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Artista: Architects
Evento: Sonisphere 2011
Fotografo: Francesco Castaldo
Data: 25 giugno 2011
Venue: Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Città: Imola
Photograph of Theatre Architect, Frank Matcham displayed in the foyer of the Royal Hall (formally named The Kursaal), Harrogate (the interior of which was designed by Matcham).
Francis Matcham (22 November 1854 – 17 May 1920) was an English architect who specialised in the design of theatres and music halls. He worked extensively in London, predominantly under Moss Empires for whom he designed the Hippodrome in 1900, Hackney Empire (1901), Shepherd's Bush Empire (1903), Coliseum (1904), and Palladium (1910). His last major commission before retirement was the Victoria Palace Theatre in 1911 for the variety magnate Alfred Butt. During his 40-year career, Matcham was responsible for the design and construction of over 90 theatres and the redesign and refurbishment of a further 80 throughout the United Kingdom.
Matcham was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, where he became apprenticed at the age of 14 to the architect George Soudon Bridgman. Matcham moved to London, aged 21, where he joined the architectural practice of J. T. Robinson, who was to become his father-in-law. Under Robinson, Matcham completed his first solo design, the Elephant and Castle Theatre, which opened in June 1879. He took over the business on Robinson's death and continued the designs of various provincial theatres. He formed his own practice, Matcham & Co., in the 1880s and enlisted skilled craftsmen. His first major association came in the 1880s when he was employed to design and refurbish theatres belonging to the Revill family who owned many of the theatres throughout the United Kingdom.
Matcham's most successful period was between 1892 and 1912 when he worked extensively for Moss Empires, a theatre building business headed by Edward Moss and run by Oswald Stoll. Under them, Matcham completed 21 theatres, including three in London, with the rest being in the provinces. Also during this period, although not with Moss Empires, he completed the designs for the Tower Ballroom at Blackpool Tower, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, both in 1894, and the County Arcade, Leeds, in 1900. Theatre Consultant and author Iain Mackintosh, writing for the Dictionary of National Biography in 1993, describes Matcham's theatre interiors to be superior when compared to the building's external designs. Matcham's use of cantilevers for the galleries allowed him to discontinue the use of columns, which would otherwise obstruct the audience's view of the stage. The auditorium decorations were often mixed with Tudor strap-work, Louis XIV detail, Anglo-Indian motifs, naval and military insignia, rococo panels, classical statuary, and baroque columns.
Matcham retired to Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, shortly before the First World War, where he died of a heart attack, brought about by a blood infection, in 1920. His biographer Brian Walker notes from the architect's personal archives that he was "a man of remarkable vigour and had an enthusiasm for life ... he possessed a tranquility of mind and a great sense of humour and fun."
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Part of the indentity design for MOSS Multidisciplinary Office for Structural architecture & engineering SPRL
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
Postmodern architecture: No 1 Poultry, London
Architect James Stirling Michael Wilford and Partners - 1985-1997
No 1 Poultry is an office and retail building in London. It is located at the junction of Poultry and Queen Victoria Street, adjacent to Bank junction, in the City of London financial district. It was opened in 1997. Built on a wedge-shaped site in the heart of the City of London, No 1 Poultry contains shops at ground and basement levels, with five floors of offices, and a roof garden and restaurant above. The building's ship-like prow and clock tower with projecting balconies dominate the junction at Bank Underground Station. Its exterior is clad in stripes of pink and yellow limestone, and its two long facades are characterised by the layering of angular and curved forms. Designed by Stirling in 1985 but not completed until 1997 – five years after his death – No 1 Poultry was one of the British architect's last projects. He was knighted in recognition of his contribution to architecture just days before his death and in 1996, the RIBA even renamed their prestigious Building of the Year Award the Stirling Prize after him.
The building's height, symmetrical plan and divided facade matches the surrounding buildings. Stirling planned it around a longitudinal axis with two similar facades. These are divided horizontally in three and vertically into five, with the layers alternating between angled and curved forms. Both facades have a central wedge-shaped entrance that gives access to the central rotunda, with two arcades on either side. No 1 Poultry's clock tower, with its horn-like projecting balconies, also mimics nearby structures, as well as referencing Greek and Roman rostral columns, which were erected to celebrate naval victories. Despite Stirling's impressive reputation, the building was not widely appreciated when it was completed – it seemed the heyday of Postmodernism had passed. Over time though, the building has become part of the fabric of London, and is recognised as one of the most important examples of commercial Postmodern architecture. While No 1 Poultry's function was to provide five floors of office space, its public spaces provide a connection missing elsewhere in the City. They include open shopping colonnades on the Poultry and Queen Victoria Street facades, an open light-filled courtyard, a rooftop garden, and even access to the underground station below. If the building is listed, it will be one of the youngest ever to be formally protected in the UK. In the meantime, the fight over its future has come to represent the battle to preserve Postmodern architecture before it is too late. No 1 Poultry has become a monument in the fast-changing cityscape, and London's Postmodern flagship.
Built 1887 Architect - John T Stokes .... in High Victorian Gothic style .... The three-storey building is built on a steep slope with the basement opening at ground level on the east to Pond Street, and the second level opening to Toronto Street on the west. The building is of late Victorian style with Gothic proportions and detailing. Brickwork includes bands of red which contrast with the overall buff brickwork typical of the area and period of construction. The clock tower of the library is one of the most interesting architectural features of the Town of Uxbridge. The library clock was installed on August 16, 1887, by the Seth Thomas Clock Co. of Thomaston, Connecticut, and it still works perfectly 128 years later. The Public Library continues to be the most recognizable landmark in Uxbridge to this day .... (note the Uxbridge Cenotaph / War Memorial in front of library)
Artista: Architects
Evento: Sonisphere 2011
Fotografo: Francesco Castaldo
Data: 25 giugno 2011
Venue: Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Città: Imola
Architects UK - The Opera House
The Holly Springs Disaster
Final Tour w/ Architects, Structures
Aug 21, 2010
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Architects:
1975 Lucas & Niemeijer
2007 J. Plesman van Cepezed (renovation and new construction)
Reflection: Galecopperbrug
Architect: Fentress Architects (2011)
Location: San Diego (La Jolla), CA
This new center for stem cell research, adjacent to the Salk Institute and UCSD, is not quite complete. Security guards kicked me out just after I took this shot.
Will Wright demos Spore while sore.
“I think of my games as toys, modern Montessori toys.”
“Spore begs the question: what kind of God will you be? Nurturing or vengeful? It should provide a better calibration on long-term thinking.”
Chris Anderson estimated that Will Wright’s Sims have consumed seven billion hours of the world’s attention.
My first exposure to Spore was en route to zero gravity.
Architect: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret (1934)
Location: Paris (16th), France
By request, a few more snapshots of Le Corbusier's own residence on the top two floors of the Molitor building, next to the Parc des Princes in Paris. These photos aren't very good, but I just took them quickly, for my own reference.
Architect: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret (1934)
Location: Paris (16th), France
Le Corbusier's own residence on the top two floors of the Molitor building, next to the Parc des Princes in Paris. This is his studio. Corbusier remained here all of his life after its completion in 1934. This staircase leads to a guest apartment on the roof, with a terrace. Beyond and visible on the right is his personal living space, attached to his studio (which is behind me).
Architects: JSA - Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor AS
Static consultant: Interconsult AS
Year Planned: 1998 – 2000
Year Built: 2000 – 2002
Area: 2200 m2
Cost: 5,0 Million Euro
Project specific awards: AR+D Awards – Higly Commended 2002, Grosch Medal 2003, Europeean Steel Award 2003, Norwegian Steel Award 2003, Mies van der Rohe Award for Architecture 2004, Houens Fond Diploma 2008.
Live @Full Tension Festival, Bolzano, BZ
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Verenigde Spaarbank (vm. Spaarbank Rotterdam)
Bouwjaar:1954
Architect:J.J.P. Oud
Bouwstijl:Neo-functionalisme
Soort:gemeentelijk monument
Monumentnummer:E-008
United Savings Bank (formerly Rotterdam Savings Bank)
Year of Construction: 1954
Architect: J.J.P. Oud
Architectural Style: Neo-Functionalism
Type: Municipal Monument
Monument Number: E-008