Archi Portrait / Federico Babina
Artist Federico Babina has honored the faces of a handful of iconic architects by creating their portraits using the elements and styles of each individual architect. The artist has brilliantly managed to take various components such as floor plans, colors, shapes and recognizable forms and turned them into the facial features of each architect. Each […]
ArchitectureÁlvaro SizaCharles EamesDaniel LibeskindFederico BabinaFrank Lloyd WrightFrank O. Gehry
Oscar Niemeyer Mural Tribute (Brazil) / Eduardo Kobra
Brazilian street artist, Eduardo Kobra created this mural in honor of the famed architect Oscar Niemeyer, in São Paulo, Brazil. Niemayer, recently passed away in December at the age of 104. The large scale mural which pays homage to the architectural style of Niemayer, measures at 170 feet high and 52 feet wide. The mural took two week to complete. -@ybaynes images […]
ArchitectureBrazilEduardo KobraMuralsOscar NiemeyerSão PauloStreet art
The ABC of Architects / Federico Gonzalez and Andrea Stinga
Frederico Gonzalez and Andrea Stinga of Ombú Architecture created this fetching motion graphic of the ABCs of starchitects. We know they couldn’t include every starchitect but how did they leave out Rem? Anyway, this is still pretty fresh. Who thought architecture could be so adorable and cute? Check out the list of architects at the end of this post… –@teemunny via […]
Alvar AaltoAndrea StingArata IsozakiArchitectureAustraliaAustriaÁlvaro Siza
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) Dead at 104
Oscar Niemeyer, the renowned Brazilian architect, has died. The master architect had been hospitalized several times, initially on October 17th, at Samaritan’s Hospital of Rio de Janeiro. Several weeks later, he returned to the hospital on November 7th, for symptoms of dehydration. After recovering from this bout of dehydration, illness returned as he experienced renal complications and was […]
ArchitectureBrasíliaBrazilBrutalistCathedral of BrasíliaFrench Communist PartyGoogie