ZEVI

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

MAXXI’s celebration of Bruno Zevi’s 100th birthday with an exhibition on his prolific production as a historian and critic of architecture, who influenced many of the world’s best architects of his time, poses an important question: can Zevi’s ideas, today, help young people to become finer architects in the creation of a better tomorrow? The video that accompanies this blog tries to give, through Zevi’s own words, a visual answer.

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Idyllwild Idyll

Thursday, September 14, 2017
Pearlman Cabin, Idyllwild. Architect: John Lautner. Copyright Ruth and Rick Meghiddo. All Rights Reserved

Walking through the many trails of Idyllwild provides an excellent source of learning from nature by going back to fundamentals, delivered by boulders and trees: life and death, change, the nature of materials, gravity, light and shadow, adaptation and wise economy of form.

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The Wright Way – An Overture

Friday, June 30, 2017
Wright in N.Y. b Rick Meghiddo

Why Wright now? What can a man born 150 years ago, tell to a young generation of architects likely to be responsible for the invention of the future? The following documentary is intended to emphasize the link between Wright ideas and the needs of tomorrow.

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Tongva Park and the Angelbird

Friday, May 5, 2017
Observation Point -Tongva Park - Copyright Rick Meghiddo. All Rights Reserved

Tongva Park in Santa Monica is a unique model of sustainability and Organic Architecture, sensitive to the site’s geological and human history. It was designed by James Corner Fields Operations to turn the area into “a new destination and gathering place of great social, ecological and symbolic value.”

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From Architecture to Urban Farming

Monday, December 26, 2016
Jean Phillipe Pargade Technical and Scientific School, Paris. Photo: Sergio Grazia, Rick Meghiddo

A Brief Story of a Vision “While doing research on solutions for sustainable mixed-use urban corridors, I came to foresee the advantage of incorporating a food-growth area integrated…

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