The Glass House, Philip Johnson, 1949

INSIDE THE ICONIC GLASS HOUSE (2023)

If you haven't had an opportunity to explore this building in person, there are several films which allow us to visit it remotely. This video from Open Space introduces us to the house and grounds, and gives some context and background on Philip Johnson, who, prior to designing it, had made a career change in his 30's to begin studying architecture. Another film which nicely illustrates the property is GLASS HOUSE (2019), in which photographer David McCabe revisits it, and talks about the images he took there of Andy Warhol.  (Photo by Eirik Johnson)

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Washington, DC

July 30, 2022

Royal Bank Tower, Montreal, 1976. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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Construction of Place Ville Marie, 1962

Immeuble de bureaux de style international, Montréal, 2023.

Hans Scharoun

Haus Schminke, 1932-33

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Sillery, Quebec

gildenhaus // essen innenstadt

architects: wilhelm & hans eggeling

completion: 1955

the essen gildenhaus is a fine example of post-war modernism in the ruhr region and of international style. high-rise buildings had finally arrived in the city centres of german cities, helped of course by the destruction of the war and the resulting new spatial planning that was carried out in most cities.

In December 1959, designer Robert Brownjohn was commissioned to create a sculpture for the lobby/exhibition space of the soon-to-open world headquarters of Pepsi-Cola, a masterpiece of the International Style by Natalie de Blois.

The result: Pepsi-Cola Christmas Ribbon, made of thousands of Christmas ornaments and chicken wire, is the greatest thing to occupy the space. And I only found out about it fifteen minutes ago from a skeet on Bluesky by Peter Huestis.

International style is the most dystopian architecture imo. There's fun examples of it here and there but everything about the glass-encrusted purity and monolithic pallor is nauseating It's neoliberalism as an artform, second only to neomodernism, which -- somehow -- is worse

Tour Montparnasse, Paris, 1972. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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CIBC Tower, 1997

Petroleum Building, Casper, Wyoming