Toronto-Dominion Centre (L. Mies van der Rohe 1965), originally uploaded by ettml
Tag: Modernism
Robin Hood Gardens Design Competition Results Announced
Robin Hood 05.jpg, originally uploaded by joseph beuys hat
The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation’s ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels.
Check out Zoran Radivojevic’s design for Robin Hood Gardens in depth and the rest of the competition finalists and an interesting proposal from Super Spatial involving kinetic parasitic structures.
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Robin Hood Gardens
Robin Hood Gardens, originally uploaded by Doilum
Apparently, Gordon Brown wants to demolish Robin Hood Gardens designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. Luckily, Building Design Magazine is rallying to its defense. For an excellent contextual explanation of Robin Hood Gardens, check out this rather long post by Dan Hill, Robin Hood Gardens is not the same as a digital model of Robin Hood Gardens.
Paul Rudolph Drawings
Original Drawing – Temple Street Parking Garage, originally uploaded by kelviin
Check out this amazing Paul Rudolph Drawings set on Flickr.
A New Le Corbusier Church?
photo by Ed Alcock for The New York Times
A Church in France Is Almost a Triumph for Le Corbusier:
MORE than 40 years after he drowned off a remote beach in the south of France, Le Corbusier remains a transcendent force. Even if some blame him for the modern city’s greatest sins, from the steamrolling of historical neighborhoods to a stultifying emphasis on function, he is indisputably the most influential architect of the past century.
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Completed by that protégé, José Oubrerie, who has tinkered with many elements of the original sketches, the Church of St. Pierre has stirred debate among Parisian academics about the ethics of finishing a work left behind by a legendary architect.
But the core of Le Corbusier’s concept remains intact: a sanctuary that distills the history of architecture from the primitive cave through Modernism. At the same time its warped planes anticipate the fluid architectural forms of today, though with a restraint that shows how so much recent work has been diluted by cheap effects.
Very nice, check out the slideshow, and all photos on Flickr and more photos of St Pierre Church, Firminy by Le Corbusier