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treading lightly on the landscape, the building cantilevers out 27 meters to a point 18 meters above the terrain below.
franck bohbot traveled to richard neutra's VDL research house II and documented it, capturing two generations of architectural experimentation.
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the micro-hotel room is enclosed by a tiny topography of stepping terraces.
the architects say that the building, and the activity that takes place within it, is meant to transform the way in which buildings are designed, engineered, and built.
The proposal seems to present more design than museum.
Also, it seems that pedestrian bottlenecks have been designed into the gallery floorspaces.
And, it seems that artworks at certain locations will be exposed to direct sunlight. Not the smartest of ideas!
What a waste. Dingbat architecture but you can’t even park under it…
The responses a perfect examples of visual conditioning people are accepting . . . “looks like” sure is not an expression of freedom
obviously not really his scale of project. The only interest of project seems to be the shape in plan 🙁 so sad I love his work usually
The museum is “paying $650 million to get a building that would be 105,108 square feet smaller than the originals, with 53,000 square feet less gallery space.”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/lacma-suicide-by-architecture
Sorry, but it still looks like a shopping center from 1960’s.
Still looks as godawful as ever