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Source: instagram.com/ironic.mp4/

Vista desde la entrada de estacionamiento de la fachada principal, Casa en Pedregal, av. de las Fuentes (número desconocido), Jardines del Pedregal, Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, 1960

Arq. Augustín Rivera Torres

Eiermann Private Residence Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 1959-62

Egon Eiermann (photograph by Thilo Mechau)

«Far-eastern influences are easily discernible in the Eiermann private residence, including low-pitched, overhanging gable roofs without gutters, large-format sliding doors on the garden side, and lattices reminiscent of Japanese paper walls. The predominant motif of the design was the asymmetrical principle characteristic of the traditional Japanese understanding of architecture. Eiermann’s main source of inspiration is thought to have been a book by Japanese author Tetsuro Yoshida entitled ‘Das japanische Wohnhaus’ (The Japanese House and Garden, London, 1955, first published in German in 1935), to which he often referred in his lectures.»

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