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Architecture Misfit #2: Irving Gill
Irving John Gill (1870–1936) Irving Gill had no formal education in architecture and never attended college. His father was a builder who, according to William Curtis’s “Modern Architecture Since...
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Misfits’ Midsummernights Quiz
To fill in those long midsummer (or, for our southern hemisphere friends, mid-winter) nights, here’s some quick brainteasers. The answers are at the bottom – no cheating! QUESTION 1: Which is older? A:...
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“Fill’erup with Specialness!”
This post is a collection of gas/petrol stations designed by famous architects. It’s not an original topic since the same theme is explored by a few slideshows and articles floating around the...
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What Happens When Architects Die?
A couple of recent posts have raised the subject of Death And The Architect. First was Futurist Endings with its list of the (much delayed) deaths of members of the Futurist movement. And yesterday’s...
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The Things Architects Do #3: Reuse, Recycle, Reprise
Frank Lloyd Wright 1929 1936 1938 1946 1949 1952 SANAA 2006 2006 2007 2009 2009 2010 MVRDV 2004 2010 2000 2007 TADAO ANDO 1995 2002 OMA 2007 2007 Arata Isozaki 1962 2006 If you post a comment with your...
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