Casa Pani / Mario Pani / Mexico City / 1962
Designed in 1962 as his private residence, Casa Pani reflects the architectural language of Mario Pani, a central figure in Mexican modernism and urban development.
The house features original modernist details such as terrazzo floors, lava-rock surfaces, porthole windows, and a brick barrel vault, articulated through clean lines and a material palette characteristic of its time.
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fondazione prada // OMA // milan // 2015
An old distillery reimagined as a campus for art. Existing industrial halls mix with new insertions in glass, concrete, and gold leaf, joined by courtyards and passages that shape a city-like sequence of spaces.
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Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts / Barozzi Veiga / Lausanne / 2019
A monumental block that marks the city’s new cultural quarter.
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Pegli 3 / Genova / 1989 / Aldo Luigi Rizzo, Aldo Pino (ing.), Andrea Moro, Angelo Sibilla
Born out of sweeping housing reforms in Italy, Pegli 3 set out to reimagine collective living at scale. Over a thousand apartments are arranged in terraced bands, each opening toward the sea. The section follows the hillside like a new topography, embedding streets, squares, and passageways as vertical extensions of the city. Nicknamed Le Lavatrici—“the washing machines”—for its serial facades, the project stands as both an emblem of ambition and a reminder of the challenges of translating reformist ideals into built form.
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Holy Cross Church / Chur, Switzerland / Walter Förderer (1967–69)
Carved like a rocky outcrop, the church stands as a sculptural mass of raw concrete. Inside, fractured walls and deep-cut windows channel light into sharp contrasts of shadow and glow. More cavern than hall, the space is charged with silence and resonance, a Brutalist grotto where matter and spirit meet.
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Cimitero Monumentale / Luigi Ciapparella / Busto Arsizio, Italy / 1970–71
Sixteen concrete modules form a measured grid, their walls pierced by circles that open to light and air. The repetition is steady, almost ritual, and the silence of the space gathers around it. The atmosphere is solemn, framing remembrance with restraint and dignity.
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St. Stephen’s Anglican Church / Thompson, Berwick & Pratt / Vancouver / 1968
A West Coast Modern landmark at the gateway to Dundarave and Ambleside. The sanctuary glows with a “curtain of colour” — dalle-de-verre slab-glass windows by French master André Rault, whose jewel-like pieces scatter radiant light across the space. Recognized on West Vancouver’s Heritage Register, the church remains one of the region’s modern treasures.
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Santa Maria Assunta / Riola di Vergato, Italy / Alvar Aalto / 1966–1978
Aalto’s only built church in Italy, Santa Maria Assunta, balances Nordic sensibility with Mediterranean context. Its concrete “petal” roof gathers and diffuses daylight into the nave, turning light into the central ornament. The material palette remains modest, emphasizing tactility and atmosphere over grandeur. The church unfolds through a grounded approach sequence into a luminous, soaring interior. It stands as a humanist interpretation of sacred architecture, where intimacy, community, and light converge.
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Notre-Dame du Haut / Ronchamp / Le Corbusier / 1950–55
Thick walls, scattered windows, and a sail-like roof shape a chapel that feels both ancient and modern, intimate inside yet open to the landscape.
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Notre-Dame du Haut / Ronchamp / Le Corbusier / 1950–55
Thick walls, scattered windows, and a sail-like roof shape a chapel that feels both ancient and modern, intimate inside yet open to the landscape.
@fondationlecorbusier
#lecorbusier / #ronchamp / #notredameduhaut / #modernism / #concrete / #sacredarchitecture / #pilgrimage / #lightandshadow / #sculpturalform / #spiritualspace #nikoncanada #35mm #filmphotography #architecturephotographer
