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This is the story of Differential Expansion. 4 years ago, work started on anish kapoor’s 85 ton bean which is tucked under herzog de meuron’s 56 Leonard st. Last summer, though, the bean ruptured because the exposed side of bean expanded more in the hot sun than
Game. Name the famous architectural site before construction.
Birth of Salk.
Luis Barragan advised "I would not put a tree or blade of grass in this space. This should be a plaza of stone, not a garden." I (Kahn) looked at Salk and he at me and we both felt this was deeply right. "If you make this a plaza, you will gain a facade--a facade to the sky"
Slow motion Chapman striking out betts with 100 mph fastball to end the game with shohei on deck.
Venturi analysis of Ramses iii mortuary temple. “Things in things”
When Ian Mcharg is your landscape designer. Kahn Richards medical building.
Before revit. Kahn Yale art gallery landscape courtyard drawings.
From Egypt with love. Lou Kahn postcards to tyng vs. Yale art gallery ceiling
Off the shelf. Eames house.
#EamesHouse column spacing was derived from the mass produced manufactured kit of parts. The Eames picked the windows from a Trusscon catalog. Trusscon was the company set up by factory architect Albert Kahn. architext14.blogspot.com/2020/07/whats-…
Saiho-ji moss garden. Shigemori drawing everything except the fish.
When painters design his houses. Hopper’s Truro cardboard house models with painted windows and chimney. Photos of the interior and hopper posing outside. He modeled the eaves and jambs but none of the site garage or stairs which I was most impressed with.
Hopper Rooms by the Sea. Illuminating the sketch to painting process. Take liberties, move the setting sun to the northwest, remove door and bayberry hill. Painting = light, color, water, architecture.