Category Archives: Architecture

Architecture is unique among the arts for it attempts to combine beauty with utility; it is, as perceived by Roman and Renaissance architects, the attempt to combine ‘commodity, firmness and delight’. Architecture shares with sculpture the fact that it is appreciated in three dimensions; it is an art that can be walked up to, around and through, and the materials of construction can give a powerful tactile pleasure and respond in magical ways to changing conditions of light and weather.

Architectural Photography

Posted on May 30, 2010 by admin

Rise up to the sky Architectural photography is more than simply choosing a subject and hitting the shutter release; it’s more than just documenting a project. With the advent of the digital photographic workflow, architects are increasingly discovering exciting new … Continue reading →

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Vienna Rooftop Modelling

Posted on April 17, 2010 by admin

Wolf D. Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky founded Coop Himmelbau in 1968. This is the project that put the Vienna-based architects on the architectural Deconstructivist map. The relatively small-scale commission came from Schuppich, Sporn, and Winischhofer. Share on Facebook

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Ramat Gan Spiral House

Posted on April 4, 2010 by admin

From the early 1960s, Zvi Hecker studied the spiral as an archetypal form, in nature and in Arabic architecture. He obsessively analyzed the staircases of minarets, which would lead inward and outward, being passages and places to sojourn at the … Continue reading →

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Brion Tomb and Sanctuary – Treviso, Italy

Posted on October 12, 2009 by admin

The Brion Tomb and Sanctuary is a miniature masterpiece by an architect who spent a lifetime developing a very personal and completely modern style. Carlo Scarpa was acutely aware of the building traditions of the Veneto, and they informed all … Continue reading →

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Union Buildings – Pretoria, South Africa

Posted on October 10, 2009 by admin

[/caption] It is ironic or perhaps appropriate, that the Union Buildings formed the backdrop to the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994. The architect, Sir Herbert Baker, would have argued that permanent place-making … Continue reading →

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