When we think of futuristic buildings we see them as shiny, smooth and untouched by time. Not so in the work of Dionisio Gonzalez. In his latest series the architect and photographer creates structures that seem like they were beamed down from the future sometime ago and are now being slowly eroded by nature. When …
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Designs for Living
Attending the excellent Le Corbusier exhibition at MoMa last week I was struck by a sad truth. That the architecture proposed by Le Corbusier works brilliantly when applied to the private residences of the rich but rather less well when applied to the lifestyles of the poor. Take his proposed solution to the problem of …
Julius Shulman: Modernist Man
If someone asked me my ideal space to live, I would always settle for any of the mid century modern homes that Julius Shulman photographed. Case Study House no.22 would do. And then perhaps the Arthur Elrod house as my Palm Springs get away. It’s not really a love of sun or SoCal but a …
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