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AD Classics: House VI / Peter Eisenman

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Unlike the previously featured Vanna Venturi House, ’s House VI includes disorientation in the work without the concept of relating it to the traditional home. The house is, in fact, anything but what one would consider a conventional house. Eisenman, one of the New York Five, designed the house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frank between 1972-1975 who found great admiration for the architect’s work despite previously being known as a “paper architect” and theorist. By giving Eisenman a chance to put his theories to practice, one of the most famous, and difficult, houses emerged in the United States.

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AD Classics: The Glass House / Philip Johnson

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Inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, the Glass House by , with its perfect proportions and its simplicity, is considered one of the first most brilliant works of modern architecture. Johnson built the 47-acre estate for himself in New Canaan, . The house was the first of fourteen structures that the architect built on the property over a span of fifty years.

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Wilton Pool House / Hariri & Hariri

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New York-based Hariri & Hariri Architecture have completed a 1200 sqaure ft pool house which rests upon the 3.5 acre property of a suburban residence.  The design of the pool house serves as a contrast to the traditional architecture of the exisitng home.  The dominate extended ceiling provides shelter for those lounging around the pool, enjoying the water, or sitting on the patio.

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DP Architects / Collin Anderson

DP Architects / Collin Anderson

We recently received a monograph of DP Architects…‘ work. Started in 1967 DP Architects have become internationally acclaimed architecture firm with 1200 employees in 12 offices worldwide. DP Architects have devoted themselves to “improving the quality of the city,”

 

London Unfurled / Matteo Pericoli

London Unfurled / Matteo Pericoli

If you haven’t finished all your holiday shopping, and you need something for someone who loves both architecture and London then we might have the right gift for you. We recently received Matteo Pericoli’s London Unfurled…. This accordion-style book folds out

 

Aesthetic Theory: Essential Texts for Architecture and Design / Mark Foster Gage

Aesthetic Theory: Essential Texts for Architecture and Design / Mark Foster Gage

Mark Foster Gage, from the Yale University School of Architecture and Gage Clemenceau…, has put together a wonderful collection of text that together shed light on the various ideas about beauty through history. Gage’s added commentary helps relate each

 

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