Cities without nations
By Irénée Scalbert. Photo: Fabian Fauth / Unsplash There is no greater symbol of migration than the Statue of Liberty. We know its inviting and austere gesture no less than we do, the hope and foreboding which it has inspired. We know, too, how familiar and nearly banal it has since become no less than […]
Abraham Zabludovsky y las artes escénicas
Por Louise Noelle Abraham Zabludovsky, uno de los arquitectos mexicanos mas productivos, se han significado por una obra basada en conceptos cuidadosos y en una estricta calidad. Su trabajo se desarrolla en la segunda mitad del siglo XX,[1] con una primera etapa ocupada en un gran porcentaje por casas y edificios de departamentos.[2] De esta época, de […]
Too Little Too Late (PDF – Download)
By Chris Abel Too little too late? The fatal distractions of ‘feel good’ architecture. Too Little Too Late_Abel
“Ich bin ein (dreifacher) Berliner”
By Jean-Louis CohenLog 6, Summer 2005 Photo: Shayne House / UnsplashThree different Berlins live within me. Several literary tropes could be used to recount the relationship I have entertained with these adjacent or successive cities for nearly 45 years, nurtured by a variety of experiences that seem to measure time past, from childhood to mature […]
The Yokohama International Port Terminal
BY: Irénée Scalbert. Photo: Harvard University Graduate School of Design In the 1920’s the theory of relativity prompted Sigfried Giedion to invent the concept of space-time. Again an interest in science brings time at the heart of architecture. But time today is not claimed as a mere fourth dimension. Rather it is seen to bring […]
Geography and Geometry in Latin America: Nature, Architecture and Society
By Roberto Segre. Foto: Kal Visuals / Unsplash 1.- The singular landscape of the New World Latin America was born under the sign of ambiguity. When they arrived on the new lands, the spanish navigators doubted the existence of the unknown, sure as they were of having arrived on Cipango or the Indies. Acknowledging their […]
“What is this Place, Australia?” – The National Museum
By Jennifer Taylor. Main image: View of The National Museum of Australia at dusk. Photo: George Serras, National Museum of Australia. “In people’s direct experience of architecture (which, for most, is the primary experience) the accessibility, and the reading, of the artistic content depends on the capacity of practice to embody intentions. The degree of architectural accomplishment […]
Dresdener Traumfabrik: Der UFA-Palast in Dresden – Architekten Coop Himmelb(l)au
Von Manuel Cuadra © 2000. Photo: Wojtek Gurak. Plans: Coop Himmelb(l)au Graue Tage sind seine Sache nicht. Erst in der Sonne, am allerbesten aber bei Nacht entfaltet der von den Architekten Wolf D. Prix und Helmut Swiczinsky vom Wiener Büro Coop Himmelb(l)au am Rande der Dresdener Innenstadt gebaute UFA-Palast seine Reize. Nur strahlender Sonnenschein vermag es […]
Regionalismo ayer y hoy
Por Louise Noelle. Foto: Premabhai Hall, obra de Balkrishna Doshi, Cortesía VSF. La nueva América tendrá que fusionarlas dos raíces de su ser cultural en unsolo impulso creador, completo yarmonioso.Alberto T. Arai[1] Esta evocadora frase de Alberto T. Arai, nos sirve para señalar la importancia que ha tenido la búsqueda de una arquitectura propia en […]
CICA and UIA sign agreement – Press release
The International Committee of Architectural Critics, CICA, is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with the International Union of Architects, UIA. On May the 9th, Esa Mohamed, President of UIA, and Joseph Rykwert, President of CICA, met in London at the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA, to establish an agreement to further […]