20070331

what greg lynn...

... has to say nowadays:
1. computer as a MEDIUM rather than as a tool.
2. symmetry is STUPID.
4. GENERIC is not banal.
5. CLASSIC rather tham timeless.
6. all move to LOS ANGELES.

* explanations after request.

i have to say, i never liked his work. i guess lot of people would agree with me.
but i definitely believe that he has been so influential for [new generations of] architects that took his ideas, his thinking and made beautiful work.

many chicagoans had the opportunity to listen to him this wednesday in art institute.
the lecture was little bit too long and he showed so many [ugly] alessi products that i was getting tired but there was a nice feeling after it, because you had this feeling that finally he is realizing his ideas:blobs + blebs by using laser cutters, 3d printers and all the usual suspects.

the innovative greg lynn is also part of the united architects, where some years ago they did this:


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20061204

la[x]







lax airport._

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last blog-walk to la






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skid row [la]







skid row and little tokyo were the only areas downtown los angeles to remind me the amazing book "beyond blade runner*" [skid row] and the unforgettable movie "blade runner" [little tokyo] itself.

* by mike davis

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random photos at downtown la







1:: sister cities
2:: the hollywood[land] sign
3:: a block of appartments
4:: a tree
5:: toy district
6:: fashion district

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[a] saturday night at la!

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20061203

la :: 3 houses






los angeles is known for residential architecture [greece as well].
here are 3 houses that i bumbed into in los angeles in the middle of the night.

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20061130

la: more gehry!




while i was walking on this complex [mall?] i thought it must be gehry's work.
but then i said maybe not.

on the other hand...i could not realise at all that this house i was stunning while rollerblading at venice was gehry's venice beach house!!!

apparently the complex IS gehry's work!
it is called edgemar![clic]
i am confused!!!
i guess its los angeles fault! everything is so gehristic!!!

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la: the binoculars




while i was in la i really wanted to experience the scale of the binoculars [entrance of] the building. by frank gehry.

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la: walt disney


this is a detail of the walt disney building by frank gehry.
found inside my "to blog" directory.

[walt disney is located in los angeles downtown close to rafael moneo cathedral posted previously on bee-zee]

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