2171. Granada. El Carmen de la Fundación Rodriguez-Acosta.

 

Querido Manuel,

"Hombres de espíritu abierto, de noble corazón, que 

aunque tengan sus normas particulares sean capaces 

de analizar sin rencor ni hostilidad las distintas

sugestiones con alegría, con la fecunda alegría de 

querer ensanchar los conocimientos de este milagro

que es la vida y que tenemos el gozoso deber de

hacer cada vez más noble, más bella y más dichosa."

(José María Rodríguez-Acosta)

Cordialmente,

R

2076. Innsbruck. Electro hochhaus

 

Dear Alois,

This vintage postcard shows the original appearance

of the Innsbruck Municipal Light and Power 

Administration building as its architect Lois 

Welzenbacher had planned.

All the best,

R

2073. Maison Guiette, Antwerpen

 

Querida Cristina,

La casa Guiette en Amberes fue el primer

edificio construido por Le Corbusier fuera

de Francia y la única obra del arquitecto

existente en Bélgica. Este edificio es uno 

de los 17 proyectos de Le Corbusier que 

fueron admitidos por la UNESCO como

patrimonio mundial de la humanidad en

2016.

Besos,

R

1994. Oslo. View from the Town Hall. The Skansen Restaurant

 

Dear Olof,

The Skansen Restaurant seen in this vintage postcard

was the first functionalist building in Norway. Its elliptical shape with flat roof and continuous ribbon windows was inspired by the shape of an airplane gondola. Its popular terrace has a beautiful view over 

the Pipervika Bay.

Respectfully,

R 

1815. Werkbundausstellung Die Wohnung Stuttgart 1927

Dear Samuel,

"A house is a machine for living in"
(Le Corbusier)

Regards,
R

1814. New Delhi. Parliament House

Dear John,

This is a vintage postcard featuring an aerial view
of New Delhi including the Rashtrapati Bhavan or President House (on the left), the Central Secretariat, 

and the Parliament House with its characteristic 

circular shape resembling the Chausath Yogini 

Temple, Morena.

Regards,
R

1808. Siedlung Höhenblick Frankfurt

Dear Paul,

A contemporary postcard featuring siedlung Höhenblick
in Frankfurt - Ginnheim. "Economic lobbies are the new authorities in urban planning. ...no wonder the architect 

is dismissive: I do not build as good as I can, but as bad 

as I must" (Ernst May)

Regards,
R

1701. Landesschule Klotzsche

Dear Alvaro,

An old postcard depicting the Saxon State School in Dresden. When I looked at this picture beautiful memories of my visit to your Teachers Training College at Setúbal came to my mind. A similar sense of elegance and harmony are shared between these buildings.

Gratefully,
R

1687. House 14-15, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, 1927

Dear Hans,

"House is a machine for living in"
(Le Corbusier, Toward an Architecture, 1923)

Sincerely,
R

1637. The Secretariats of the Government of India, New Delhi

Dear Tanu,

There is a poet in the architect...

Regards,
R

1601. Palace of Culture, Leningrad

Dear Peter,

The Palace of Culture in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) was a Constructivist project built to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917. From 1933 it was named after 

writer Maxim Gorky and is able to accommodate
2,200 people.

Regards,
R

1565. Frankfurt A.M. Niederrad-Zickzackhausen

Dear Angela,

"Economic lobbies are the new authorities in urban planning. ... no wonder the architect is dismissive: 

I do not build as good as I can, but as bad as 

I must." (Ernst May)

Regards,
R

1560. Stuttgart, Weissenhofsiedlung

Dear Max,

" The house must fit its occupant like a good suit; it 

must clothe him. The main aesthetic principle is this: 

the look of the rooms without people in them is 

irrelevant; what counts is how people look in them."   

 (Bruno Taut)

Regards,
R

1123. Hoek van Holland

Dear Margreth,

"The modern machine needs the "round" element,
for it has the advantage of circular movements as
opposed to the straight forward and backward
movements of man's hand and feet" (El Lissitzky)

Sincerely,
R

1119. Montmagny. Chapelle Sainte Thérèse. Interieur

Dear David,

Tonight we will attend Christmas Eve mass (Misa del Gallo) at the church of Sainte Thérèse. The architecture 

of Auguste Perret and the art of  Valentine Reyre will make this celebration even  more special.

Merry Christmas,
R

1064. Werkbund. Ausstellung Die Wohnung.

Dear Juan and Cristina,

"We call buildings the things that yield space as a
result of being able to establish a place"
(Martin Heidegger)

L
R

1021. Montmagny. L'église.

Dear Karla,

The little church of Sainte Thérèse in Montmagny was
a smaller replica of the well-known Notre-Dame du Raincy
also built a few years earlier by Ausguste Perret.
Perret believed that "Technique, spoken in poetry, brings us
to Architecture".

Regards,
R

998. Scheepvaartplein met Muziektent. Hoek van Holland

Queridos Cristina y Alberto,

Os queria dedicar a vosotros esta pequeña joya que
por un golpe de suerte ha llegado a mis manos hace
poco. Es una postal holandesa enviada a Francia y
originalmente escrita el 31 de agosto de 1930 que
muestra en primer plano una vista de un tradicional
kiosko de musica y mas alla un edificio blanco
aparentemente nuevo de estilo vanguardista.
Este largo edificio contiene las viviendas en hilera para
obreros construidas por Jacobus J.P. Oud en 1927,
en la pequeña ciudad costera de Hoek van Holland.
Como ya sabreis es una obra importantisima que esta
recogida en todos los anales de arquitectura moderna
internacional por ser uno de los paradigmas del estilo
moderno aplicado a la vivienda moderna.
El valor historico, documental y singular de esta
postal la hace ser muy especial en mi coleccion.

Espero que esteis bien. Abrazos y besos a todos,
incluyendo al mas pequeño por supuesto.

R

937. Basel. St. Antoniuskirche mit Pfarrhaus

Dear Gustav,

St. Antonius was built only four years after Auguste Perret's
Notre Dame at Raincy by the founding father of modern
Swiss architecture Karl Moser. This is Moser's most relevant
work and the first exposed concrete church built in Switzerland.

Best regards.
R

874. Altstadter Schule, Celle

Dear Simon,

Back in the twenties the new Functionalist Architecture 
embraced all kind of new building types. New types of 
schools such as the "pavilion" schools developed by 
Ernst May or the "hall" schools proposed by Otto Haesler,
are just some examples of those highly creative times. In 
the "hall" school of Celle built in 1927, all the classrooms 
and offices are grouped around a covered central area 
that serves as gymnasium and assembly hall.

Best.
R