This!! Thank you ever so much for these words--and I loved reading about your last first date!
"a reminder of how spellbinding life can be when we stay connected to each other. And even more so when we’re connected to artistic movements. Le Corbusier even said, “the purpose of construction is to make things hold together; of architecture, to move us.”
Thank you! Oh, you are so right about the exhibition! I hadn't known France in person yet and would have loved to be here sooner, and to see that exhibition sooner too!
We haven't talked about le Quartier Mallet-Stevens yet! I know of Robert Mallet-Stevens, but had no idea this block in Paris existed. It's wonderful!! Another excuse to head north. :)
It’s worth a visit but especially if you can visit one of the houses. Several are monuments historiques and have to be open for a certain number of weeks a year. My husband’s great-uncle and his brother, the sculptors Jean and Joël Martel, lived and had their studio there and we were so lucky to be able to visit it (obviously under new ownership) a few years back. It was just a stroke of luck.
I went there as a history of art and design undergraduate… I couldn’t believe I was in one of his buildings … so special so exciting- it was both egalitarian and elitist in some strange way … elements that would be replicated across the globe in prefabricated buildings yet a Villa designed for rich Parisian clients … the height of modernist chic … love your writings
This!! Thank you ever so much for these words--and I loved reading about your last first date!
"a reminder of how spellbinding life can be when we stay connected to each other. And even more so when we’re connected to artistic movements. Le Corbusier even said, “the purpose of construction is to make things hold together; of architecture, to move us.”
Thank you always for your support!!!
Incredible! How sweet are your two shadows in that photo. What an amazing first date 💛
Thank you!! An architecture date sealed the deal for me instantly.
This looks super interesting to visit. You would have loved this exhibition at the Musée Soulages a few years back: https://musee-soulages-rodez.fr/expositions/expositions-passees/exposition-le-corbusier-latelier-de-la-recherche-patiente-un-metier/
On another, but related, note, were you the one I told about the Quartier Mallet-Stevens in Paris? I can't remember who I talked to about it.
Thank you! Oh, you are so right about the exhibition! I hadn't known France in person yet and would have loved to be here sooner, and to see that exhibition sooner too!
We haven't talked about le Quartier Mallet-Stevens yet! I know of Robert Mallet-Stevens, but had no idea this block in Paris existed. It's wonderful!! Another excuse to head north. :)
It’s worth a visit but especially if you can visit one of the houses. Several are monuments historiques and have to be open for a certain number of weeks a year. My husband’s great-uncle and his brother, the sculptors Jean and Joël Martel, lived and had their studio there and we were so lucky to be able to visit it (obviously under new ownership) a few years back. It was just a stroke of luck.
https://www.offi.fr/tendances/a-travers-paris/visite-hotel-martel-rue-mallet-stevens-16.html
I went there as a history of art and design undergraduate… I couldn’t believe I was in one of his buildings … so special so exciting- it was both egalitarian and elitist in some strange way … elements that would be replicated across the globe in prefabricated buildings yet a Villa designed for rich Parisian clients … the height of modernist chic … love your writings