art escape #4 : architecture : fogo island squish studio by todd saunders : photography by iwan baan : newfoundland canada

long studio by todd saunders : photography by iwan baan : fogo island inn

The Fogo Island Arts Corporation is a contemporary art venue on Fogo island and Change Islands off the north-east coast of Newfoundland. The Arts Corporation specializes in residencies for international artists and the production of art projects and workshops engaging both local and international participants. The Arts Corporation is supported by the Shorefast Foundation Visiting artists to the islands have access to specially designed studios and renovated traditional buildings and homes located in remote and community locations across the islands.

The other studios:
bridge Studio
long Studio
Tower Studio

art escape #3 : architecture : fogo island tower studio by todd saunders : photography by iwan baan : newfoundland canada

long studio by todd saunders : photography by iwan baan : fogo island inn

The Fogo Island Arts Corporation is a contemporary art venue on Fogo island and Change Islands off the north-east coast of Newfoundland. The Arts Corporation specializes in residencies for international artists and the production of art projects and workshops engaging both local and international participants. The Arts Corporation is supported by the Shorefast Foundation Visiting artists to the islands have access to specially designed studios and renovated traditional buildings and homes located in remote and community locations across the islands.

The other studios:
bridge Studio
long Studio
Squish Studio

art escape #2 : architecture : fogo island long studio by todd saunders : photography by iwan baan : newfoundland canada

long studio by todd saunders : photography by iwan baan : fogo island inn

The Fogo Island Arts Corporation is a contemporary art venue on Fogo island and Change Islands off the north-east coast of Newfoundland. The Arts Corporation specializes in residencies for international artists and the production of art projects and workshops engaging both local and international participants. The Arts Corporation is supported by the Shorefast Foundation Visiting artists to the islands have access to specially designed studios and renovated traditional buildings and homes located in remote and community locations across the islands.

The other studios:
bridge Studio
Tower Studio
Squish Studio

a tight fit : photography : kowloon walled city : china : greg girard & ian lamboth

photography by greg girard & ian lamboth : text and images via daily mail

Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City. Taken by Canadian photographer Greg Girard in collaboration with Ian Lamboth the pair spent five years familiarising themselves with the notorious Chinese city before it was demolished in 1992.The city was a phenomenon with 33,000 families and businesses living in more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.

architectural history for sale : rogers house by richard rogers : wimbledon : london

text and images via dezeen

 

the seminal London home designed by British architect Richard Rogers for his parents – and which influenced his later design for the Pompidou Centre – has been put on the market for the first time since it was built in 1968. Rogers House, in Wimbledon in south-west London, was designed to provide a flexible, open interior and is cited by Rogers himself as the precursor to the Pompidou Centre, the groundbreaking 1977 arts centre in Paris he designed with Renzo Piano. The Grade II*-listed property, regarded as one of the finest and most historically important modern houses in England, has been owned by Rogers’ family since it was built but is now on the market for £3.2 million with estate agent The Modern House. In their description of the property, the agents describe it as “one of the most important and celebrated houses of the 20th century”.Talking to Dezeen recently about the house, Rogers said: “If you look at the house in Wimbledon for my parents, which is a single storey house, it’s steel and highly insulated, it’s transparent, the bathroom is very compact and all the partitions can move – you can see a link from that to the Pompidou with the difference being about a thousand times the scale,” Rogers said.

going underground : architecture : india’s forgotten stepwells : victoria s. lautman

text and photos Victoria S. Lautman via archdaily

It’s hard to imagine an entire category of architecture slipping off history’s grid, and yet that seems to be the case with India’s incomparable stepwells. Never heard of ‘em? Don’t fret, you’re not alone: millions of tourists – and any number of locals – lured to the subcontinent’s palaces, forts, tombs, and temples are oblivious to these centuries-old water-structures that can even be found hiding-in-plain-sight close to thronged destinations like Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi or Agra’s Taj Mahal. But now, India’s burgeoning water crisis might lead to redemption for at least some of these subterranean edifices, which are being re-evaluated for their ability to collect and store water. With any luck, tourist itineraries will also start incorporating what are otherwise an “endangered species” of the architecture world.

winter comes to apple inc. : advertising / photography : kent shiraishi : biei : japan

This pond is a beautiful pond which changes colors every day. This pond is sometimes visible to wonderful blue or green. Moreover, it snowed in this pond for the first time today. And I looked at the light green pond! photos : kent shiraishi : Biei in Hokkaido, Japan. second photo used for apple advertising via earth story                                                                                                                  .

“openhouses #1” : la ricarda : antonio bonet : architecture : barcelona

thank you to everyone who came to the first “openhouses” event, the visit to la ricarda just outside of barcelona. it was wonderful to see such an amazing place with a great group. all pictures on monday !