Wednesday, February 26, 2014

CANDIDA HÖFER

NEO RAUSCH

GERHARD RICHTER

MARTIN HEIDEGGER

RICHARD ROGERS




RICHARD ROGERS. BRITISH ARCHITECT NOTED FOR HIS MODERNIST AND FUNCTIONALIST DESIGNS.ROGERS IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE POMPIDOU CENTRE IN PARIS AND THE LLOYD'S BUILDING AND MILLENNIUM DOME BOTH IN LONDON. HE IS A WINNER OF THE RIBA GOLD MEDAL AND PRITZKER PRIZE. WORKED WITH NORMAN FOSTER, AS TEAM 4 TERMED BY THE MEDIA HIGH-TECH ARCHITECTURE. WITH A TRADEMARK OF EXPOSING MOST OF THE BUILDING'S SERVICES (WATER, HEATING AND VENTILATION DUCTS, AND STAIRS) ON THE EXTERIOR, LEAVING THE INTERNAL SPACES UNCLUTTERED AND OPEN FOR VISITORS. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN

REM KOOLHAAS

TONY CRAGG


Tony Cragg - In Celebration Of Sculpture by MVDfilm




TONY CRAGG BRITISH VISUAL ARTIST WHO WORKS MAINLY AS A SCULPTOR. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE KUNSTAKADEMIE DÜSSELDORF UNTIL AUGUST 2013. HIS PRACTICE AS A SCULPTOR EMBRACED THE USE OF CHEAP 'EVERYDAY' MATERIALS THAT HE WAS USED TO HANDLING WHILST WORKING ON BUILDING SITES. (SOMETIMES HE WOULD COLLECT THESE MATERIALS RIDING SOLO AROUND LONDON ON A TANDEM BICYCLE). WALKING AND CYCLING WERE IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES FOR HIM, OFTEN IN THE COMPANY OF ARTIST FRIENDS SUCH AS RICHARD DEACON, RICHARD LONG, BILL WOODROW AND ROGER ACKLING. THE CRUCIAL QUESTION BECAME ONE OF FINDING A CONTENT. THE CRAGG FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO RESEARCH. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY


BAS JAN ADER

BRUCE NAUMAN

BUCKMINSTER FULLER




BUCKMINSTER FULLER AMERICAN ARCHITECT, AUTHOR, DESIGNER, INVENTOR, AND FUTURIST. INVENTING AND POPULARIZING TERMS SUCH AS "SPACESHIP EARTH", EPHEMERALIZATION, AND SYNERGETICS. HE ALSO DEVELOPED NUMEROUS INVENTIONS, THE GEODESIC DOME. CARBON MOLECULES KNOWN AS FULLERENES. INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION BEGAN WITH THE SUCCESS OF HIS HUGE GEODESIC DOMES DURING THE 1950S. FULLER ALSO INTRODUCED SYNERGETICS, TO REFERENCE THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SYSTEMS IN TRANSFORMATION, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TOTAL SYSTEM BEHAVIOR UNPREDICTED BY THE BEHAVIOR OF ANY ISOLATED COMPONENTS. FULLER WAS FOLLOWED (HISTORICALLY) BY OTHER DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS, SUCH AS NORMAN FOSTER AND STEVE BAER. FULLER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND ABOUT HUMAN SURVIVAL UNDER THE EXISTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEM. DEFINING WEALTH IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

DAVID HARVEY

Sunday, February 2, 2014

12.414 DOINA PETRUSCA & CONSTANTIN PETCOU







FOUNDERS OF ATELIER D’ARCHITECTURE AUTOGÉRÉE, URBAN TACTICS, AAA ACTS AS A PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND ACTION ON THE CITY AND MUCH OF THEIR WORK IS CARRIED OUT WITH OTHER SPECIALISTS, ARTISTS, RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS SUCH AS UNIVERSITIES, ARTS ORGANISATIONS AND NGOS, AS WELL AS THE EVENTUAL USERS OF THEIR SPACES. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY 



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