Word: architecturale
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At 51, Eames argues soberly that "to the designer, the chair provides an area where he can follow through with an architectural concept and test it directly in terms of human scale and function." But the man whose chairs stand in over 1,000,000 homes unabashedly admires the old...
Board members noted architectural trends to lower ceilings and pointed out that efficient ventilating systems diminished the necessity for high ceilings.
Nervi's task was the formidable one of carrying through on the structural problems, making a concrete edifice that would appear not only airy but also monumental and imposing. Placing a building on stilts (pilotis) has been modern architectural fashion ever since France's Le Corbusier introduced it...
Equally successful is the butterfly-roofed conference hall. With roof and monumental façade shaped from folded concrete slabs, it attains simple dignity by the drama of its stark engineering. Says Nervi: "At last reinforced concrete has become a 'noble' architectural material."
CHARLES LUCKMAN, onetime wonder-boy boss of Lever Bros., has bought out Partner William L. Pereira, and each will form his own West Coast architectural business. Insiders say Luckman's razzle-dazzle rubbed against conservative Pereira.