Golconde in Pondicherry, India was completed in 1945. It was built as a dormitory for members of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It was designed by American architect Antonin Raymond (who was based in Japan and previously worked for Frank Lloyd Wright) and later completed by George Nakashima, who also became a member of the ashram. Nakashima’s fine wood furniture is in use throughout the rooms. The construction supervision was entrusted to Nakashima and Francois Sammer, a Czech architect who had worked for Le Corbusier before joining Raymond's staff. Golconde is an astonishing architectural accomplishment. With technical finesse and extraordinary craft, it offers a living testament to the original modernist credo – architecture as the manifest union of technology, aesthetics, and social reform. Here exists an undiluted view of a wholly triumphant tropical Modernism, built during the tumultuous years of the second world war. Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima’s daughter, contributes with a new 800 word introduction essay for this new edition. By Pankaj Vir Gupta, Christine Mueller, Cyrus Samii. Softcover, 112 pages, 19.5 x 22.5 cm, ill Colour/ B&W, Published by Actar. Afterpay payment method is only available for orders over $200.
Summer House / Antonin Raymond
Antonin Raymond (or Czech Antonn Raymond), born as Antonn Reimann (10 May 1888, Kladno, Kingdom of Bohemia 21 November 1976 Langhorne, Pennsylvania), was a Czech American architect. Raymond was born and studied in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic), working later in the United States and
The exhibition AntoninRaymond 7x opens at the Jaroslav Frágner Gallery in Prague showcasing the architects stylistic evolvution with works including Art-Deco Hoshi University (1924), the Tropical Mod
Former Fusaichiro Inoue House / Antonin Raymond
Antonin Raymond Architect 1888-1976 Raymond Architects website: www.r...
The exhibition at Philadelphia’s historic Japanese house celebrates the creative and personal network between four Modernist design and architecture luminaries.
Summer House / Antonin Raymond
The exhibition AntoninRaymond 7x opens at the Jaroslav Frágner Gallery in Prague showcasing the architects stylistic evolvution with works including Art-Deco Hoshi University (1924), the Tropical Mod
Manufactured and designed in Melbourne by John Bastiras Design Studio, the Meguro Stool is perfect for many occasions, use as a bedside table, a side table and an extra seat around the table. Inspired by a visit to the Meguro Catholic Church designed by Architect Antonin Raymond in 1957 in the Meguro-Ku district of Tok
‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and Japanologist, arrived in Japan in 1862...
Former Fusaichiro Inoue House / Antonin Raymond
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東京女子大学礼拝堂：アントニン･レーモンド、東京、1938年4月
Summer House / Antonin Raymond
Antonin Raymond
"The postwar rebuilding of Japan began masterfully with a work of [Antonin] Raymond’s Reader’s Digest Building at Takebashi, the first 'permanent' new building in Tokyo since the end of World War II. "Raymond had petitioned General MacArthur for permission to reenter occupied Japan in order to participate in the work of reconstructing the country. Arriving
St.Paul's Catholic Church / Antonin Raymond
St.Paul's Catholic Church / Antonin Raymond
Former Fusaichiro Inoue House / Antonin Raymond
Former Fusaichiro Inoue House / Antonin Raymond
Summer House / Antonin Raymond
Gunma Music Center / Antonin Raymond
