Among desolate ruins still remaining from the 2010 Christchurch earthquake and shining new buildings under construction, my sister Imogen, my nephew Mark and I, stood with a distinguished Māori scholar Te Maire Tau in front of the stylish façade of the tribal headquarters of Ngai
The brothers Asam, leading architects of late Baroque Bavaria, bequeathed this church (1833-46) to the city of Vienna. It stands right next to the family residence of Egid Quirin Asam, built in 1733-4 on the Sendingerstrasse. The church occupies a narrower street frontage than the
Vienna is a gray-white city, lacking the warmth and variety of Prague and Krakow. The regular, symmetrical architecture of the Habsburg era was challenged at the end of the 19th century by secessionist architects like Otto Wagner, but their predominantly white buildings were planned as
Karl Marx Hof the living emblem of Red Vienna Schonbrunn Palace gardens, Habsburg Vienna KARL MARX HOF 1927-1932 The largest courtyard is open on the north side to a street. Other courts are entirely enclosed On the north side of the block with a closed court (above),
Recently, at the launch of a new issue of the Seattle based journal Arcade, I had the pleasure of meeting a man who had worked closely with Louis Kahn on a film. What a privilege. Our conversation aroused potent memories. My only encounter with Kahn