So Close, Yet So Far Away

There is something astounding about the aesthetic relationship between the architecture of Ensamble Studio and the artist Adriaan Berend Wagemaker. Although there is 45 years between the creation of the artwork and the building of this house, it seems as if one was constructed for the other- material, palette and geometries that soften as they interact with the organic forms around them.

1., 3., 5., 7. Hemeroscopium House by Ensamble Studios circa 2005

2. Adriaan Berend (Jaap) Wagemaker, Le Clous, Mixed Media Circa 1960

4. Adriaan Berend (Jaap) Wagemaker, Structure En Gris Et Bleu, Mixed Media Circa 1960

6. Adriaan Berend (Jaap) Wagemaker, Forme De L'Espace, Mixed Media Circa 1960

The Beauty of Brutalism...Art and Architecture

Walter Yarwood, Cedars, 1962, University of Toronto

Yarwood's Cedars

Walter Yarwood's Horizon, 1964

Robarts Library, University of Toronto

Walter Yarwood, The Pines, 1968, Ontario Government Buildings

Habitat '67 for Montreal's 1967 Expo

Boston City Hall, 1963-1968

Sydney Masonic Center, 1974

Le Corbusier, The Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette

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Pilgrimage Church, 1962, Gottfried Bohm

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Frederic Chaubin, Georgia Government Building (Road's Ministry), 1975

Kenzo Tange's Yoyogi National Gymnasium, 1961- 1964

Salvatore Gioitta's Swimming Pool to Moscow, 1955-1960