a softer, gentler modernism: on alvar & aino aalto
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a softer, gentler modernism: on alvar & aino aalto
But when architecture falls out of sync with the conditions we live in, home begins to feel more and more precarious. The reason we dislike contemporary architecture is because it fails to achieve this essential purpose, to, as the architect Antonio Sant’Elia put it, “freely and audaciously harmonize man with his environment”.
Noah Putnam • The Concrete Oasis
It was then I realised architecture is not about creating structures that are aesthetically pleasing or merely functional: it’s about designing spaces that evoke emotion and resonate with the human spirit. The Farnsworth House may have been a triumph of modernist design, but it lacked the warmth and humanity architecture should embody.
#RoomOfTheDay: The cult Swiss architect @ValerioOlgiati creates austere, often concrete spaces that eschew references to history or place. Villa Além — the vacation house in the Alentejo region of Portugal that he and his wife share — is perhaps his most potent showcase. In the living room, pictured here, the stark effect of so much concrete,... See more
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