On a perfect day in Provence, I leaned against a wall and sketched a view of Le Thoronet. I loved this place because of its mathematical precision. As I sketched, I noticed that the tower is an isosceles triangle on top of a square. The windows are semicircles on top of rectangles. Some of the […]
Le Thoronet Abbey, Var, Provence, 83340 France
Well I am amazed always of the many wonderful monuments in my eternal Paris. I have to say better and more than anywhere else, one reason is call the most beautiful city in the world, and I agree. Here we have a wonderful building call the Petit Palais a wonderful expression of architecture and history. Glad to find me […]
The Petit Palais of Paris, part II !!!
Here’s another post from The Paris Corespondent, Shirley Riley. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I do. Take it away Shirley! While there is no question Paris is an incredibly special place, the quality of being special is not the context to this commentary. My focus is on the interesting, creative, and sometimes confounding use of space […]
Paris is a ‘Spatial’ Place….
I saw this group of Mediterranean-style buildings on a long peregrination around East London. I went back to have a closer look. This is the “Donnybrook Quarter” which stands on a corner of Parnell Road, in Tower Hamlets. I arrived just as the sun was setting. The Donnybrook Quarter was completed ready for occupation in […]
Donnybrook Quarter, Old Ford, Tower Hamlets, London E3
A wonderful magical store of my dear Paris. You have come here I am sure one time or another, we all have. I came here way back in my first encounter with Paris in 1972,and been back ever since. The Le Bon Marché is a department store located in a quadrilateral bordered by Rue de Sèvres, Rue de […]
The Le Bon Marché dept store of Paris !!!
In former times painters painted houses. Today painters have to invent houses and the architects have to build after the paintings because there are no more beautiful houses.[1] Viennese artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) represents the ultimate artist-architect of fantasy architecture. An artist influenced by the decorative artistic history of Secessionism, Expressionism, and the Wiener […]
The Colourful Artist-Architect: Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)
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