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Lingotto building
Turin, Italy
Giacomo Matté-Trucco, 1916-23

Lingotto building
Turin, Italy
Giacomo Matté-Trucco, 1916-23

Town Hall (interior),
Bensberg, Germany
by Gottfried Böhm, (1963-6)
Image © 2011 Hewraman

Town Hall (interior),
Bensberg, Germany
by Gottfried Böhm, (1963-6)

Image © 2011 Hewraman
Baori (Water Well) by Nuru Karim, 2018

Baori (Water Well) by Nuru Karim, 2018

Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
Founded by Mirra Alfassa and
designed by Roger Anger, 1964-8

Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
Founded by Mirra Alfassa and
designed by Roger Anger, 1964-8

Gallery Gmurzynska,
Cologne, Germany
by Diener and Diener, 1988–91

Gallery Gmurzynska,
Cologne, Germany
by Diener and Diener, 1988–91

“For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces, etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other.”  Moller House
Prague, Czech Republic
by Adolf Loos, 1928

“For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces, etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other.”

Moller House
Prague, Czech Republic
by Adolf Loos, 1928

Sun City, Arizona
“…is a retirement community and census-designated place located within the Phoenix metropolitan area. It has a population of roughly 38,000 and an adjoining sister city—Sun City West—which houses an additional 25,000 residents. When...

Sun City, Arizona

…is a retirement community and census-designated place located within the Phoenix metropolitan area. It has a population of roughly 38,000 and an adjoining sister city—Sun City West—which houses an additional 25,000 residents. When Sun City opened on January 1, 1960, it attracted a crowd of more than 100,000 onlookers and the “futuristic development” was featured on the cover of Time magazine.

From Daily Overview
Image © Nearmap

Azimuthal Condensing System:
Intermittent Lights (horizontal section)
from Lighthouse Construction and Illumination
by Thomas Stevenson, 1881

Azimuthal Condensing System:
Intermittent Lights (horizontal section)
from Lighthouse Construction and Illumination
by Thomas Stevenson, 1881

432 Park Avenue
New York, NY
by Rafael Viñoly Architects, 2015
Image © 2018 Roman K Photography
Vitra Design Museum
Weil-am-Rhein, Germany
by Frank Gehry, 1989
Image: ©2010 Martin Maleschka

Vitra Design Museum
Weil-am-Rhein, Germany
by Frank Gehry, 1989

Image: ©2010 Martin Maleschka
Ottone Arch 11 from Costruzioni per l’Architettura
by Michele Reginaldi, 1980-
“The individual constructions do not have their own titles, rather they fall into four different groups: morphologies around the circle, morphologies of verticality, light...

Ottone Arch 11 from Costruzioni per l’Architettura
by Michele Reginaldi, 1980-

The individual constructions do not have their own titles, rather they fall into four different groups: morphologies around the circle, morphologies of verticality, light structures and constructions for architecture.

“… Difference prevails; a new variation on the empty-gallery-as-art is achieved; and space is torqued in ways both apparent and mysterious.” D-33 by Sarah Oppenheimer, 2012

Difference prevails; a new variation on the empty-gallery-as-art is achieved; and space is torqued in ways both apparent and mysterious.”

D-33 by Sarah Oppenheimer, 2012

Hideout for a Creole Imaginary by Brandon LaBelle, 2013
“The one who is full of imagination; the one who is on the move; the one who crosses lines, bridges gaps, is lost in the crowd; the one who migrates; the one who searches for connection; the one...

Hideout for a Creole Imaginary by Brandon LaBelle, 2013

The one who is full of imagination; the one who is on the move; the one who crosses lines, bridges gaps, is lost in the crowd; the one who migrates; the one who searches for connection; the one who mis-speaks and mis-hears; the one who dreams of palm trees, apple pie, rum and wine; the one with a restless tongue; the one that is always already elsewhere; the one who transverses and interjects; the one from the other side of the tracks; the one who creates a new home, here and there.

Centennial Memorial Tower
in the Nopporo Shinrin-Kōen
Sapporo, Japan
by Iguchi Ken, 1968-70
Image © 北海道札幌市, 2018 [???]
“Construction of this modernist tower, designed by achitect Iguchi Ken, started in 1968 to mark Sapporo’s centennial […] The...

Centennial Memorial Tower
in the Nopporo Shinrin-Kōen
Sapporo, Japan
by Iguchi Ken, 1968-70

Image © 北海道札幌市, 2018 [???]

Construction of this modernist tower, designed by achitect Iguchi Ken, started in 1968 to mark Sapporo’s centennial […] The footprint is a hexagon, to evoke a six-sided snowflake; a cross-section reveals that kanji for ‘north’ ( kita). It’s in Nopporo Shinrin-Kōen, a short walk behind the Hokkaidō Museum

Mundial Isek Sport by Bodys Isek Kingelez, 1989

Mundial Isek Sport by Bodys Isek Kingelez, 1989