Airport architecture makes them enjoyable places to be. I rarely travel by air, but I do know that it’s possible to waste hours at a time in them. It seems that ever since the Pan Am terminal at JFK airport in New York appeared, airport terminal design took a turn for the transcendent. I can’t [...]
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There’s something about airports
March 10, 2010
Posted by Rick Monro on March 10, 2010
http://blog.rickmonro.com/design/theres-something-about-airports/
Welcome to the future
February 27, 2010
Remember all of those sets in sci-fi movies, anytime from the 60′s to the 90′s, and you thought “There’s no way we’ll ever live/work in buildings like that”…? Think again. Welcome to the future..
Posted by Rick Monro on February 27, 2010
http://blog.rickmonro.com/architecture/welcome-to-the-future/
It brings a tear to the eye
January 12, 2010
I don’t know which is more beautiful here – the photograph, or the building (a Norwegian museum, apparently)
Posted by Rick Monro on January 12, 2010
http://blog.rickmonro.com/architecture/it-brings-a-tear-to-the-eye/
An evening with Libeskind
December 7, 2009
I was delighted recently to be able to attend an address given by none other than Daniel Libeskind in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. The event was a University of Ulster bash, however the night belonged to the guest speaker. Coming across as slightly more unassuming (and shorter) that one might expect, Libeskind emitted passion and enthusiasm [...]
Posted by Rick Monro on December 7, 2009
http://blog.rickmonro.com/architecture/an-evening-with-libeskind/
Beautiful boxes
November 29, 2009
Architecture is something that will crop up again and again in this blog, and more specifically simple, beautiful architecture. While you can read as much as you want online about the “rock stars” of the architecture world – Libeskind, Rogers, Gehry etc – you have to work a little harder to find the more modest [...]
Posted by Rick Monro on November 29, 2009
http://blog.rickmonro.com/architecture/pretty-boxes/