Arquitectura Moderna

Konstantin Melnikov, Melnikov House, Moscow 1927-29. ‘the house was originally designed and built in 1927-1929 as 'an experimental cylindrical house’ to test out Konstantin Melnikov’s very own concept of mass construction of residential estate. The original layout, elegant spatial arrangement and smart engineering techniques made this masterpiece world famous. By words of Melnikov, the essence of the house is in 'even distribution of weight, light, air and heat’. Being of a unique architectural form, it still looks modern while keeping authentic memorial atmosphere of the 20th century, reflecting the tragic life of this maverick architect. It consists of two overlapping cylindrical towers, nine meters in diameter each, without any internal load-bearing columns or walls. The wooden ceilings were formed by a rectangular grid of flat planks. In his house Melnikov employed more than sixty 'honeycomb’ hexagonal windows providing very special dispersed light. One bedroom was designed for the whole family, partitioned by wall screens.’ Schusev State Museum of Architecture  Photographer Florstein. Wikimedia Commons 

Wendingen 1921, n. 12. Cover by Jan Duiker. Jan Duiker & Bernard Bijvoet, New building of the Academy of Arts in Amsterdam. ‘The beautifully designed issues of Wendingen, a Dutch art and architecture journal published between 1918 and 1932, were dedicated to investigating and expanding the boundaries of architecture.The journal, the title of which translates to “twists” or “turnings,” originated in the intellectual climate that followed World War I, when the nationalism that led in its extreme form to war was exchanged by artists and architects for a spirit of collective intellectual energy. A journal that would showcase both art and architecture, of both Dutch and international origin, was the idea of Wendingen’s editor H. Th. Wijdeveld, a Dutch architect associated with the Amsterdam architectural society, Architectura et Amicitia. One-hundred and sixteen issues of Wendingen, each devoted to a specific topic, were published…’ Stanford University Libraries https://library.stanford.edu/art/exhibitions/testing-boundaries-wendingen-1918-1932 Image Catawiki. Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wendingen1921Duiker.jpg

Photographer ekain jiménez

Photograph Michigan State Historic Preservation Office

Centro Comercial Mata de Coco Arquitecto Tomás José Sanabria

The Pavilion apartments, Lafayette Park, Detroit, by Mies van der Rohe nears completion in 1959.

Architects: Augusto H Alvarez and Juan Sordo Madaleno