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
Luis Barragán im Innenhof der Acequia in der Alhambra
Granada, Spanien, 1924
Seijo Apartments, living room connecting two courtyards
Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
Seijo Apartments, model in section
Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
Seijo Apartments, model in section
Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
Sammlung Goetz
Herzog & de Meuron, München, 1991–92
Foto: unbekannt
Das eigene Haus
Karl Schwanzer, Wien, 1962, Foto: Margherita Spiluttini (1995)
Singelton House
Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1959, Foto: Julius Shulman (1960)
Singelton House
Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1959, Foto: Julius Shulman (1960)
South Bay Drive-In
Hiroshi Sugimoto, 1993
Ca'Dolfin Venezia
Foto: Candila Höfer 2003
Villa Planchart
Gio Ponti, Caracas, Venezuela, 1956
Villa Planchart
Gio Ponti, Caracas, Venezuela, 1956
Silvertop
John Lautner, Los Angeles, 1980, Foto: Julius Shulman
Kleinhans Music Hall
Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Buffalo, New York, 1940, Foto: Robert Damora (1941)
Moore House
Richard Neutra, Ojai, California, 1952, Foto: Julius Shulman
Österreichische Nationalbank Linz
Erich Boltenstein, Eugen Wachberger, Linz, Lucca Chmel (1953)
Heuhaufen
Bernhard Fuchs, Neuschlag, 2009
Kolumba Art Museum
Peter Zumthor, Köln, 2007
Kolumba Art Museum
Peter Zumthor, Köln, 2007
Stadlausfahrt
Bernhard Fuchs, Geierschlag, 2005
Salzburger Festspiele – Ödipus Rex
CoopHimmelblau, 1994, Margherita Spiluttini
Museum of Modern Art
Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Rio de Janeiro, 1953
A real architectural experience is not simply a series of retinal images; a building is encountered – it is approached, confronted, encountered, related to one’s body, moved about, utilised as a condition for other things, (…)
Steven Holl
Neige Fleur Bar
Hitoshi Abe, Tokyo, 1999
Bourse du Travail Calais
Foto: Candila Höfer (2001)
Seagrams interior
Mies van der Rohe, New York City, 1958, Foto: Ezra Stoller
The image is the reality, therefore there is no reality.
John Lautner
What you see depends on where you stand.
C.S. Lewis
The Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette
Foto: Hélène Binet
Small Images
Junya Ishigami, 2008
Foto: Coco Young
House & Garden
Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo, Japan, 2011
House & Garden
Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo, Japan, 2011
House & Garden
Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo, Japan, 2011