love & architecture

I recently fell in love with two men. My love for these men developed both on the same day & perhaps even moments away from each other.

The first man shares in my vision of seeing a multitude of colors in white, & the second coined the aphorism of less being more. There is much detail to examine of them both, but surely they would prefer that I retain their simplistic style by discussing only their determination of design through destiny. Okay – so perhaps that’s still a little deep, but the paradox of simplicity is that it’s difficult to make.

I’m not sure when or how it was exactly that I came across the Farnsworth House, but its discovery had caught me in Mies de ver Rohe’s architecture for days thereafter. Somehow through the accidental encounter of his work, I then stumbled upon Richard Meier, who was greatly influenced by Meis & his “skin & bones” structure in design.

It is indeed a complicated love, sliced equally between the work of men that I deeply adore, but they say that good things happen over time, & great things all at once.

The J. Paul Getty Museum by Richard Meier + Architects

The Millennium Church by Richard Meier + Architects

New National Gallery by Mies de ver Rohe

The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies de ver Rohe