Landscape and heritage 1964. Modernism in architecture was beginning to be criticized by the younger architects. However, the belief in modernity remained alive. The architect Bernard Rudofsky was preparing an exhibition at the New York’s MoMA. Architecture without Architects changed perceptions about "vernacular" architecture, or at least drew attention to it. … [Read more...]
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Translating between garden and paradise, an architectural atlas
Garden or paradise? Few architectures are so utopian, and at the same time so real, as the garden is. Perhaps the etymology of the word can help us to know the reason why. Garden comes from Old French jart, whose meaning was 'orchard', which came from Old Low Franconian garda, 'enclosure', space that is delimited by a fence. It turns out that, if we trace the origin of the … [Read more...]