2018.12.20 19:13
Philip Johnson
Francesco Dal Co, "The house of dreams and memories: Philip Johnson at New Canaan" in Lotus International 35 (1982).
Just individual plans (small) and photographs and a kind of helpful site axonometric. The text, however, is excellent.
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2019.01.02 13:57
Concept that made your heart sing
One of the directives that Salk gave to Kahn was: design an institute to which he, Salk, would be proud to invite Picasso. (Salk was married(?) to one of Picasso's exes.) Would that count as the concept of Salk Institute? Is that why it's "perfection"?
There is indeed a published photograph of Picasso at Salk Institute.
2019.01.02 16:32
Concept that made your heart sing
the concept of transforming the Villa Savoye into the Palais des Congrès
and, somewhat similarly
the concept of transforming the Y2K House into the Casa da Musica
2019.01.02 17:03
Concept that made your heart sing
the concept of publishing two different versions of the same plan for the sole purposes of seeing whether there will ever be anyone else astute enough notice
2019.01.02 17:15
Concept that made your heart sing
the concept of transforming the Bustum Hadriani into the Cemetery of San Cataldo
bustum : the place where the bodies of the dead were burned and buried
2019.01.02 17:38
Concept that made your heart sing
the concept of transforming the Court Gardner's House - Römischer Bäder into a Museum of Architecture
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2019.01.03 14:54
Concept that made your heart sing
...you might be interested in Jussieu Library and Villa VPRO within some historical context--3122t-3122y. And in the Agadir Hotel and Convention Center as the connective link between Jussieu Library and Villa VPRO--3736ab and 3736ac.
2019.01.03 16:34
Concept that made your heart sing
Wasn't initially sure what you meant by Elements of Architecture. My first thought was Rob Krier's "Elements of Architecture" in Architectural Design 53 9/10-1983, which was a year later published as a separate book. But that's too obscure, so I googled Elements of Architecture and yes, the Koolhaas Venice Biennale byproduct. I have it in the individual pamphlet version, but I haven't been taken by it; virtual nothing seemed to inspire (certainly not the way SMLXL does). In general terms, I feel the whole endeavor would have been more effective as a web site. I'll try getting into it again.
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