Haven http://AstheticSense.com Roman Architecture, Gothic, Greek, Modern, Landscape, Japanese, Renaissance and lots more the Modern and Classic Architectures en-us Copyright 2007, Haven team. 240 The Father of Modern Architectural Minimalism http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96649 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:33 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96649 How is a multimillion-dollar NoHo penthouse like a monastery, or a Calvin Klein store like a state-of-the-art racing yacht? They have been wiped clean of “thingness” (as the writer Bruce Chatwin might have said) by John Pawson, the father of modern architectural minimalism. Now 61, the British architect — who slept on a white hammock at boarding school and once spent 24 hours in a Japanese monastery, thinking he might like to be a monk — has a new monograph, “John Pawson: Plain Space.” Written with Alison Morris and out next month from Phaidon, it presents 30 startlingly minimal and gleaming white projects: boats, abbeys, houses and even a cricket pavilion. A show of the same title opens Sept. 22 at the London Design Museum, which Mr. Pawson has been hired to redesign.A white hammock at Eton? Very Sebastian Flyte. Didn’t the house masters complain? What did your roommates say? And how did you affix the hammock to the walls?

The Father of Modern Architectural Minimalism

We all had our own rooms. I couldn’t find a good place to put the hook except on the back of the door. Hard to sleep when it was opened. The comment was that I should put my energy into being individual intellectually, not in my appearance — meaning not in being an exhibitionist.

]]> Feast on modern architecture under the L.A. http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96550 Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:49 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96550 Just before my wife and I made a recent trip to Los Angeles, she mentioned that she’d never seen a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Years ago, I spent a weekend in Oak Park and gorged on Wright, but a wife’s quietly expressed wish is a husband’s command, so we spent an afternoon exploring every nook and cranny of Wright’s Hollyhock house, high up in the Hollywood hills.

The Hollyhock house is owned by the city, and not in the greatest of shape – a couple of rooms are fully restored and decorated, but much of the house is empty. But it’s still possible to see what Wright had in mind, and how much of a visionary he truly was, even if his houses are built more to be admired than lived in.

]]> Construction Complete on the UK’s Stunning Seed Cathedral Read more: Construction Complete on the UK's Stunning Seed Cathedral | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96231 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 07:11 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96231 The brilliant bristling structure you see above is not the world’s largest pincushion – it’s Thomas Heatherwick’s recently completed UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Dubbed the “Seed Cathedral”, the six-story high structure is studded with 60,000 translucent rods that act as fiber-optic filaments that channel sunlight  into the pavilion’s interior. The densely-packed forest of filaments also contains the impetus to create living forests in the future — each 7.5 meter long “branch” contains seeds from the Millenium Seed Bank that will be given to China one the expo has run its course.

Construction Complete on the UK’s Stunning Seed Cathedral Read more: Construction Complete on the UK's Stunning Seed Cathedral | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Nicknamed the “Dandelion”, Thomas Heatherwick’s UK Pavilion bristles with a dynamic facade that gently flexes and shimmers with each passing breeze. The beautiful building envelope blurs the boundaries between architecture and animated sculpture, while the area surrounding the pavilion features a network of pedestrian walkways and a landscaped park area.Nestled within the sprouting facade of seeds is an otherworldly interior that unfolds like a shimmering network of stars. During the day the interior is completely lit by daylight  channeled through the structure’s transparent rods. At night the interior is illuminated by minute lighting elements contained within each rod for an amazing effect.

]]> Modern Architectural Wonders - Mesmerizing Globally Minded Tourists http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96106 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 15:18 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96106 Time flows on without any stop. "The old order changeth, yielding place to new." The great cities like Mohenjo-Daro, Indraprastha, Babylon, and the great architectural building like the Pentagon (the world's largest office building by floor area), World Trade Centre (the twin 110-story towers), are all gone, and new cities and architecture are growing up in their stead. With the passing of time, the concept and patterns of architectural industry is rapidly changing. Every era has its own style and ideology which are reflected onto the architecture developed and designed in that era. When the world moved into the 21st century, architecture industry reached new heights. With dramatic innovations in engineering and technology, the modern era is witnessing growing numbers of skyscrapers and wonderful architectures around the world. Architectural Evangelist discovers seven iconic modern architectures which beguile tourists around the world.

]]> The Polyhedron Habitable Project by Architect Manuel Villa http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96012 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:45 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=96012 Meant for a family house back yard and as a relaxing space in the suburbs, the Polyhedron Habitable project aimed at designing a small park or opened area as an independent space for reading, playing, etc. Manuel Villa designed this Polyhedron Habitable in the back yard of a suburban family house in Bogota, Colombia.

The Polyhedron Habitable Project by Architect Manuel Villa

]]> Something to Love Among the Ruins http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=95804 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:58 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=95804 This May, the Royal Institute of British Architects mounted a remarkable exhibition, Three Classicists. It would have been unthinkable only a decade ago for several reasons: it showed designs that were exclusively classical; the designs were not pipe dreams, but had either been built or were under construction; and the projects were not just country houses for the superrich but a wide range of buildings, including a theater, an infirmary, cottages, row houses, and offices for a London art dealer.

Something to Love Among the Ruins

The British architectural establishment either ignores or ridicules traditional and classical architecture of this kind. The establishment’s leaders are afraid, or they should be afraid, of classical architecture’s popularity with the general public, whose preference for it over modernist design comes through in every poll. Their fear is justified: they would be unable to satisfy public taste by designing in the classical language themselves, for they have abolished the teaching of classicism in every school of architecture in Britain over the last 50 years.

]]> Modern Architecture Design Of Cabel Headquarters http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=95672 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:41 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=95672 Modern Architecture Design Of Cabel Headquarters: Modern long oval building called Cabel headquarters recognized as a company producing software systems for banks.unique architecture design of Cabel Headquarters with mount of window and large door and unique door design.Modern Architecture Design of Cabel Headquarters with oval long window spread all buildingCabel Headquarters designed by modern building concept make this building look modern and futuristic in design.

Modern Architecture Design Of Cabel Headquarters

]]> History vindicates architects against their critics http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=94144 Mon, 2 Aug 2010 08:10 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=94144 The history of art appreciation shows that each generation has been unsuccessful in forecasting which current styles will eventually become admired. Many new works – be they ballet, opera, music, architecture, sculpture or painting – have been subject to ridicule from experts and amateurs, only to achieve the admired acclaim of subsequent generations.

The prolonged ridicule and rejection of the Impressionists, the vociferous objections of the Parisian artistic elite to the Eiffel Tower and Christopher Wren's belief that the architecture of the pointed arch, the flying buttress and soaring fan-vaulting was.

]]> Roger Ebert's Thoughts on 'Totalitarian' Modern Architecture http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=93306 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:34 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=93306 Roger Eberts Thoughts on Totalitarian Modern Architecture.Already making the rounds and stirring up some noise is one of Roger Ebert's latest posts for the Sun Times, "The Image of a Man You Do Not See," which if you're either a Chicago architecture or Louis Sullivan buff, you'll recognize as a quote from the famous architect (in full, as Ebert prints it: "Every building you see is the image of a man you do not see."). As you've guessed, the post is about architecture.

In between history lessons, from his own to Chicago's great buildings and the architects who designed them, Ebert branches out a bit to wonder if/complain that Mies van der Rohe giving popular rise to modernism in the US led to "an architecture that is totalitarian in its severe economy." He appreciates van der Rohe (and even Frank Gehry!), but mourns the loss of ornamentation, the kind Sullivan earned his legacy for.

]]> Architecture for Humanity invites you to a photo scavenger hunt for urban renewal http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=93080 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:57 GMT http://AstheticSense.com/article.asp?articleid=93080 Your mission is to assemble a two to five person team, armed with digital cameras and transfer cables, for a photographic scavenger hunt.  Teams will explore a route by foot, starting at Voluto Coffee and ending at The Sharp Edge, documenting the beautiful and the ugly in Pittsburgh's neighborhoods.

"We're going to finish with a happy hour at the end of the scavenger hunt, where we'll look at the photos, and talk about the locations, using them as a starting tool for discussion," says Architecture for Humanity member Sophia Berman.

The participants will pose questions about the spaces they've photographed, such as, "could we put a bench here, could we fix this place up, and who do we need to talk to in order to get these projects going," Sophia adds.

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