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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, the king of the curve, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1907. His work on reinforced concrete is considered very important as is his influence on modern architecture. He has stated being influenced by Le Corbusier but not limited by him. The 1940s and 1950s were his most prolific years. The National Congress of Brazil, the Cathedral of Brasilia, the Palacio da Alvorada, the Palacio do Planato, and the Supreme Federal Court were designed at the request of Juscelino Kubitschek then President for the new capital. Due to political unrest Niemeyer left Brazil in the mid 60s. Upon his return in 1988 he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Price. In 2012 he died at 104, with approximately 600 projects to his credit. [Read more…]

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Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. Aalto was born in 1898 in Kuortane, Finland. He died in Helsinki, Finland in 1976. He studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. His style was initially considered that of Nordic Classicism leading to a more International Style and eventually modernist. His work can be qualified as “Gesamtkunstwerk” which means all encompassing stylewise. Great image of that at end of post. [Read more…]

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Stumbled upon an Architectural Digest video of Glin Castle. Glin Castle is the ancestral home of Catherine FitzGerald. In this video, with Dominic West, they give us a tour of the oldest standing part built in 1650 and the neo classical part built in 1780. The gardens seem quite spectacular. Get yourself a coffee and enjoy this 14-minute long video. If you’ve no time for the video, I’ve selected a few interesting pics below also you can go to the Castle’s website to learn more about its history and see more pics. [Read more…]