Vintage Modernism
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Snowing in my hometown.
La Masia Freixa is a modernist building located in Terrassa (Barcelona).
Built in 1896, it was originally designed as a fabric factory and was reformed between 1907 and 1914 by Lluís Muncunill i Parellada, who transformed the factory into the family residence of textile industrialist Josep Freixa.
The architect turned it into one of the jewels of Modernism art in Terrassa, with its arches and vaults inspired by Gaudí and white painted walls.
Highlights a tall tower, which has an octagonal body of four levels, the last of which is surrounded by a balcony viewpoint.
Nowadays, the Masia Freixa is home to the City Council for the Promotion of the City and Tourism and, also, the Ombudsman's Office.
For a really long time Finland hasn't had that many tall buildings. The tallest hotel building (Hotel Torni) in Finland was built and finished in Tampere in 2014 with a height of 88,5 meters and 25 floors.
This building, called Luminary, was finished this year and it reaches to 70,5 meters and 21 floors.
Tall buildings are rare in Finland and it feels like we're not as advanced as other coutries, considering that most (if not all) other Nordic countries have already broken the 100 meter mark with high-rise residential buildings. One reason for this could be that Finland is really sparsely populated and there's no need to build dense living accommodations. The pressure to build city centers is strong though, so more and more high-rise buildings are being built and planned.
We'll probably break our 100 meter mark with a set of 9 planned high-rise buildings in Pasila, Helsinki. The tallest of them will be 180 meters. I'll make sure to visit when they're done. No rush yet though, because construction is set to only begin next year.
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Europe, Portugal, Algarve, Sotavento, Tavira, Traffic sign, Residential building (slightly cut from L & T)
A modernist (with a constructivist twist) residential building near the Parque de Feiras e Exposições in Tavira.
This is number 103 of Tavira and 1503 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
Detail of ground level of Keeling House, a modernist apartment block in Bethnal Green, East London. Designed by Denys Lasdun and completed in 1957.
Following my previous post this picture continues along my line of trying to push the strict tenants of the New Topographics movement to maintain objectivity, but add vitality.
And just douse it with natural color.
A deliberately planned photo made to appear casually executed.
The new performing art center @ Ground Zero on the right
"The Perelman Performing Arts Center, known during construction as the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center (PACWTC), is a multi-space performing arts center under construction at the northeast corner of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. The Performing Arts Center is located at the intersection of Vesey, Fulton, and Greenwich Streets in Lower Manhattan. The building is named for billionaire Ronald Perelman, who donated $75 million to its construction."
Tour Perspective is a 93 metres high skyscraper designed by Henry Pottier and Michel Proux and built in 1975. It is located in the 15éme arrondissement in Paris.
The Pertsova, or Pertsov House, is built in modernism style and depicts the aspiration to have both architecture and art combined. It was built from 1905 to 1907 after the Kazan nobleman Pyotr Pertsov was inspired by the house with a view to the Kremlin which belonged to the collector Ivan Evmeniyevich Tsvetkov. Tsvetkov promised him to have some land for Pertsov as well if he would build the house in Russian style, similar to his own, decoration of which was based on the project by the famous Russian painter Victor Vasnetsov.
Pertsov began construction and managed the whole process himself. He initiated the competition, in which actually Victor Vasnetsov won. But Pertsov liked the proposition of Sergei Malyutin, the author of the painting of the first Russian Matryoshka doll. The front side of this fairytale house resembles Russian teremok. It has a lot of mythical creatures and Old Russian motifs. It’s called the Pertsova House because Pyotr Pertsov made his wife the owner. In this house different famous artists, such as Alexander Kuprin, Robert Falk, or Vasily Rozhdestvensky, created their works. This house was even called “the Moscow Montparnasse” for it.
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On Explore 15.08.2020
The Kistefos Museum combines industrial history with contemporary art. Kistefos was originally a wood pulp mill from 1889 to 1955. www.kistefosmuseum.no
Amersfoort NL
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Bj ca 1930, Architekt?
Unfortunately I did not foud any Information about this building.