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What is Architecture? What and why the Classical? Thread to be continued and added to...
The descending vertical elements of steeple, fountain/column, and figure in the painting of Prague by Rudolf von Alt remind me of a picture I took in Rothenberg ODT many years ago.
I know everyone thinks this is going to be just amazing, and it goes without saying that it will win all the architecture awards, so tell me what you like most about it? Which angle do you think shows it at its best? Most importantly for modernist buildings to gain iconic…
Little brother energy in the Bernini family.
Wonder what it must have been like to be Gian Lorenzo's younger brother, Luigi. Padiglione di Diana a Villa Barbarigo, Valsanzibio Italy.
Still unbothered.
Early 18th century Borrominian, unbothered by 20th century historicism and "pastiche". Abbazia di Santo Spirito al Morrone, Sulmona Italy.
Happy birthday, Jean-Baptiste Martenot. July 26, 1828 in Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, France. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bapt…
