The Rock and the Pavilion

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Rock and the Pavilion Architecture Awareness

Michael Heizer “Levitated Mass” and Bruce Goff’s Pavilion for Japanese Art. Two works, placed a couple of hundred yards one from another, could not be more different. The “rock” is a late-bloomer of the Land Art movement. The pavilion can be traced back to Frank Lloyd Wight’s principles of Organic Architecture. reinterpreted by Bruce Goff.

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Meeting Mr. Kaufmann

Friday, June 22, 2012

Meeting Mr. Kaufmann Link to Original Post We had planned an itinerary along a line that had nothing to do with historical chronology, nor with the greater or lesser importance…

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Downtown LA: Towards Urban Sustainability

Saturday, June 9, 2012
Downtown-LA Architecture Awareness

A point of view at Los Angeles’ Downtown as a place that embodies potential sustainability. In spite of its assets in cultural, financial and historic buildings and a unique network of freeways and public transportation, it has a population of only 50,000. This documentary tries to point out at the fact that sustainability is not only about LEED’s platinum-rated buildings; it demands multi-use complexity and compactness. The visuals try to show what already is in place, capable of absorbing hundreds of thousands residents that may live and work in this centrally located area.

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