Designed to mirror the basalt lava flows of the Icelandic landscape, Hallgrímskirkja Church is a spectacular, must -
see piece of architecture that is the perfect introduction to some of the dramatic sights you're likely to come across on your journey.
Not exact matches
Other fond memories include an organic fingerling potato pizza with the thinnest crust on the planet, dipping our toes in Lake Michigan, finally getting to
see pieces by Henry Darger, magnificent
architecture, Bucktown, uncomplicated subway, Hendrickx Belgian bakery, and snacking on all the lovely produce after a long day
of walking around, with blisters.
It is a glorious
piece of architecture created from wood pulp and spit, chewed up and manufactured into — paper... I ask you, then, to raise your glass rather than your newspaper to the wasps you
see as you take tea or drinks in the garden in the summer.
Hearst Castle may be SLO's main attraction, and for good reason — the 90,000 square foot estate, estimated to be valued at approximately $ 240 million, is perhaps the most stunning and intricately designed
piece of architecture you'll
see in California, maybe in the entire U.S. Given the property is now a protected state park, access to the castle is limited to guided tours, but don't let the thought
of crowds or tourists deter you.
What to
see and do The permanent collection
of the Centre Pompidou — amounting to over 100,000
pieces of modern and contemporary art, design, and
architecture — is one
of the largest in the world and includes masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, Vassily Kandinsky, Ferdinand Leger, Constantin Brancusi, Man Ray, Jean Dubuffet, Henri Cartier - Bresson, Le Corbusier, Alberto Giacometti, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Jasper Morrison, -LRB-,..)
His tiled
pieces (also
seen at the FEEL UP collaboration with Eddie Peake at Lismore Castle in Ireland in early 2015 and his first solo show home from home at Arts & Jobs London in 2012) as well as the steam like aluminium panels (also shown at Jhaveri Contemporary in 2014 and Gwangju Biennale
of the same year and at He Looked Me Up at Marian Cramer gallery in 2012) resemble the interior
architecture of specific public spaces such as toilets, saunas and bathhouses.
He radically reinvented the idea
of sculpture in the late 1960s with
pieces that, specifically because
of his use
of neon, can be
seen as drawings in space, dialoguing with the
architecture surrounding them.
I
saw some tiny diamond - shaped
pieces of wood on the university workshop floor - I suspect they were window shapes cut out by an
architecture student.
If you take a classic camelback sofa, for instance, and cover it in a neutral linen, suddenly the
piece takes on a modern sensibility because you're
seeing the
architecture of the
piece rather than the textile.