Wassily Kandinsky’s stage set for Modest Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ at the Friedrich Theater, Dessau, on 4 April, 1928. ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ is a suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied […]
Category: architecture
Terminus
The eastern terminus of the Budapest Metro Line M2 at the intersection of Feher and Kerepesi roads shortly after the opening of the inaugural section of the line in 1970. The surface station has a […]
Passing through
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Bridge was used for electric trains from 1895 until 1958. This was the only 4 track bridge in Chicago’s history. Most sites seem to call it a Jackknife bridge for […]
Modena
Aldo Rossi designed his cemetery for a competition in 1971. The scheme was reworked in 1976 before construction could begin in 1978, although as it stands, the vivid orange colored building is only partially completed […]
Art Nouveau
Museum of Applied Arts | Budapest, Hungary The Museum (Iparművészeti Múzeum) is a masterpiece of Hungarian Art Nouveau, built between 1893 and 1896 to plans by Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos.
Cathedral and Campanile
Piazza dei Miracoli | Pisa, Italy
Foley Square
Foley Square, New York City | Fred Stein | 1948
Under Construction
Dome of the Main Building of the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich, under construction | 1919
Set-square
Walter Gropius | Philippe Halsman | 1958
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