Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Juliann Neher
I remember visiting New York City and heading to the top of the Empire State Building. Looking around, I attempted to absorb the shock of the breathtaking view of the city and ocean and everything stretching beyond me. I was 1,050 feet (320 meters) off the ground, and that was a lot to handle. So [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by Daniele Pepe
Suburban landscapes are usually dull: factories and warehouses, with one colour that describes the whole landscape. Grey.
But what happens when a building tries to come out of the grey by giving the feeling of rising from the street and exploding in colours? Well, that’s what Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marrec of ECDM, two young French [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Daniele Pepe
Resolution for the new year: write more often!
Apologies if I haven’t kept this section as updated as I should be, but I’m still digesting Christmas’ dinner(s). I’ve been busy collecting material, so now I promise that you’ll be hearing from me once a week from now on!
My first “come-back” article is a celebration of English and London brutalist architecture. Those grey concrete [...]
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Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Daniele Pepe
Imagine you’re walking through a forest, you arrive at a pond and you cross it by jumping from stone to stone, reach an open building, and just gaze at the sun that passes through a travertine grid floating in the air. That means you’re in Kengo Kuma’s Lotus House. Simple volumes and simple forms, with [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Daniele Pepe
This month is dedicated to Japanese architecture, so Japanese architects will be in the magazine and in the blog. But why Japanese architecture and not French, German or American? It’s a question of “style”: Japanese architects have built a (inter)national style which has deep influences in tradition, and are distinguishable from other nations’ currents, in [...]
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