GIGI CIFALI :: ABSENCE OF WATER ::

SOHO MARSHALL POOL
LONDON

MOSELEY BATHS

BIRMINGHAM

UXBRIDGE LIDO 
LONDON

HILSEA LIDO
PORTSMOUTH

TUDOR GRANGE POOL
SOLIHULL

ELTHAM 

PARK LIDO

ABSENCE OF WATER

Having been built in the late Victorian period, public lidos and baths were at the peak of their popularity in the 1930s. Gradually, living conditions and tastes have changed, resulting in a drop of attendances, leaving the public pools uneconomical to run. Many fell into decay and many were demolished. Symbols of civic and architectural pride in Victorian times, today only a handful of them remain as a representation of bygone era.

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Hilary Faye

Just a few magical gif collages by Hilary Faye

Zumtobel annual report By David Chipperfield Architects and John Morgan studio

Thanks to Zumtobel Group I have received the 22nd artistic annual report and I’m happy to share with you some of my favorites windows!

David Chipperfield chose this concept because, for him, the window is a key element of architectural design, forging the link between light, space and the individual.

classic art book finished in rough linen

Photographer unknown / Maison-Atelier du Peintre Amédée Ozenfant, Le Corbusier 1922 

 Edward Hopper / Western Motel 1957

Photograph by Simon Menges / Interior, The Hepworth Wakefield, David Chipperfield Architects 2012

Andrew Wyeth / Master Bedroom 1965

Edward Hopper / Night Windows 1928

Photograph by W. Boesiger / Portrait of Le Corbusier in his Baraque de Chantier in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1952

more at: http://www.zumtobelgroup.com/en/annual_reports.htm