LOCATION: Route de la Tourette, 69210 Éveux, France ARCHITECT: Le Corbusier (with Iannis Xénakis) DATES: 1956-1960 (Designs begun in 1953) NOTES: Classified as a “Monument Historique” in 1979; the building underwent extensive restorations between 2006-2013 Site Visit: Weds Jul 16-Fri Jul 18 2014 (2 night […]
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UNITÉ D’HABITATION | Firminy
LOCATION: Rue de la Font du Loup, 42700 Firminy France ARCHITECT: Le Corbusier (with completion by André Wogenscky upon Le Corbusier’s death in 1965) DATES: 1964-1967 NOTES: Designated as a “Monument Historique” in 1993 Site Visit: Weds July 16 2014 ________________________________________ The last of the […]
PARK HILL HOUSING ESTATE | Sheffield
LOCATION: Rhodes St Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 5SB, UK ARCHITECT: Jack Lynn & Ivor Smith // Hawkins/Brown DATES: 1957-1961 // 2010-current NOTES: Grade II Listed Building Status granted 1998 // Renovation work was shortlisted for the 2013 Stirling Prize Site Visits: Mon Jun 30, Tues […]
BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY | Birmingham
LOCATION: Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 3HQ, UK ARCHITECT: John Madin DATES: 1969-1973 NOTES: Closed since 2013, demolition planned for 2015. Site Visit: Sat Jun 28, Sun Jun 29, Tues Jul 1 2014 ________________________________________________________ The Birmingham Central Library is at great risk of demolition. […]
PRESTON BUS DEPOT | Preston
LOCATION: Tithebarn St, Preston, Lancashire PR1 1DJ, United Kingdom ARCHITECT: Building Design Partnership (Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson) DATES: 1968-1969 NOTES: A long-standing campaign for the building’s listing was finally successful in late 2013 after it received a Grade II Listing. Site Vist: Mon Jun […]
CHIESA DELL’ AUTOSTRADA | Florence
LOCATION: Via Limite, Campi Bisenzio Firenze, Italy ARCHITECT: Giovanni Michelucci DATES: 1960-1963 NOTES: Also known as Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista; Chiesa dell’ Autostrada translates to “Church of the Highway”. Site Visit: Mon Jun 23 2014 ______________________________ RELATED LINKS http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/allthingstuscany/tuscanyarts/chiesa-autostrada-highway-church/
COLLECTING CONCRETE
“It is truly bizarre. For a start it is almost uniformly grey.” Guardian reporter Sean Thomas’s description of Le Corbusier’s Couvent de la Tourette is a notably unsympathetic one*, but not an entirely uncommon one. Concrete is quite often dismissed as simply dull, bland, and grey. And […]
TEMPLE STREET GARAGE | New Haven
LOCATION: 1 Temple St, New Haven, CT 06510, United States ARCHITECT: Paul Rudolph DATES: 1961 NOTES: This structure was renovated in 2002 by Desman Associates; most of the efforts went towards concrete restoration and repair, with some minor alterations to improve ADA accessibility Site Visit: Tues […]
SALK INSTITUTE | La Jolla
LOCATION: 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States ARCHITECT: Louis Kahn DATES: 1959-1965 NOTES: Landmark designation in 1991; Recipient in 1992 of AIA 25 year award Site Visit: Tues Apr 8 2014 ________________________ RELEVANT LINKS http://www.archdaily.com/61288/ad-classics-salk-institute-louis-kahn/
PRAÇA DAS ARTES | São Paulo
LOCATION: Rua Conselheiro Crispiniano, São Paulo, Brazil ARCHITECT: Brasil Arquitetura DATES: 2012 NOTES: Site Visit: Tues Apr 2 2014 _________________________ Though this project was “completed” in 2012 (as further supported by the glossy final project shots published on various architecture blogs) there’s a strange limbo […]
SESC POMPEIA | São Paulo
Location: Rua Clélia, 93 – Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil Architect: Lina Bo Bardi Dates: 1977-1986 Notes: Site Visit(s): Thurs Mar 20, Sun Mar 23, Tues Apr 1 2014 _____________________________
NOVO GALERIA LEME | São Paulo
LOCATION: Av Valdemar Ferreira, 130, Sao Paulo – SP, Brazil ARCHITECT: Paulo Mendes da Rocha & Metro Arquitetos DATES: 2011 NOTES: This project is a reconstruction a 2004 structure of the same program built just two blocks away. The original gallery was demolished in late 2011. Site […]