2276. Glass House on Ponus Ridge

Dear Christopher,

"This was a great breakthrough for me, to thumb my

nose at my mentor, Mies van der Rohe, and to say that

things should be warmer and toastier and sexier than

they are in modern, square-beamed architecture."

(Philip Jonhson)

Regards,

R

1721. Kastrup Flyverbo

Dear Hans,

Flyverbo in Kastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen where 

the main international airport of the country is located, 

is a large residential building that Thomsen and 

Kampmann designed and built for the DDL 

(Danish Airline) workers between 1947 and 1949.

Regards,
R

1646. Rotterdam. Het Bouwcentrum

Dear Jan,

"Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning
of the next one" (Joseph M. Marshall III)

Best,
R

1570. Eames House, Pacific Palisades, California

Dear Richard,

"Design addresses itself to the need"
(Charles Eames)

Best regards,
R

1340. The Institute of Gas Technology. IIT

Dear Maggie,

"If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight
and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgement. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order" (Mies van der Rohe)

Greetings,
R

1338. Colegio Cataguases

Dear David,

"Architecture is invention. Under this prism is how 

I do my projects; always searching for beautiful, expressive, different, and surprising solutions" 

(Oscar Niemeyer)

Best,
R

612. Brazzaville, La Place de la Poste. Inmueble de la Societe Generale

Dear Jane,

This exquisite building in Brazzaville recalls the shape and
layout of some of Le Corbusier's works like the Swiss
Pavilion in the University of Paris.

Regards,
R

363. Torino. Interno Palazo del Ghiaccio

Cristina,

Se me olvido incluirte otra de la sala pequeña. Con una
estructura tan elocuente como la de la sala grande.

Besos.
R

362. Torino. Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Torino-Il salone Internazionale dell'Automobile al
Palazzo Torino Esposizioni-Interno

Cristi,

Hoy te mando no una sino dos postales del mismo edificio
de Nervi en Turin. Esa luz tiene algo de John Soane, no?

Besos.
R

344. Charles and Ray in the living room of the Eames House 1975

Dear Tanu,

I was very lucky last week when I had a chance of
visiting The Eames House. As you know, this house
was built in 1949 by husband-and-wife design pioneers
Charles & Ray Eames, to serve as their home and
studio. Since then the house has became a strong
architectural statement while remaining an amazingly
comfortable and functional living space. The interior
including furnitures and all kind of objects remains very
much the same they were in the Eames' lifetimes. Now
the Eames House is the home of the Eames Foundation.

See you on Monday.
R

225. Torino. Il Salone Internazionale delle Tecnica al Palazzo delle Esposizioni al Valentino

Cristina,

Durante algunos años de su vida Pier Luigi Nervi se
dedico al estudio de cubiertas de grandes dimensiones
construidas con elementos prefabricados de hormigon
armado. En este campo su indiscutible obra maestra
es la cúpula del Palacio de Exposiciones de Turín
(1948-49). Esta cubierta esta contituida por una celosia
ondulada de un espesor de 5 cm y una altura media de
1.5 m que es capaz de salvar una luz de 76 m. El inmenso
espacio es tan dramatico como el de las grandes catedrales
goticas.

Besos.
R