Great Monoliths

Great Monoliths of the Ancient World put into perspective (from estructuras24.blogspot.com)

Bellmer + Silent Hill

The creatures bear a remarkable resemblance to Polish/German artist Hans Bellmer's dolls. However, Masahiro Ito commented on this saying that they had no influence on his design of the Mannequin, instead his inspiration came from traditional Japanese folklore

Jesus & Darth Vader

Chambers writes on his website that "the relationship between Jesus, and Darth Vader is a messianic one. Both are prophets with similar aspects; virgin births, self-sacrifice, magical powers.The world trade centers are a result of religious fervor; and the interpretations of the Prophet Muhammed. Prophetic cultural reactions. Synthesized, historico interpretations of Christ, represented at vastly different periods of time. To me this piece represents the battle between good and evil, in a way that accepts that they are the same." 

distopic architecture

Ahora recuerdo cuando Rogelio Salmona se refirió a la bella ruina como el momento donde se entiende a cabalidad una obra arquitectónica: "Cuando una edificación llega a ser ruina es porque verdaderamente fue buena arquitectura; la mala arquitectura desaparece en el tiempo". Movido por estos pensamientos hoy me imaginé un poco de arquitectura distópica en ruinas que tiltulé Casa Fahrenheit 451.

rICHARD SCARPETTA (scarpettarichard.blogspot.com)

Viollet-le-duc: notre dame

Nevertheless, Viollet-le-Duc could not resist placing a few tiny references to himself in the restored architecture. He rebuilt the central spire of the cathedral, which had disappeared in previous centuries, and when he did so, he surrounded the spire at its base with statues of religious figures (mostly apostles). All of the figures are noble and solemn, except one ... namely, a statue of Viollet-le-Duc himself! In theory the statue is of Thomas the apostle, but in fact Viollet-le-Duc was the model.

The statue is on the southeast corner of the central spire; it is the topmost figure on that corner, as you can see here. Note that all of the figures are looking down at the ground below, except for the statue of the architect, which appears to be looking up in amazement at the architect's own work. Notice also the yardstick that he is holding in his hand, and his hair style, which at a distance looks mysteriously like an engineer's pith construction helmet. This is his subtle personal signature on the restoration. It is only visible if you are explicitly looking for it, but once you have seen it, it is hard to miss or ignore.