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Doyle Lane / Clay Paintings
Doyle Lane : Clay PaintingsThe Landing at ReformLent by the California African American MuseumThe star of the exhibition is an 18 ft. long clay mural that was commissioned for an office in 1963....
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Designing Home / Jews
Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism Contemporary Jewish Museum This exhibition, curated by Donald Albrecht, is a survey of contributions made be Jewish designers, architects and patrons on...
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LACMA / Abstract
LACMA has a small but mighty Four Abstract Classicists exhibition up. All the paintings are part of their permanent collection.This John McLaughlin might be my favorite painting ever.Karl Benjamin,...
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Asawa / Origami
Origami Fountain by Ruth Asawa, located in the Nihomachi Pedestrian Mall in Japantown, San Francisco. This, and a second fountain, were fabricated in corten steel in 1974. Due to deterioration, in...
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Weekend / Stuff
Model ASmallsPepe MendozaChaise lounge by Robert Lewis (the granddaddy of the California tubular metal and rope garden furniture)The Robert L. Lewis studio was located in the El Paseo and Casa de la...
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Climate Change / Midcentury Modern La Jolla
Climate Change: Midcentury Modern La Jolla was curated by Dave Hampton. It explores 1950s and 1960s La Jolla modern architecture, objects, furnishings and art that were exhibited in the community’s...
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LAMA / May 2014
LAMA preview for the May 18th AuctionHarry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture hanging out with a few works by John AltoonCustom designed Billy Haines furniture from a Samuel Marx-designed residence in the...
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Cathedral / Assumptuion
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (1970)Designed by architects John Michael Lee, Paul A. Ryan and Angus McSweeney, in collaboration with Pier Luigi Nervi and Pietro Belluschi "Our Lady of...
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Kahn / Salk
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1962) by Louis Kahn- La JollaThe plaza was designed in collaboration with Mexican architect Luis Barragan. Kahn invited Barragan to the project after seeing his...
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Weekend / Stuff
Carl Auböck bottle stopperSol-Air Chaise Lounge by Pispsan Saarinen Sswanson (Eero's little sister)Herbert Matter photo for House and GardenSource: CranbrookBen Seibel piggyJunkin'
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Schindler / Droste House
Droste House by R.M. Schindler (1940)This was part of a tour conducted by the MAK CenterThe Droste House has been slightly under the radar for some years. In this case, that turned out to be a good...
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Schindler / Falk Apartments
Falk Apartments by R.M. Schindler (1939)This was part of a tour conducted by the MAK CenterSchindler's masterful skill of working with difficult sites is on full display with this hillside project....
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Schindler / Bubeshko Apartments
Bubeshko Apartments by R.M. Schindler (1939)This was part of a tour conducted by the MAK CenterPhoto: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute1945Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research InstituteI think...
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Schindler / How House
How House by R.M. Schindler (1925)This was part of a tour conducted by the MAK CenterThe parallel horizontal path runs along just about every exterior and interior wall. Concrete and redwoodThat...
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Schindler / Elliot House
Elliot House by R.M. Schindler (1930)Part of a tour conducted by the MAK CenterAt this point the house exterior is totally obscured by trees, so here is a 1980 Shulman photo.Photo: Julius Shulman,...
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Weekend / Stuff
Allan Gould Book Trough-Tables, 1952You know what it is. I needed a brown one. Postmodern clock, 1984. Word on the street for the last 20 years is that Memphis is the next big thing. Maybe it's...
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IBM Aerospace / Noyes
IBM Aerospace building (1963) in Los Angeles, designed by Eliot Noyes.A Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons were associate architects on the project. It's now home to Otis College of Art &...
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