Mountain House, Roldane, Norway
Project Information Architect: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Year: 1997 Our Comments This is architecture in the Nordic tradition using wood with wisdom, taking great care with all the details, and the study of natural light. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
Continue readingCasa Affleck, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Project Information Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Year: 1940 Our Comments Wright introduced the term organic architecture, whose central idea is that the construction must derive directly from the natural environment. Another fundamental contribution he made to modern architecture was the concept of free layout distributions. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
Continue readingMartin Garden Apartments, California, USA
Project Information Architect: William Wurster & Thomas Church Year: 1930 Our Comments For these architects the connection between architecture and landscape was basic: orientation, topography, vegetation, views and pedestrian flows. This is not really surprising as Church was a landscape architect. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
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