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Sardinian Observations
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Categories: 2012, Art, History, Modernism
We tend to think of indigenous Sardinian construction as robust and direct although not particularly refined. This is due in large part to the widely published images of nuraghi, the stone towers that gave name to the Nuragic Era. There is, however, another archetypal form of masonry from the Nuragic Era. This is the precisely cut stonework of the pozzi saccri (sacred wells).
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Carl Stein Presents “Sustainability Lessons on Modernism” at the Scuola di Architettura Universita di Cagliari
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Categories: 2012, Modernism, Sustainability
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Villa Tugendhat Day in New York
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Following up on our previous post: On October 1st, the Bohemian National Hall , at 321 East 73rd Street will host an afternoon and evening devoted to Mies van der Rohe’s recently restored Villa Tugendhat.
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Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic
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The work of Mies van der Rohe is often viewed as being exercises in purist geometry, dry and mathematical.
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Reflections on Artist Costantino Nivola
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Reflections on the Artist: Costantino Nivola. A collection of images from Carl Stein's recent presentation at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC It’s not possible to describe Costantino Nivola – Tino – in a few paragraphs or a few pages. His art as well as the sum total of his…
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