Can we talk about Jørn Utzon and Geir Grung in Beijing in 1958. Like can we please talk about this. It’s wild to me that they were in my hometown when my grandparents were young adults? I need to know more!
Right before this Utzon sent Fehn to Morocco?? And he just, did it?? The sheer trust these Norwegian boys had in their Danish senpai I can’t 😭
From this paper, which is on my TBR: journal.eahn.org/article/id/7...
Can we talk about Jørn Utzon and Geir Grung in Beijing in 1958. Like can we please talk about this. It’s wild to me that they were in my hometown when my grandparents were young adults? I need to know more!
Template!
I propose a new way of categorising architects. My Swedish repertoire, more or less; there are definitely patterns in friendships/partnerships:
You’re truly one of the OG ones from way back when (thank you & all the others for sticking around)! I’m sure the guys are all waiting for me to get back to them haha, which I will… eventually!
Some of you have never (!) met my UK repertoire. Do we need a lore recap of what I drew 2021-23!? I’m v sorry to have eloped with the Scandinavians, 2yrs & counting… two guys named Asplund and Lewerentz aren’t letting me leave 😭
UK repertoire fans rejoice, she’s taking them out of the basement. Chamberlin Powell and Bon, my snazzy primary colours trio 🔴🔵🟡:
Some nice moments from today’s perambulation:
Barbican postcards from me and CP&B; not a bad place to spend a Saturday. There’s nothing like it. 🌿🦆
JC. Thinking about him again
#johancelsing #illustration #architecture
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And somewhere in there was springtime
I saw him again on Sunday in the Queen Elizabeth Hall which just about made my week. Nice to be here too considering the recent Southbank Centre listing! 🍾 (old gentleman next to me seemed moderately confused as I kept looking around at concrete while waiting for the show to start… haha)
Unfortunately he is very funny so more power to him, but omg what even is SAR about anymore. So unserious
Wdym the standup comedian who does satire on P1’s weekly roundup show is an architect AND hosting Arkitekturgalan for the third year in a row?? Architects be doing anything other than what they were trained for. I’m technically guilty of this too but still!— 😭
ICYMI, the original thread with the unfiltered “friendly, sunny light”:
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Revisited some Rådhuset photos while messing around in Lightroom so you’re getting Asplund on your feed again. I miss him too
🎶 the indie rock band from Gothenburg in question - terragbg.bandcamp.com/track/b-rjan...
Recently. I hardly draw self-portraits but this is about as close as it gets
#illustration #sketch
Penning letters to my overseas friends like I live in the 20th-century and nooo wdym postage has gone up… </3 What do I do with my stamps from before which are now either too much or too little??… 😞
Ars lon(ga), vita brevis 🍷
Theatrical father/son angst. Eslöv time; his debut, at last 🎭
#hansasplund #illustration #architecture
📖 Tangential lore. Architects vs happiness
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#hansasplund #bengtlindroos #architecture
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#hansasplund #gunnarasplund #architecture
Forgot this bonus! A recent article from ArkDes on Ralph’s archive. Yes please I would very much like a Ralph exhibition and am manifesting it now <3 - arkdes.se/samlingen/sa...
Omg haha!! The odds… 😆 fab evening wasn’t it? Made no difference that I’d heard it before with John Adams himself instead of EPS. Surprised it wasn’t sold out.
