Wednesday, 26 March 2008

'Atrium' - Vincent Korda


A multi-storey atrium model from the 1936 film 'Things to Come' -- an atrium prefigured by the likes of Frank Loyd Wright's Larkin Building and Rogers Lacy Hotel project, and brought to reality again four decades after Korda in the multi-storey atria of John Portman.

5 comments:

Luke H said...

Whats all this then - I thought Wikipedia was off-limits here? :-)

Peter Cresswell said...

I've said many times that Wikipedia for controversial topics should always be considered off-limits in polite company.

AFAIA John Portman is hardly considered controversial, except by those who can't read?

Luke H said...

Ah I see - refer to Wiki articles when you like and agree with the subject, but make it "off-limits" when the content of the article doesn't suit your purpose.

As long as we've got that clear ...

:-)

Peter Cresswell said...

I could either repeat myself, or you could read my comment again. Up to you.

Anonymous said...

Regarding Wikipedia;

http://downwiththeinternet.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/wikipedia-lolcat.jpg

Sean.