Architecture

At last I understand Picasso’s adage, “Artists don’t copy, they steal,” this being an example of copying: Travesty/pastiche/parody of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House. It is the anti-FLLW house. Just look at the fireplace in IMG_0053.JPG, which can only be described as pitiful.

Photos by Paul Ringstrom of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Muirhead Farmhouse which I had not heard of until this moment. I just love it. Beautiful brickwork that seems to be just the same as unbeautiful brickwork. Perfect shapes. The slightly outcropping wooden ziggurat on top. Oooh. Also the Sims House.

Taking his time, Morozov asks the right questions about Steve Jobs, comparing him first to the Bauhaus movement, then to Henry Ford. Many quotable quotes, and good comments, especially the long one from JakeH at 02/27/2012 – 7:46pm EDT.

Four Eyes House by Edward Ogosta Architecture of Culver City. I love it when design brings objects to life, and this house appears like four desert sentinels. Check out the living room at night — such a spectacular feel of immense desert space. And best of all, the bedroom (sorry, sleeping tower) with the transparent ceiling.

On parking in LA Mag — the history, the psychology, the economics.

More vital than ever is the city, argues Edward Glaeser.

Julian Barnes visits Sibelius’s house.

Irit and I were discussing this regarding ET, which still feels contemporary: in arts, entertainment and style, it’s been Groundhog Day for 20 years. “Now that we have instant universal access to every old image and recorded sound, the future has arrived and it’s all about dreaming of the past.”

Red Bull’s funky new Amsterdam offices.

Designs to replace Britain’s electricity pylons.

Slideshow of Jerusalem’s Hotel Mamilla by Moshe Safdie. I want to visit.

California’s handful of landmark houses.

Ray Kappe.

My favorite FLLW site is Peter Beers’ Frank Lloyd Wright Road Trip. He’s stayed at the houses wherever you can, and done some benign architectural stalking where the residence remains private.

Architect Santiago Calatrava on his spectacular light rail bridge in Jerusalem.

Ashton Kutcher’s exceedingly nice house is for sale. Lots of wood.

“On the problems besetting the revamp of the plaza around Tel Aviv’s Habima Theater.

Michael Totten reposts his masterly visit to Tripoli in light of Libya’s pending liberation.