Tag Archives: modern architecture

RIP Zaha Hadid

I miss aspects of being in the Arab world – the language – and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it’s Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, ‘This river has flown here for thousands of years.’ There are magical moments in these places. Zaha Hadid Sadly thisgreat […]

Corbusier In Camouflage

Le Corbusier or Charles-Édouard Jeanneret has been universally recognized as one of pioneers of modern architecture, yet every genius has been undeified as demonstrated by the transformation of the Villa Besnus or “Ker-Ka-Ré” in Vaucresson, France. The villa was built in 1922 in a Paris suburb and le Corbusier incorporated many of his Purist ideals […]