It's Swiss actually (town rhymes with fun), and the firm is still practicing.
Interesting points simples and SDR. I think the parallels become more apparent when the program of the building (like the one above) is industrial or manufacturing, which is a building type that has typically commented on the current state of industrialized technologies in their design throughout that time period (last 100 years).
It's also interesting to look at auto manufacturers specifically, consider Zaha's BMW plant now vs. Giaccomo Matte-Trucco's Fiat factory from 85 years ago.
Yes, hillandrock, having overcome phuyaké's fiendishly difficult challenge, it's your turn. (I'd appreciate another easy one, as I seldom get anywhere near Switzerland, these days. . .)
Wright typically named his more significant work, sometimes with the help of the owner. Fallingwater is the name given to the Kaufmann residence. It would be traditional for such a name to remain with the property permanently.
That doesn't prevent some wag from applying his own humorous moniker, however, so. . .have at it.
Name that Architect and Building!!!
It's Swiss actually (town rhymes with fun), and the firm is still practicing.
Interesting points simples and SDR. I think the parallels become more apparent when the program of the building (like the one above) is industrial or manufacturing, which is a building type that has typically commented on the current state of industrialized technologies in their design throughout that time period (last 100 years).
It's also interesting to look at auto manufacturers specifically, consider Zaha's BMW plant now vs. Giaccomo Matte-Trucco's Fiat factory from 85 years ago.
my guess is atelier 5
ah yeah, boilerfabrik in thun, atlier 5.
their work still looks interesting. that's a good a+u to get ahold of.
keepin it swiss...
we should start another offshoot of this thread that's only swiss buildings.
having a tough time figuring out if this is newer or been around for awhile...
building was completed in 2004. architect has been kickin it since the 60s, i believe.
yeah, the swiss are a bit prolific...
we're in tessin
SDR and phuyake...good point on the auto/arch design...here is another interesting image on that subject (sorry for the tangent everyone)
now, on to the little concrete swiss house!
phuyake...that was quite a compliment: "having a tough time figuring out if this is newer or been around for awhile..."
Is that Corbu's own plan drawing, do you know ?
Looks like the driver of the largest car is trapped in the garage once he exits his Voisin !
town of tegna...
i keep getting buzzi + buzzi's P house (which is gorgeous), but that can't be it. you got me holz
ok it's gotta be snozzi
CLOSE...
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it's not Snozzi's Gobbi House?
no, it is. for some reason i was thinking it was galfetti, but yeah. you got it, phu.
is that interior image a galfetti?
next:
yeah.
this is in pt, no?
Portugal it is. somewhat high profile/published firm, amazing work.
ooo i know this.... hang on.....
that ceiling comes down low, doesn't it...that 2nd. pic is quite something...
that ceiling comes down low, doesn't it...that 2nd. pic is quite something...
Yeah simples, some of the volumes seem to come down below head height, but their arrangement also distorts the sense of scale a bit.
These guys also designed this one:
Man this keeps falling off the main page. Last hint, its a rehab of an old winery, in Setúbal.
is archinect dead?
yale sucks.
republicans rule.
Alas, it was Aires Mateus - House in Brejos de Azeitao.
I'll post another in hopes that it's a bit easier and garners some more participation, no cheating with the url!
LIFE found a previously-undiscovered vantage point:
Frank Lloyd Wright, Falling Water (Molding Water)
I guess it is my turn to post something?
Did anyone ever discovered whether that really awesome multicolored building was Legoretta + Legoretta and which building it was?
Fallingwater, yes. Molding Water ?
OMG. Do you guys blame everyone for not knowing the architecture of Switzerland?
Yes, hillandrock, having overcome phuyaké's fiendishly difficult challenge, it's your turn. (I'd appreciate another easy one, as I seldom get anywhere near Switzerland, these days. . .)
Yeah, I had read that was a nickname. I think the more famous nickname though was Rising Mold.
Can an owner/occupant rename a building?
This isn't creative or hard but the angle makes this one deceiving.
It is at least 250 years old.
Wright typically named his more significant work, sometimes with the help of the owner. Fallingwater is the name given to the Kaufmann residence. It would be traditional for such a name to remain with the property permanently.
That doesn't prevent some wag from applying his own humorous moniker, however, so. . .have at it.
come on, no guesses?
stumped.
how bout a clue?
Is that an executive-sized air conditioner above the entrance ?
I don't know why something tells me it is in the U.S....L.A. may be?
nope, a cast bronze awning.
Only four people were allowed inside the building.
Different less obscure view.
Oh lawdy, is that some fluer de lis I see?
Last owner was beheaded.
Is that. . .IS that Le Petit Trianon ?
Anges-Jacques Gabriel: Le Petit Trianon - Versailles 1761-1768
damn too slow...
OK, randomized, I'll give you five minutes -- have you got a puzzler ready ?
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