February 2011
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rue des amiraux
following the post about sant’elia rendered in england today, I remembered a text by rayner banham in “theory and design in the first machine age” about how the housing flats project by henri sauvage at rue des amiraux, here in paris, was a direct transposition of sant’elias case a gradini. so here it is. I particularly like how there is a public indoors swimming pool...
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rendering sant'elia
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Antonio Sant’Elia - La Citta Nuova, 1914. Visualized in contemporary Britain by Atkinson and Co
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“I think what fascinates me the most is the void, emptiness. An object, an...”
– Peter Zumthor, during a conference at Porto Architecture School, in 1990.
If you have the time I highly recommend watching the whole thing here.
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January 2011
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