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hitting the road! any suggestions?
Come Saturday morning i’ll be hitting the road with a couple of friends for a good old fashion american road trip. We’ll be on the road for about two weeks, starting here in New York City and ending our trip in Austin, Texas.
We have a vague route mapped out, based mostly on barbecue spots we want to stop at. I also have a couple of more “architecture” points i’d...
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Soviet Pavilion '67
Soviet Pavilion, 67 World Expo, Montreal, Canada - 1967
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The Pavillion at night
Front Facade
Model
Interior
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Brazil Pavillion
Brazil Pavillion, New York World Fair, Queens, New York - 1939 Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer
see a concept sketches here
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Friars Square Shopping precinct, Aylesbury, England - 1966 unknown (please contact me if you have any further information 51.815443,-0.813471
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Ford Foundation Headquarters
Ford Foundation Headquarters, New York, N.Y. - 1967 Roche-Dinkeloo 48.892734,2.239602
Exterior looking west along 42nd Street
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Atrium
Structural detail on 43rd street facade
Exterior looking west along 42nd street
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Gunma Ongaku Center
Gunma Ongaku Center, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan - 1955 Antonin Raymond 36.323694, 139.003538
Section Perspective
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Centre Nationale des Industries et Techniques
Centre Nationale des Industries et Techniques, Paris, France - 1958 Camelot, De Mailly & Zehrfuss 48.892734,2.239602
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evolution of an idea
Paul Rudolph’s Art & Architecture Building @ Yale New Haven, Connecticut - 1963
early scheme
later scheme
final scheme
Photo of original building
Original building today along with the new addition designed by Gwathmey & Siegel - 2008
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Ferrandina (Project) - 1984 Michele Buccu, Paolo Desideri & Filippo Raimondo
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Concourse Tower
Concourse Tower, Singapore, China - 1994 Paul Rudolph
Rendering
Perspective looking down into the courtyard Perspective looking down into the courtyard
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State Archive (Project), Latina, Italy - 1984 Paolo Costanzo
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Grand Coulee Dam Third Power Plant and Forebay Dam Grand Coulee, Washington - 1972
Marcel Breuer rendering
aerial photo elevation
site plan
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Bristol Center (Project), Syracuse, New York, 1969-71. Marcel Breuer
Typical wall details Ink on mylar
Site plan
Before and After aerial photo
Ground floor plan
Second floor plan
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The Theme Building @ LAX, Los Angeles, California - 1961 William Pereira, Charles Luckman, Paul Williams and Welton Becket. The initial design was created by James Langenheim, of the Pereira-Luckman firm.
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Grand Coulee Dam Third Power Plant and Forebay Dam Grand Coulee, Washington - 1972 Marcel Breuer
Interior Perspective
Construction of the folded plate wall
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