Atmosphäre
Ricola Europe Factory and Storage Building
Herzog & de Meuron, Mulhouse, France, 1993
Moriyama House
Sanaa, Ohta-ku, Tokio, Japan, 2002
Ca'Dolfin Venezia
Foto: Candila Höfer 2003
Intuition is a very powerful thing — more powerful than intellect, in my opinion.
Steve Jobs
WDR-Funkhaus
Peter Friedrich Schneider, Köln, 1948
WDR-Funkhaus
Peter Friedrich Schneider, Köln, 1948
DDSG Schiffsanlegestelle
Eugen Wachberger, Linz, Lucca Chmel (1958)
DDSG Schiffsanlegestelle
Eugen Wachberger, Linz, Lucca Chmel (1958)
DDSG Schiffsanlegestelle
Eugen Wachberger, Linz, Lucca Chmel (1958)
I believe in an ›emotional architecture‹. It is very important for humankind that architecture should move by its beauty; if there are many equally valid technical solutions to a problem, the one which offers the user a message of beauty and emotion, that one is architecture.
Luis Barragan
Lunch with Charlotte Gainsbourg
Misthaufen
Bernhard Fuchs, Uttendorft, 2009
Joseph Eichler Company
one of over 11,000 homes, California, 1950–1974
Japanischer Pavillon auf der Biennale
Junya Ishigami, Venedig, 2008
Church of San Zaccaria, Venice
Foto: Thomas Struth (1995)
Der Begriff der Atmosphäre stört den Architektur-Diskurs – er verfolgt diejenigen, die versuchen, ihm zu entkommen, und entgeht denjenigen, die ihm hinterherjagen.
Siegfrid Giedion in: Raum, Zeit, Architektur
Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig
Foto: Candila Höfer (1997)
Kleinhans Music Hall
Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Buffalo, New York, 1940, Foto: Robert Damora (1941)
Südbahnhotel
Semmering, Österreich, Margherita Spiluttini (1991)
REHAB Basel
Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 2002, Foto: Margherita Spiluttini (2003)
Geräteschuppen
Bernhard Fuchs, Neuschlag, 2009
Kapelle Sogn Benedetg
Peter Zumthor, Sogn Benedetg, Schweiz, 1989, Foto: Hélène Binet
Kapelle Sogn Benedetg
Peter Zumthor, Sogn Benedetg, Schweiz, 1989, Foto: Hans Danuser
Kapelle Sogn Benedetg
Peter Zumthor, Sogn Benedetg, Schweiz, 1989, Foto: Hélène Binet
Kapelle Sogn Benedetg
Peter Zumthor, Sogn Benedetg, Schweiz, 1989, Foto: Hélène Binet
Kapelle Sogn Benedetg
Peter Zumthor, Sogn Benedetg, Schweiz, 1989, Foto: Hans Danuser
Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.
Liz Diller
Islamic Architecture
A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.
Haruki Murakami
Performance still from Moving Target
Diller&Scofidio, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1996
Barragan House
Luis Barragan, Mexico City, Mexico, 1948
U-House
Toyo Ito, Tokyo, 1976
U-House
Toyo Ito, Tokyo, 1976
U-House
Toyo Ito, Tokyo, 1976
U-House
Toyo Ito, Tokyo, 1976
Museo Civivo Vicenza II
Foto: Candila Höfer (1988)
Dorf in der Sierra del Tigre
Luis Barragán, FATLB
Wrapped Coast
Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Australia, 1968–69
Schindler House
Foto: Candila Höfer (2000)
Ocean Swimming Pool
St. Malo, France