#institutional architecture

[indiaartndesign]

Step into a Storybook Adventure! | Studio Vapore

Studio Vapore transforms a school library into a magical realm of creativity and learning! From bamboo forests to village huts, Tibetan-inspired storytelling towers, and playful hideaways, this dynamic space is designed to inspire imagination and exploration.

With modular bookshelves, whispering tubes, hidden crystals, and a serene yet interactive vibe, this library redefines modern education. Swipe through the enchanting journey of how a library becomes a place where curiosity meets creativity. https://www.indiaartndesign.com/step-into-a-storybook-adventure-studio-vapore/

[aroomforarchitecture]

021. COMMUNITY HALL

[madlori]

A few days ago, my BFF and I took a quick overnight trip to Detroit. She wanted to go to their art museum, it's a 3.5 hour drive, so we decided to make an overnight of it.

The Detroit Institute of Art has a truly historic permanent installation, namely a courtyard completely covered with murals by Diego Rivera, and they are stunning in that "stand there and get teary over human creativity" kind of way.

Anyway that isn't the point of this post.

We went to a jazz club that night, and the next morning we went for brunch. We had like an hour's wait, so we walked a few blocks away in downtown Detroit to the Guardian Building, which I'd been told was worth seeing. It's just an office building, open whenever, you can just walk in and look around, but it looks like THIS:

It's an absolutely stunning Art Deco building that's currently owned by Wayne County and houses most of their offices, along with other tenants.

There is a ton of Deco architecture in Detroit, as most of the big expansion of the city during the automobile boom was in the 20s and 30s. Downtown Detroit is back to being a bustling social hub and the city's recovered a lot from its crises.

I recommend a visit.

[hancockinstitute]

IT'S LIKE JAZZ – YOU IMPROVISE YOU WORK TOGETHER, YOU PLAY OFF EACH OTHER, YOU MAKE SOMETHING, THEY MAKE SOMETHING.

– Frank Gehry, Architect & Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Trustee

[fashionsfromhistory]

Miniature English Bedchamber of the Jacobean or Stuart Era, 1603-1688

Narcissa Niblack Thorne & Unknown Artisans

c.1937

Art Institute of Chicago (Reference Number: 1941.1187)

[mim70]

Residential building on the Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Koltusi (Keltto), near Vsevolozhsk, Saint Petersburg region

[bhrarchinerd]

Order by Rob Oo Via Flickr: Ohgigaoka Campus, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Noinochi, Japan. Design (1967): Sachio Otani.

[artandthebible]

Christ Receiving the Children

Artist: Sébastien Bourdon (French, 1616–1671)

Date: 1650–1660

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Description

In this illustration of an episode from the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament, Jesus (reclining at center) admonishes his disciples not to prevent little children from approaching him. Sébastien Bourdon's figures wear draperies in the antique fashion, and the setting evokes both ancient Rome and the Christian Holy Land.

One of the most versatile and successful 17th-century French painters, Bourdon emulated the rigorous classical style of Nicolas Poussin. Bourdon knew Poussin's work (such as the painting on view in this gallery) from his early years in Rome. Following Poussin's compositional principles, Bourdon organized this scene as a series of parallel, stage-like registers, resulting in a calm, geometric order.

[dziubomir]

[julianhuxley]

Two penguins “inspect” an architectural maquette of the new Penguin Pond, London Zoo.

Photograph by John Havinden, 1934 (RIBA)

[science70]

Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research and Development, Kiev, Ukraine, 1971.

Architects: Lev Novikov, Florian Turiev

Photography: Johansen Krause

[lindenardenshighlights]

"Paris is always a good idea." ~ Audrey Hepburn

Palais de l’Institut de France

[searchsystem]

Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) / AKQA & Universal Design Studio / H&M / Looop / Recycling System / 2020

[fashionsfromhistory]

Miniature English Great Room of the Late Tudor Period, 1550-1603

Narcissa Niblack Thorne & Unknown Artisans

c.1937

Art Institute of Chicago (Reference Number: 1941.1186)

[periodinteriors]

James Stephanoff and Francis Philip Stephanoff, The Interior of the British Institution, 1817, watercolor.

[galleryofart]

Westminster Abbey from Tothill Fields

Artist: John Varley (English, 1778–1842)

Date: 1832

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States