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Nov 13, 2016
1 min

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...

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Ken Haskin, RA

Nov 13, 2016
1 min

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 th...

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Nowhere is Everywhere-the International Style

Ken Haskin, architect

Nov 13, 2016
1 min

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 ...

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Square and Round--Palladio and Le Corbusier

Ken Haskin

Nov 13, 2016
1 min

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 de...

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Ken Haskin

Nov 2, 2016
1 min

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...

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Once more into the breech, Gottfried Bohm

Kenneth Haskin

Nov 1, 2016
1 min

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 n...

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Kenneth Haskin

Oct 31, 2016
1 min

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, mu...

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Kenneth Haskin

Oct 31, 2016
1 min

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 Pra...

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If you do not like red, Tschumi (sue me)

Ken Haskin

Oct 31, 2016
1 min

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 permi...

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Kenneth Haskin, RA

Oct 30, 2016
1 min

Otis, My Man!

Elisha Otis perfected the elevator by inventing an emergency brake to prevent falls. He presented this elevator at the1854 New York exhib...

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