This week’s two texts are the chapter ‘At Home in the Neon’ from Dave Hickey’s Air Guitar, and ‘Sand Fear and Money in Dubai’ by Mike Davis. Las Vegas VS Dubai, the desert playground. What is neoliberalism? Even though the word isn’t even recognized in spellcheck yet, the conclusion is as always, the rich will […]
RESPECTING VICTORIAN DESIGN. Despite the fusty, excessive, old, impractical, self-indulgent, snobbish, aloof architecture, the embellished mania of Victorian Architecture, I must admit – I love it. Soft spot for the 19th century architectural replicas of Arthur, Camelot, and Knights marvels. The synthesis of architecture and technology_ Case Study: Crystal Palace. Designed by Joseph Paxton (renowned […]
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, (1886 – 1969) worked as an architect, like many of the famous designers of the 20th century and is well known for his designs of exhibition pavilions and his chairs received the most attention and acclaim. A modernist Classic: the Barcelona Pavilion The Barcelona Pavilion was the German Pavilion for […]
Aldo Rossi’s Monument of the Resistance in Cuneo, 1962 (unbuilt). Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: theory, drawing, architecture and product design. Aldo Rossi (1931-1997), was the first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1990. His inspirations were derived from the world around him, since he […]
Speculative Cities 