These 30 images are 30 portraits, or 30 chairs, depending on how one chooses to observe them. One can send rational information to the brain to recognize a chair through practical competence, or leave it free to search for an intuitive and open association to discover a face. 30 iconic design chairs are transformed into characters with personality and expressiveness that live, speak and breathe in a parallel universe.
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Architectural Views: ‘The Seagram Building’ By Mies Van Der Rohe (NYC, 1956)
The Seagram Building is a skyscraper at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building, completed in 1958, stands 515 feet tall with 38 stories and a large plaza.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture.
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