19 October

1508 Nicolas Biard began the reconstruction of the tower of Bourges Cathedral

1775 while visiting the excavations underway at Pompeii, the Dutch collector Arnout Vosmaer encounters GBP, etc.

1859 birth of A. Page Brown

Gatehouses, Philadelphia Zoological Gardens 1876
Antelope House, Philadelphia Zoological Gardens 1877
Widener Memorial Tree House Children's Zoo 1984a
The Solitude 1785
West Foyer, Philadelphia Museum of Art 1987
Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art 1991
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Re: building text
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Re: The Disney, inside
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chapters of AinCC
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anybody know where I can find classical/renaissance blueprints?
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MVRDV   M·Cube   Beijing



2001.10.19 20:51
Re: building text
It's interesting to 'see' what new imaginings manifest once one begins to think of architecture as the delivery of content.


2003.10.19 11:35
Re: The Disney, inside
Did you ever notice that Safdie's HABITAT is actually symmetrical in its overall composition?


2003.10.19 13:17
Re: The Disney, inside
Wright's Beth Sholom synagogue (1954) has a very symmetrical sanctuary (if that is the right word) inside, and a very symmetrical entry/front facade.


2003.10.19 15:05
Re: The Disney, inside
Looked at a picture of the Unitarian Temple interior, and its layout reminds me of the many smaller Lutheran Churches designed by Schinkel, and of the Quaker Meeting House at 4th and Race Streets here in Philadelphia. I wonder if these (symmetrical) layouts are the result of trying to give form to beliefs of tolerance and consensus.

2003.10.19 17:25
Re: The Disney, inside
The tiered seating on either side of Wright's Unity Temple is exactly what made me recall Schinkel's many Lutheran church designs (c. 1830-40), where the layouts often have double tiers of seating on either side facing the central seating space, and there is at least one design where there are triple tiers.
It is also interesting to see the seating layout of the Friends Meeting House (on Arch Street, not Race Street, 1803-11), and then compare it to the seating layout of the two chambers in Congress Hall (next to Independence Hall, a couple blocks over from the Meeting House), where the US Senate and House of Representatives first convened, 1790-1800. The Senate chamber is upstairs, and somewhat formal, though also smaller and even intimate, while the House chamber downstairs is large, and has a public feel to it, especially with the doors that go directly outside. There is a distinct similarity between the layout of the Friends Meeting House and the layout of the first House of Representatives.
Although the Friends Meeting House on Race Street was built after 1800, the fact that Philadelphia was founded by William Penn, a Quaker, in 1683 suggests that there where other Quaker Meeting Houses in Philadelphia prior to Philadelphia being the nation's capital.


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07101901 Center City Philadelphia plan and Northeast Philadelphia map moved to align with IQ   2370i24
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13101901 Basilica of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus Mausoleum of Helena plan   206ji01


14101901 Good-Bye House elevation model   2345i06
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19101901 Tugendhat House Casa del Fascio Fallingwater Danteum Arbor Street House Guggenheim Museum Farnsworth House Glass House/Johnson Estate Eames House and Studio Querini Stampalia Foundation Yale Art Gallery Museum of Knowledge museum collecting plans elevations section   2158i10


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