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Shou-sugi-ban | Pursuing Wabi
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Wabi – a simple way of life free of ornateness. How big is this fire? Boring but vital →. November 5, 2007. 8220;Experiment” is not something you want to hear when building your house. I’m not sure what I thought when the architect told me he would like to “experiment” with the exterior siding material. But what he proposed was compelling enough to give it a shot. This weekend the siding for our house was burnt. First, the surface of the cedar boards are burnt using a torch:. The boards are washed:.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: 04/10/12
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. Tuesday, April 10, 2012. I give you Chicago . ". Chicago Skyline, circa 1920. 8220; . It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.”. 8220;It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them.”. 1 Henry Louis Mencken, American Journalist and Critic. 2 Mark Twain, 1883. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: Going here today!
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This program is sponsored by the School of Architecture. A department in the College of Art Design. At Louisiana State University. ARCH 4221 - 001. Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architects. LSU Architecture in Chicago (facebook). LSU Architecture on Facebook. LSU College of Art Design. LSU School of Architecture. Skidmore Owings Merrill Chicago. The Chicago Architecture Foundation. The City of Chicago.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: Hostel
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. The J Ira and Nikki Harris Family Hostel. 24 East Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL (corner of Congress Pkwy and Wabash). We are open to serve you 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This program is sponsored by the School of Architecture. A department in the College of Art Design. At Louisiana State University. ARCH 4221 - 001. Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architects. LSU Architecture in Chicago (facebook). LSU Architecture on Facebook.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: 05/16/12
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Drawing the City - Historic Skyscrapers / Federal Plaza / Willis Tower - 16 May 2012. Today was very full. We started with blind contours of the skyline followed by the historic downtown tour - rise of the skyscraper. The afternoon continued with figure ground drawings, axonometrics and perspectives. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This program is sponsored by the School of Architecture. A department in the College of Art Design. ARCH 4221 - 001.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: Places
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. Santa Fe Building (wikipedia). Signature Lounge on the 96th. Aqua Tower (Studio Gang). Art Institute Modern Wing. Frank Lloyd Wright Studio. IIT Campus Center (Koolhaas). Wright on Wright (video). Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architecture. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This program is sponsored by the School of Architecture. A department in the College of Art Design. At Louisiana State University. ARCH 4221 - 001. Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architects. LSU College of Art Design.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: Frederick C. Robie House, 1908-10
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. Thursday, May 24, 2012. Frederick C. Robie House, 1908-10. Touring one of the forerunners to modern architecture . Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece. Location: Hyde Park Chicago. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This program is sponsored by the School of Architecture. A department in the College of Art Design. At Louisiana State University. ARCH 4221 - 001. Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architects. LSU Architecture in Chicago (facebook). LSU Architecture on Facebook.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: Calendar
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. COURSE LAYOUT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (subject to change):. The program will conclude in Baton Rouge on the LSU campus. Four to five days will be spent constructing an analytique of a building in Chicago of the students' choosing. 3/1 Application Deadline - Application available online at LSU Academic Programs Abroad. 3/22 Student Orientation, 11:00 AM, 143 Atkinson Hall. 4/22 Plan to purchase round trip air or train fare by this date to get a good price. ARCH 4221 - 001.
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LSU ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO: The University of Chicago School of Business + Rockefeller Chapel
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Documents / Readings / Assignments. Thursday, May 24, 2012. The University of Chicago School of Business Rockefeller Chapel. The Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) - Booth School of Business Building by Raphael Vinoly, 2004. Took inspiration from the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on campus, built in the 1920s and having the second largest Carillon (operable bell tower) and thus the second largest and heaviest musical instrument in the world. Dedicated to John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s mother.
