Deyoung Museum, San Francisco
Going Green
Everyone is concerned with 'going green'. People want organic food, fuel efficient cars, green houses. The human idea of leaving a mark on this world is being revamped. Modern architecture focuses on the human body. With this ever increasing concern with the world, is and will architecture be changing its curiosity from the form and function of the human to the form and function of nature? Are architects able to meld these two stars into one statement? The possibilities are endless.
Maison de Verre, Paris
Attention Span
In the last several decades we have become obsessed with simplicity. We enjoy sounding smart as we quickly draw and explain Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier or the Farnsworth House by Mies Van Der Rohe. Two planes, a couple lines, and then a quick one-liner statement and we've quickly summed up some of the most well known architecture. We feel our architectural knowledge is complete. But, what about the Maison de Verre. It offers the Modernist language without the one minute explanation. Do we so value instant gratification and lack an attention span that architecture of complexity loses value? I do not know if this is true. I am only beginning to ask these questions.
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