I came across this article by Hugh Pearman in The Sunday Times.
It has some information on the exhibitions and reveals that both architects had more in common than you might think at first glance.
Le Corbusier's La Tourette
Hugh Pearman’s website has a collection of writing on architecture.
This has been around for a while, but in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet it’s a good use of colour and perspective to liven up and aid navigation in an otherwise dull car park.
I’m sad, I know…but a visit to the 1958 World Expo in Brussels is a fun few hours in spaceland. Re-opened in Feb 2006, its just had its millionth visitor…
The Green Room is an outdoor sculpture area on the corner of Wellington Street and Northern Street.
Cover in green astroturf, it will include huge living room furniture such as a television, table, sofa and a lamp, and won’t help but capture the public’s imagination and become a talking point. Rick de Blaby, chief executive of MEPC, has said “Our vision is to create the definitive new urban quarter for Leeds of the highest quality. We especially want to create a fantastic public domain so it will be a great place to live and work and enjoy all of the associated amenities that we will be bringing forward.”
Abstract from MEPC Website
The new centre makes a bridge between the outstanding clinical expertise of Moorfields Eye Hospital and the research prowess of the adjacent Institute of Ophthalmology to provide a world class children’s eye treatment facility. The arrangement of outpatients clinics, a day surgery unit, research facilities and short stay patient/parent hostel all within a very tight site has made the vertical connections between floors all important. On each floor light wells zig-zag up the building against the backdrop of a huge wall mural. Throughout, the design combines medical functionality with a rich, welcoming and easily navigable patient environment. The arresting exterior has a glass façade with a flowing pattern of aluminium solar control louvre blades - inspired by the idea of a wheeling flock of birds.
World Architecture News.Com
Artwork in the central cafe combines colours used in each of the hospital wards, creating exciting and easy wayfinding around the building.
