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You missed William Pereira's modernist masterpiece-Geisel Library-on the UC San Diego campus. The builiding resembles a spaceship or an inverted pyramid, and has been featured in Mission Impossible, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and many other films. It's named after Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) who was a big fan and supporter of the UCSD Libraries. Speaking of UC San Diego, you also missed the Stuart Collection, a unique, world-renowned collection of art installations throughout the campus, ranging from talking trees by Terry Allen to a flashing sign of vices and virtues by Bruce Nauman.
hey dani, i was in the situation room (aka the bathroom) with some fortuitous reading material. Apparently the last occupant of this apartment subscribed to this Dwell magazine. I found the website and thought you might like to add it to your files : )... Who knew San Diego is one of the only major American cities with a downtown airport? stay classy! Amanda
Thanks, DDJ! We've added both locations—please keep the suggestions coming!
I love this Mormon temple (1 out of 130 around the world). If you would like to know why they are made and what goes on in them, check this url out: http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/membership-in-christ-s-church/temples-and-family-history
IIRC it was opened in 1993, not 1983.
Good catch, Matt. Thank you---we've updated the caption.
Don't miss out the unique architecture of The Neuroscience Instittute in La Jolla which was designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates. I think it's one of the jewels of San Diego Architecture. Here is the website for the building complex. http://www.nsi.edu/
I think well-known Architect Jon Jerde who is a designer of The Horton Plaza might also be mentioned in the article where the Horton Plaza appears. Good work Amanda.
Somehow you all didn't mention the grandfather of San Diego's present architectural scene. Rob Quigley, who's incredible new down town library may still have a chance for construction in this gutless town. Rob's legacy will easily stand up to Gill, in both quantity, design and impact on the city so well expressed in his airy playful designs . The youngsters today have gotten way uptight compared to this free wheeling San Diego visionary.
How can you not mention Jonathan Segal, Teddy Cruz, Public, Rob Quigley and Graham Downes? As well as local legends Homer Delawie, Henry Hester and Russell Forester? Do more research when you do a "San Diego Modern Masterpiece" article.
So Aaron Anderson teaches at Woodbury and it is a hangout for the best young architects in town. Says who? San Diego has another NAAB accreditted architecture school, the NewSchool of Architecture & Design that has an enrollment of more than 500 B.Arch. & M.Arch. students. All in all, a pretty shallow article.
I agree with Librarian. I know some amazing students that graduated from the NewSchool. I also commented on what the article said about the airport and my posts weren't posted.
Interesting...maybe my other comment about the airport wasn't posted because I said *utt in it. Could that be? Here's the just of what I was saying about the airport. I think it's fitting that Dwell has an image of the backside of an airplane start the article. I have lived in San Diego under the flight path for 5 years. I have never adjusted to the extreme noise or the jet fuel being constantly dumped on my head. I live in an older building that doesn't have double pane windows, but who wants to live in a city with amazing weather and never have a chance to open a window. Whoever was interviewed for the article that said they don't even notice it. Doesn't live directly under the planes. It makes it easy for those coming and going, but it's not worth the environmental/noise pollution. That's why U.S. cities choose to have their airports outside the city.
OK, I know it's impossible to do an article on any place without getting 5,000 comments back starting with the phrase "how can you do an article on our city without at least mentioning ....". But that said, I have to agree with Matt and Librarian here. I've been a subscriber to Dwell since the first issue (yes, the very first issue), but I have to say that I was very disappointed in this article on my hometown. It really was a shallow article that failed to mention so many of San Diego's modern architects and landmark buildings (from yesterday and today). They are too numerous to list, but would include several Case Study Houses and entire neighborhoods with carefully preserved mid-century modern treasures (by architects already mentioned, but also others like Neutra, Gill, Krisel, Hubbell, Ellwood, Schindler...) and newer works showing where modernism is going today (by architects like Mariscal, Segal, Kellogg that have been featured previously in the pages of your magazine...). Instead, you opted to feature the Mormon Temple (?), not once, but with multiple photos! And to add insult to injury, the article was cut off in my copy of the magazine, so we never even got to read the whole thing. I know you won't do it, but San Diego really deserves a closer, more in-depth look than the cursory one you gave it here.
I am moving cross country to San Diego and need to find a place to live. I will be renting initially. I am a modernist with 4 animals and an old industrial loft would be perfect. Anyone know of resources they can point me to? Thanks.
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