AM.
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zaha hadid is kinda yesterday.. :/ I mean no offense I really like her approach to architecture but you kinda get the idea after you've seen a range of her work. Which isn't negative at all. She's got her style. I'm just sick of people thinking of her as soon as the topic architecture comes up.
Just two random pictures I was thinking about lately.
Adolf Loos:
Kerez:
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Church of Light by Tadao Ando.
I think its a powerful and simple building.
probably not the best picture of the building.
I must say I also enjoy the work of Sanaa, someone posted their work for the swiss school a page back. I love how they work with spaces, they always have a natural and light feel to them.
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