Atmosphäre

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
Curtis Residence
Curtis Residence Nathaniel Curtis, New Orleans, Los Angeles, 1962, Foto: John Dominis
Toter Raum
Toter Raum Gregor Schneider, 1989
Fingerle Haus
Fingerle Haus Christoph Mayr Aichner, Klausen, Südtirol, 2005, Foto: Walter Niemeyer
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Kunsthaus Bregenz Candila Höfer (1999)
Moriyama House
Moriyama House Sanaa, Ohta-ku, Tokio, Japan, 2002
Foto: Robert Adams
Prinzess Kindermoden
Prinzess Kindermoden Anton Potyka, Wien, Foto: Lucca Chmel (1951)
Case Study House #8, Eames House
Case Study House #8, Eames House Charles & Ray Eames, 1950, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Foto: Julius Shulman (1958)
Moriyama House
Moriyama House Ruye Nishizawa, Kamata, Tokio, 2005
The image is the reality, therefore there is no reality.
John Lautner
Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut
Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Foto: Hiroshi Sugimoto (1998)
Intuition is a very powerful thing — more powerful than intellect, in my opinion.
Steve Jobs
Joseph Eichler Company
Joseph Eichler Company one of over 11,000 homes, California, 1950–1974
Recollection
Recollection Walter Niedermayr
Recollection
Recollection Walter Niedermayr
Recollection
Recollection Walter Niedermayr
Recollection
Recollection Walter Niedermayr
Recollection
Recollection Walter Niedermayr
Heuhaufen
Heuhaufen Bernhard Fuchs, Neuschlag, 2009
What I have sought to achieve is a spatiality that stimulates the human spirit, awakens the sensitivity and communicates with the deeper soul.
Tadao Ando
Kimbell Art Museum
Kimbell Art Museum Louis Kahn, Fort Worth, Texas, 1972
Villa Planchart
Villa Planchart Gio Ponti, Caracas, Venezuela, 1956
Villa Planchart
Villa Planchart Gio Ponti, Caracas, Venezuela, 1956
Lewin House
Lewin House Richard Neutra, Santa Monica, Kalifornien, 1938
Still aus Meshes of the Afternoon
Still aus Meshes of the Afternoon Maya Deren, 1943
Ocean Swimming Pool
Ocean Swimming Pool St. Malo, France
Luis Barragán im Innenhof der Acequia in der Alhambra
Luis Barragán im Innenhof der Acequia in der Alhambra Granada, Spanien, 1924
Architecture, sculpture and painting are specifically dependent on space, bound to the necessity of controlling space, each by its own appropriate means. The essential thing that will be said here is that the release of esthetic emotion is a special function of space.
Le Corbusier
Moriyama House Model
Moriyama House Model Sanaa, Ohta-ku, Tokio, Japan, 2002
Erste Bilder zur Therme Vals, Blockstudien »Steinbruchbilder« Felsblöcke stehen im Wasser
Erste Bilder zur Therme Vals, Blockstudien »Steinbruchbilder« Felsblöcke stehen im Wasser Peter Zumthor
Österreichische Nationalbank Linz
Österreichische Nationalbank Linz Erich Boltenstein, Eugen Wachberger, Linz, Foto: Lucca Chmel (1953)
Österreichische Nationalbank Linz
Österreichische Nationalbank Linz Erich Boltenstein, Eugen Wachberger, Linz, Foto: Lucca Chmel (1953)
Katsura Villa-Hauptgebäude
Katsura Villa-Hauptgebäude 17. Jhdt., Foto: Ishimoto Yasuhiro
Katsura Villa-Hauptgebäude
Katsura Villa-Hauptgebäude 17. Jhdt., Foto: Ishimoto Yasuhiro
Katsura Villa-Hauptgebäude
Katsura Villa-Hauptgebäude 17. Jhdt., Foto: Ishimoto Yasuhiro
Notre Dame du Haut
Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier, 1954, Ronchamp, Frankreich
Notre Dame du Haut
Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier, 1954, Ronchamp, Frankreich
Modell Therme Vals
Modell Therme Vals Peter Zumthor
Modell Therme Vals
Modell Therme Vals Peter Zumthor
Modell Therme Vals
Modell Therme Vals Peter Zumthor
Modell Therme Vals
Modell Therme Vals Peter Zumthor
Modell Therme Vals
Modell Therme Vals Peter Zumthor