Joachim Schürmann - Robert Bosch hospital, Stuttgart 2005. Photo (C) Thomas Riehle.
SUBTILITAS
fineness of texture, logic, detail; slenderness, exactness, acuteness; sharpness : precision
Albert Frey - Frey house II, Palm Springs CA 1965. The bottom shot shows the famous bolder intersecting the bedroom, with the light switch installed directly on the stone (previously). Via, 2, 3, photos (C) Julius Shulman.
Sean Godsell - RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne 2013. The double-glazed facade system is comprised of operable modules of sandblasted glass disks with photovoltaic cells, detailed so that they can easily be replaced as solar technology advances. The northern facade actually serves as a testing ground for these new technologies, researched within the building’s facilities. Via, photos (C) Earl Carter.
Closed/open conditions in Amann Cánovas Maruri’s housing project in Mieres, 2012. Via, photos (C) David Frutos.
Caruso St. John - Studio house (architect’s own house), North London 1994. Caruso St. John is the subject of the latest El Croquis.
With news today that Foster’s design for the new Apple HQ is 2 billion dollars over budget, it’s nice to take a look back at his more humble beginnings in corporate design where the price tag wasn’t higher then some countries’ GDP. IBM Pilot Head Office, Cosham 1971.
