LASTING IMPRESSION CHRIS LOYN

摘要

I find so much of Le Corbusier's work inspirational, I could pick any number of his buildings, or even parts of buildings. Visiting his little chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp (1954) was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life: the form, the quality of light and concrete surfaces, and the way he used rubble from a destroyed chapel on the site within the walls. Frank Lloyd Wright is another timeless master- his skill in siting Fallingwater (1939) just hanging over the precipice makes you truly feel the waterfall, you're part of it. Great architecture isn't just visual, it engages all senses. Closer to home, Berthold Lubetkin's Penguin Pool at London Zoo (1934) is beautifully detailed and structurally fascinating, on the edge of the possible. And the Elephant House 1 by Hugh Casson (1965), with that ribbed boss-hammered texture, like an elephant skin - such a robust, appropriate response to the brief.