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Norman, wake up! Modern Centexturlism?
What do these modern and Norman buildings have in common? More than you may think. The modern dormitory is by Louis I Kahn and is part of...
Ken Haskin
Nov 13, 20161 min read
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Frankly, Frank- Suntop Homes
Suntop homes in Ardmore, PA by Frank Lloyd Wright are not really about the outside but the inside. There are 4 units of housing all in...
Ken Haskin, RA
Nov 13, 20161 min read
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Nowhere is Everywhere-the International Style
The international style. In 1932 Henry-Russel Hitchcock and Phillip Johnson curated an exhibit at the MOMA with that name. It championed...
Ken Haskin, architect
Nov 13, 20161 min read
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Square and Round--Palladio and Le Corbusier
Palladio,who designed Villa Rotunda in Vicenza, Italy, may be one of the first modern architects. He played with structure and spatial...
Ken Haskin
Nov 13, 20161 min read
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Kahn job?
What do these modern and Norman buildings have in common? More than you may think. The modern dormitory is by Louis I Kahn and is part of...
Ken Haskin
Nov 2, 20161 min read
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Once more into the breech, Gottfried Bohm
I have been posting a lot of architecture stuff. Why? Because I love it. I changed the format to a blog on my Web site yesterday and do...
Kenneth Haskin
Nov 1, 20161 min read
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Italian Futurism Vs. Italian Fascism
The turn of the 20th century brought revolution to Europe. The Euro-Russians had a movement, Constructivism, that flourished in art,...
Kenneth Haskin
Oct 31, 20161 min read
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Being Frank
The Winslow house in Oak Park, Illinoise.( Top) by Frank Lloyd Wright. Though other homes he designed had some of the elements of the...
Kenneth Haskin
Oct 31, 20161 min read
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If you do not like red, Tschumi (sue me)
When I was at Columbia the DEAN! was Bernard Tschumi. (Rhymes with sue me) He was a suave dude who always wore a red scarf--weather...
Ken Haskin
Oct 31, 20161 min read
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Otis, My Man!
Elisha Otis perfected the elevator by inventing an emergency brake to prevent falls. He presented this elevator at the1854 New York...
Kenneth Haskin, RA
Oct 30, 20161 min read
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