Christian Dean
For the second installment in our new series Three Buildings, we spoke with Christian Dean, one of the three principals of the Minneapolis architecture firm City Desk Studio. Dean's renovated house appeared in the October, 2007 issue of Dwell. His three favorite buildings are...
Pompidou Centre, Paris, France, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano
I love this building because the experience is like an amusement park ride, fun, unexpected, extroverted but at the same time also very conceptual and satisfying intellectually. Simply put its experimental, smart and fun.
Detroit factories
A liitle recognition to my home state Michigan (could use some love these days). We used to take tours of factories in grade school, seeing the inside of those huge linear spaces with the flurry of the assembly line was thrilling. Later in college, the factories of Albert Kahn, such as the Dodge Truck Factory and the Packard Plant were influential in the seeing the simple direct expression of form following function.
Torqued Ellipses, by Richard Serra
Sorry not a building, but wouldn't feel right without mentioning this experience. I think it was the most 'architectural' experience I've had, the awareness of my body in space was like no other. So amazingly orchestrated with one material. Its one of those things you wish eveyone could experience, because you can't describe it.... very physcial.
Photo of the Pompidou Center courtesy of Just A Slice
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Richard Rogers
The architecture of Richard Rogers weds the best of high-tech design with the outer limits of the architect’s imagination, creating soaring, sustainable spaces that enrich everyday urban life.
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Tuscan Winery by Renzo Piano
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Extended Interview: Renzo Piano
In our February 2009 issue we sat down with acclaimed Italian architect Renzo Piano, who designed the California Academy of Sciences building, for an “In the Modern World” Q & A…
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Richard Serra: Drawing in Retrospect
This is the first-ever retrospective of Serra's drawings, and will feature the work of the past 25 years.
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Richard Schultz
The furniture designer will give the museum's inaugual spring lecture, in conjunction with the exhibition Richard Schultz: Five Decades of Design, which will be on view through the end of May.
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The Albert Frey House
This 45-minute guided tour is a rare opportunity to see the 1,000-square-foot residence of the late modernist architect Albert Frey. Situated on a mountain precipice overlooking downtown Palm…
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