Concert Hall, Takasaki, Japan, 1960s, Antonin Raymond and L.L. Rado
Telephone Exchange and Signal Box, Birmingham, England, 1963, Bicknell and Hamilton
Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami, Florida, 1972. Ferendino/Grafton/Spillis/Candela
Actors Colony, Sinseisaku Theatrical and Cultural Centre, Hatchiogi, Japan, 1964
Le Corbusier, Double House, Bedroom, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany, 1927
Grand dome of Hagia Sophia, in Constantinople, now Istanbul, 532-7.
The grand dome of Hagia Sophia, with a diameter of over 101 ft and a height of 160 ft, signified the quintessence of Byzantine architecture, of which main building materials often involved only bricks and stones. It symbolizes the “infinity of the cosmos signified by the Holy Soul to which the church was dedicated” (via), or in other words, the door leading to heaven, hence the construction in favor of natural lights. The dome’s first collapse was in 558, but it was to be reconstructed in 562 to even a greater length.
TWA Flight Center, JFK International Airport, Queens, New York, 1962, Eero Saarinen
