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TI IS MAD FOR: THE FOUNDATION CARTIER BUILDING: JEAN NOUVEL

Talk about distilling your  image into pure  architectural spectacle.Talk about distilling your image into pure architectural spectacle.

Transparency is a recurring feature of your architecture. What does it express?

VIEW FROM THE BUND OVER TO PUDONG

"hyper-architecture sprouting up at record rate, expanding AND heightening the city at the same time""hyper-architecture sprouting up at record rate, expanding AND heightening the city at the same time"

Everybody says it... "China is the future"...

TRAVEL DIARY : BLOWN OUT IN BEIJING (TEXT DRIVEN)

"the human and the monolithic, the ancient and the futuristic " Rem Koolhaas' legendary  CCTV Beijing building"the human and the monolithic, the ancient and the futuristic " Rem Koolhaas' legendary CCTV Beijing building

Beijing blew out my consciousness .It truly did.

CURRENT VIEWING: JEAN NOUVEL FURNITURE: GAGOSIAN (PARIS)

The image here is of Boîte à outils (1987-2011) : Image via Gagosian GalleryThe image here is of Boîte à outils (1987-2011) : Image via Gagosian Gallery

Jean Nouvel's exhibition of his limited edition furniture pieces are on view until May 21

When The Bouroullecs met Le Corbusier.

A Bouroullec remixed apartment in the housing block unit of the Marseille-based Radiant City by Le Corbusier.A Bouroullec remixed apartment in the housing block unit of the Marseille-based Radiant City by Le Corbusier.

It was like a historic summit. Two different generations of French design pioneers in dialogue. The Bouroullecs saw it this way :

Jean Prouve: Dismountable house: 1945 Metal & wood: 8 x 8 m : 26.2 x 26.2 feet

In 1930 Prouve helped establish the Union of Modern Artists whose manifesto read, "We like logic, balance and purity."In 1930 Prouve helped establish the Union of Modern Artists whose manifesto read, "We like logic, balance and purity."

Even in 1945

The Dome of the Virgin in the Saint-Roch Church (Paris)

The dome in the Virgin’s chapel was created by Jean-Baptiste Pierre,The dome in the Virgin’s chapel was created by Jean-Baptiste Pierre,

There is, I think, no denying history. Once you stop fearing it , you make your peace with it. I say this in anticipation of the confusion Paris creates in my head.

CURRENT VIEWING: Las Vegas Studio: Images from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: Pacific Design Center MOCA

Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates Inc., Stardust Hotel and Casino Neon Sign, Las Vegas, 1968, lightjet color print, 23 x 16Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates Inc., Stardust Hotel and Casino Neon Sign, Las Vegas, 1968, lightjet color print, 23 x 16

The LA art scene...if its good enough for Jeffery Deitch it's good enough for me..

THE HOUSE THAT MICHAELANGELO BUILT

Michelangelo's perfect architecture marked by unerring symmetryMichelangelo's perfect architecture marked by unerring symmetry

Villa San Michele in Fiesole, Tuscany Italy once a monastery, is now a boutique hotel set high on a hill above the city of Florence.

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