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i12bent:

The Chrysler Building once had a seventy-first floor observatory, which was open to the public until 1945. The observatory featured a celestial motif, with sun rays painted on the walls, and Saturn-shaped lighting globes hanging from the ceiling…
Photo from The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day by D. Stravitz

i12bent:

The Chrysler Building once had a seventy-first floor observatory, which was open to the public until 1945. The observatory featured a celestial motif, with sun rays painted on the walls, and Saturn-shaped lighting globes hanging from the ceiling…

Photo from The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day by D. Stravitz


architizer:

What can we learn about architecture from a spacesuit in motion? 
An image found by Mengyi Fan a student in archafterthestreet

architizer:

What can we learn about architecture from a spacesuit in motion?

An image found by Mengyi Fan a student in archafterthestreet


Anselm Kiefer, #157 Heaven is an Idea, study for The Seven Heavenly Palaces, Barjac, 1973-2001

Anselm Kiefer, #157 Heaven is an Idea, study for The Seven Heavenly Palaces, Barjac, 1973-2001


archiveofaffinities:

El Lissitzky, Model for Sergei Tretyakov’s I want a child, for Meyerhold’s Unrealized Production, 1929 

archiveofaffinities:

El Lissitzky, Model for Sergei Tretyakov’s I want a child, for Meyerhold’s Unrealized Production, 1929 


archiveofaffinities:

Offices in the City Ablaze During an Air Raid, London, England, 1941 

archiveofaffinities:

Offices in the City Ablaze During an Air Raid, London, England, 1941 


dyaphanum:

Disney park “Wonderland”, abandoned, China.

dyaphanum:

Disney park “Wonderland”, abandoned, China.


Werner Blaser, Mies Van der Rohe in his house, Chicago.

Werner Blaser, Mies Van der Rohe in his house, Chicago.

(Source: lavieennoirsetblancs, via f3ldspar)


wmud:

Valerio Olgiati - Ardia Palace, Tirana, Albania, 2008

wmud:

Valerio Olgiati - Ardia Palace, Tirana, Albania, 2008



the matadero theatre in madrid, spain. dedicated as a monument to sci fy, designed by the architects at cayetana de la quadra-salcedo

the matadero theatre in madrid, spain. dedicated as a monument to sci fy, designed by the architects at cayetana de la quadra-salcedo

(Source: andrewharlow, via thatsnotart)


Tina Saaby, Humleby. An enclave of terraced houses in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tina Saaby, Humleby. An enclave of terraced houses in Copenhagen, Denmark.

(Source: svorgan, via wrote-writ)


fuckyeahbrutalism:

Pilgrimage Church, Neviges, Germany, 1965-68
(Gottfried Böhm)

fuckyeahbrutalism:

Pilgrimage Church, Neviges, Germany, 1965-68

(Gottfried Böhm)


drawingarchitecture:

Magnus Caverius

missfolly:

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961

missfolly:

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961


snowce:

Tsutomu Nihei

snowce:

Tsutomu Nihei

(Source: hi-mi-zu)


Guido Micheletti, Memorial to Tullo Morgagni, Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy. Photo by Robert Fichter and Robert Freidus.

Guido Micheletti, Memorial to Tullo Morgagni, Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy. Photo by Robert Fichter and Robert Freidus.

(via killedbyart)


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