The only artist I know who painted and projected buildings is F. Hundertwasser. I guess there are others, but probably not many. For the majority of artists we can only imagine what their art translated into a building design would look like.
Federico Babina‘s Archist project is all about imagining what artists’ buildings would look like. His illustrations are surprising and the simple idea of Archist City sounds like a dream.
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