MY INTEREST STARTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IN 1959 WHEN RICK MATHER, NOW OF LONDON ARCHITECTURAL FAME, MY CLASSMATE, RENTED AN APARTMENT WITH HOWARD BACKEN AND THEY DECORATED IT UP AND HAD A PARTY. RICK TOOK SOME HEAVY PAPER AND CONSTRUCTED SOME LANTERN LIGHTS. MUCH TO MY ENVY AND ADMIRATION.
DUTCH BONNET SHADE 1969
THE VAST MAJORITY OF SOCIETY LIVE IN SOME FORM OF A BOX. TO GET VISUAL STIMULI WE TURN TO THE OBJECTS IN THAT SPACE. Continue reading
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I AM A STORY TELLER, STATE THE FACTS EMBELLISHED BY PERSONAL DATA THAT MAKES THE MUNDANE INTERESTING.
THAT IS THE WAY I WRITE, AND I AM NOT UP FOR DELETING PEOPLE NOR COMMENTS ABOUT ARCHITECTS. Continue reading
I AM A BIT LEERY ABOUT WRITING THIS BLOG, BECAUSE DAVID HERTZ FAIA ARCHITECT, IS A FRIENDLY NICE GUY. BUT THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. FRIENDLY GUYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE DIFFERENCES.
DAVID WAS A STUDENT OF MINE AT SCI-ARC AND WENT WITH ME TO EUROPE IN THE SUMMER OF 1982 WITH A GROUP OF SCI-ARC STUDENTS THAT HAD A BASE IN A HILLSIDE FARMING TOWN OF VICO MORCOTE, SWITZERLAND OVERLOOKING LAKE LUGANO IN A SCI-ARC VILLA THAT WAS BEING REMODELED. Continue reading