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DIALOGUE
May 6, 2017
GÜNTHER DOMENIG – Diagonality in the work of a troubled genius
Günther Domenig was a little-known but important Austrian architect who died in
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June 22, 2017
Daniel Libeskind’s Museums
Daniel Libeskind originally rose to prominence because of his striking and highly
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June 23, 2017
TOKYO BUDŌKAN
The Tokyo Budokan sports facility was built in 1989 in the Higashi
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June 28, 2017
BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE
Figure 1. Beth Shalom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954-1959
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June 29, 2017
Hearst Tower, New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst had demanded that his six-story corporate headquarters
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June 30, 2017
Canadian Pavilion Expo 67
The design of the inverted pyramid designed by architects Rod Robbie and
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July 1, 2017
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
The COCOON TOWER is a fifty-story educational facility built in
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July 3, 2017
Tower of the Winds
The Tower of the Winds was built in 48 BCE in the
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July 5, 2017
JEAN RENAUDIE
The following article is based largely on a thesis written by Anton
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July 8, 2017
Crystal Cities and Alpine Architecture
Crystallography is the science of determining the geometric arrangement of atoms in
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July 8, 2017
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Text in preparation
July 12, 2017
Diagrids
Link to a gallery of images and a useful book on the
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July 13, 2017
Freeman House
The Freeman House (1965 – 1966), designed by Gunnar Birkerts (1925 –
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July 13, 2017
Price Tower
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July 17, 2017
Oscar Niemeyer’s Caracas Museum of Modern Art
The probable inspiration for the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 was the
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July 17, 2017
INVERTED PYRAMIDS
Ever since the ancient Egyptians built their iconic pyramids several thousand
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July 18, 2017
RETREAT HOUSE
Reportedly, this 1978 design for a Retreat House was produced by the
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August 13, 2017
The Triangular Lodge at Rushton
Sir Thomas Tresham (1545-1605) was a gentleman architect and builder, well-educated and
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August 22, 2017
HOUSE OF TOMORROW and the FAGAN/McMAHON HOUSE
The glass and steel HOUSE OF TOMORROW was designed by Chicago architect
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August 23, 2017
THE MYSTERIOUS WORK OF ROBIN FREDENTHAL – Simple Beginnings
It is a fundamental truth that complex structures always evolve from simpler
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September 13, 2017
MANFRED MOHR – Turning and exploding the cube
In the mid-1960s, after discovering information aesthetics as taught by his Professor
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September 20, 2017
Chronology: Louis Kahn’s Engagement with Diagonality
1943 Teen and Nursery Building in Why City Planning
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September 29, 2017
VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall designed by American architect Maya Lin was
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October 9, 2017
LEWIS FOREMAN DAY
Lewis F. Day (1845-1910) was a designer, writer, and critic who published
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October 20, 2017
BANK OF CHINA
The Bank of China is an exemplary manifestation of Diagonality executed in
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October 29, 2017
THE SUMMIT AT UNIVERSITY CITY
THE SUMMIT AT UNIVERSITY CITY was built in 2015 on the
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October 30, 2017
DIAGONALITY’S GEOMETRY
under construction
October 31, 2017
VLADIMIR SHUKHOV – The Triangulating Russian Spiderman
Throughout the 19th century, cultural developments were occurring in many disciplines that
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November 18, 2017
URANIBORG
The great Danish naked-eye astronomer, nobleman and writer was an adherent of
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November 18, 2017
BROKEN OBELISK
Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk, also known as Black Needle, was one of
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November 28, 2017
The WILLIAM VALE hotel
This 21-story project is an expression of Diagonality in the form of
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December 10, 2017
PYRAMIDS THROUGH THE CENTURIES
Ever since the Egyptians built their pyramids starting around 2,700 BCE and
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January 14, 2018
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
Design studies for this triangular 27-story office building and bank in Jeddah,
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January 16, 2018
MARK A. REYNOLDS – GEOMETER/ARTIST
Mark Reynolds is devoted to developing geometry as an art form. Not
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January 18, 2018
DA VINCI’S OBSESSION WITH THE OCTAGON
Artist, geometer, and educator Mark A. Reynolds investigated Leonardo da Vinci’s frequent
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February 2, 2018
TOMÁS SARACENO
“Entangled Orbits” is the name of an exhibition at the Baltimore Museum
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November 22, 2018
PETER KOGLER’S psychedelic graphic at Karlplatz, Vienna
Peter Kogler, deeply inspired by architecture and film, was born in Austria
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January 6, 2019
Chain Link Pavilion By Philip Johnson and Alan Ritchie
When I was a student of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
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May 22, 2019
THE WRECK OF HOPE
During the first quarter of the nineteenth century, a striking and
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May 31, 2019
THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST
In 1823, 80-year old Thomas Jefferson made his final visit
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June 17, 2019
VERSAILLES—Palace of the SUN KING in the ERA of RADIANCE
Versailles—the grand palace and gardens started by Louis XIV, King of France—was
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June 26, 2019
BJARKE INGELS – Inclined to ask BIG questions
VIA 57 WEST, New York City – This article is under construction
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August 6, 2019
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – Fountainhead of Diagonality
– This page is under construction – There is no other
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April 3, 2020
JUSTICE AUGUSTUS BREEVORT WOODWARD (1774‑1827) AND HIS SPIDERY PLAN FOR DETROIT
The wind was violent around 9 AM Tuesday, June 11, 1805, in
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April 25, 2020
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER – A Victorian with a Modern Vision
As seen through the “angular design” prism of the 20th and 21st
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May 21, 2020
INTARSIA – A Renaissance Obsession
During the Renaissance, the creation of panelized scenes using inlaid wood, a
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May 22, 2020
NATALIA GONCHAROVA – A Russian artistic rebel
Angely i aeroplany (Angels and Airplanes), Natalia Goncharova, 1914 In Russia at
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May 23, 2020
JOEL LEVINSON – Evolution of a Diagonalist
Joel Levinson (1938-202?) is a semi-retired Philadelphia architect who received his training
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July 11, 2020
KENNETH SNELSON – Flying High
Growing up in Pendelton, Oregon, Kenneth Snelson (1927-2016) loved to build
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