I was saddened to learn that Frank Lloyd Wright’s School of Architecture at Taliesin and Taliesin West will close. Established in 1932, Taliesin has been home to over 1,200 architects who furthered the practice of “Organic Architecture.” I would make many walks from my home in Ancala (which I built in 1997), up the road… Continue reading Memories of Taliesin West
Established in 1932, Taliesin has been home to over 1,200 architects who furthered the practice of “organic Architecture.” More details: https://archpaper.com/2020/01/taliesin-to-close/
Long Beach's ocean-front Peninsula Beach at low tide. Long before the first homes were built on the peninsula as early as 1902, a private duck hunting club was located at 62nd Place. The historic pedestrian Seaside Walk Boardwalk, made of wood and built in the 1920s, is maintained by the city, and remains popular among… Continue reading Long Beach: Peninsula Beach
I wish I knew more about this Mid-Century Modern, set along the seaside canals of Naples Island in Long Beach, California. Built in the 1940s, the home was remodeled in 1956 by renowned Long Beach architect Ray Kappe. I've always paused and admired it since I was a kid growing up in the neighborhood back… Continue reading Ray Kappe, AIA – Naples Island Remodel
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Another personal waterfront favorite along the canals of Naples Island in Long Beach, California is this 1948 George Montierth-designed mid-century modernist. Surprisingly, not much is published about the locally prolific Long Beach, California architect, who not only designed a number of timeless buildings from his offices in the Ocean Center Building in downtown Long… Continue reading Modernist George Montierth, AIA
Well-hidden behind a modern office building in a busy suburb just north of Austin, Texas sits this crumbling barn. It was a Sunday when I stumbled across it while strolling through, so no one could tell me the history, secrets it held, or reasons it survived. Do photographs of old barns qualify as subjects of… Continue reading Old barn hidden in plain sight.
Initially anxious to return to civilization, most of the newcomers grew to love Shangri-La once they learn their arrival was no accident. The founder of Shangri-La, High Lama, is rumored to be over two hundred years old, kept forever young, like the other residents, by the magical properties of the paradise he created. Now High… Continue reading Shangri-La
Newport Center, Newport Beach. Intaglios incised carving by Tom Van Sant (1967). One of my favorite places to spend the holidays is Newport Beach, where I love to study the "brutalist" architecture of Newport Center. In 1967, artist Tom Van Sant created a series he called "Indigenous Inhabitants" that captured the region's wildlife (many of… Continue reading Indigenous Inhabitants
Architect William Pereira designed the University of California, Irvine campus buildings in the California "Brutalist" style, including the iconic Langson Library. The campus opened in 1965 with just eight completed buildings.
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