Intertextuality in brutalist architecture
Trellick Tower, North Kensington, LondonIan Fleming named his evil Bond villain "Goldfinger" after the man who designed this building.
I can kind of see where he was coming from.
Meanwhile...
...this Le Corbusier building, part of the Cité des 4000 at La Courneuve, is named after Honoré de Balzac.
Anyone who's been forced to read 19th-century realist French literature will deeply understand why this is fitting.
And to conclude today's architecture lecture:
Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre, demolished in 2004. Seen here depicted in, er, yes, Lego. Sorry, couldn't resist.
...a new toy every day, huh? Further works of legocentric genius here.
I can kind of see where he was coming from.
Meanwhile...
...this Le Corbusier building, part of the Cité des 4000 at La Courneuve, is named after Honoré de Balzac.Anyone who's been forced to read 19th-century realist French literature will deeply understand why this is fitting.
And to conclude today's architecture lecture:
Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre, demolished in 2004. Seen here depicted in, er, yes, Lego. Sorry, couldn't resist....a new toy every day, huh? Further works of legocentric genius here.
posted by Timber @ 11:28 pm
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3 Comments:
You ridiculous impediment to anything useful that's ever happened in the history of the world, ever.
La.
Tim, to re-iterate my famous phrase, You're a sad bastard. (and this time i can spell)
Well, this was a popular blog entry.
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