tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102954752009-05-07T17:51:31.459-05:00Saint Louis modern architect Harris Armstrong and related ruminationsRemiss63http://www.blogger.com/profile/17064192548070679174noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10295475.post-46191491941684922132009-04-13T10:44:00.005-05:002009-04-13T10:50:03.061-05:00

Arch baseUploaded by Andrew RaimistEero Saarinen Exhibit Closes this month !The current Saarinen exhibit, Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, the first retrospective to explore his career, continues at the Mildred Lane Kemper Gallery on the Washington University Gallery until 27 April 2009.Photograph copyright Andrew Raimist.

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Sunlight on red concrete floor.Photograph by Andrew Raimist, AIA.Lecture: Anthony AlofsinDate: Friday 3 April 3 2009 at 7pm.Location: Saint Louis Art Museum AuditoriumAnthony Alofsin will speak about "Frank Lloyd Wright, St. Louis and Organic Architecture."Dr. Alofsin is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and as an

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Wainwright's construction.Uploaded by Raimist.This historic photo of the Wainwright Building clearly reveals its steel frame construction as well as the manner in which the masonry shell encases and "expresses" it.It's not difficult to image the same sort of steel frame supporting a more recent skyscraper. However, Sullivan did not simply accept the structural engineer's geometry and simply

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"Welcome to St. Louis"Uploaded by Andrew Raimist.These views of entry points to St. Louis when crossing the Mississippi reveal the architectural and urban problem faced by the city in trying to welcome visitors from the East and to establish St. Louis as the "Gateway to the West".The caption of the first image (Illustration Number 23) reads: "The St. Louis entrance to its new $7,000,000 Municipal

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If you are in or around Saint Louis, you must make time to visit this exhibition on the life and works of American architect Eero Saarinen. While his most well known icon work is the Gateway Arch at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, seeing the full range of his work including sketches, models, construction drawings, furniture, mock-ups, etc. is a once in a lifetime experience.Owning the

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I've found a few links recently to architectural videos online.Click here for the most 'favorited' videos posted on AIA National's YouTube site including Charlie Rose's interview with Renzo Piano (pictured above).Here's a link to a Flickr group with interesting architecture and design videos to which you may add if you're a Flickr member (free). Flickr has a incredible wealth of photographs,

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Armstrong home for sale in KirkwoodUploaded by Andrew Raimist.project: Newman Residencelocation: 616 Hickory Hollow Lane, Kirkwood, Missouridate: 1963architect: Harris Armstrongcondition: well maintainedThis Kirkwood home at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac was designed by Harris Armstrong during his last decade as a practicing architect. Although a modest home it contains the qualities of a canvas

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project: Stuebner Residencelocation: 5 Indian Hill Road, Ladue, Missouriarchitect: Harris Armstrongclient: Dr. Ronald W. Stuebnerdate: 1939condition: no longer extant Stuebner Residence.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist.Image: Harris Armstrong Archives.The Destruction of a Treasureby Andrew Raimist, December 1992This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting three Harris Armstrong homes of the

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In a letter to the editor entitled "None is Less" published in The American Spectator, Christopher Orlet writes about friends in his hometown of Saint Louis who purchased a demolished a Harris Armstrong designed Prairie Style home in Ladue to build their "dream home / starter home". The house was much larger and up-to-date than suggested in Orlet comments. (I'll post a piece I wrote at the

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Ethical Society, view skyward.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist.project: Ethical Society.architect: Harris Armstrong.date: 1962.location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri.condition: good condition, somewhat modified.This photograph was selected as "Photo of the Week" earlier this year for KWMU.org our local National Public Radio Station.Photograph by Andrew Raimist, 2006.

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It’s been a pleasure reading and reviewing a new book by architect Liesl Geiger, Essence of Home: Timeless Elements of Design, published by The Monacelli Press. The book is primarily written for a sophisticated client wanting to build a person, high-quality, unique home working collaboratively with a skilled, creative architect. The book is of a high caliber in every respect: writing, content,

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This book arrived today and I've been devouring it. I first saw it over Easter weekend when visiting the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. In particular, I wanted to spend time in the Noguchi Sculpture Court.I knew about the Noguchi-Kenmochi exhibition at the The Noguchi Museum, but didn't know about this book and catalogue.  I'm thrilled to see new photographs, drawings, writings,

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staindOriginally uploaded by Andrew Raimist. The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park is sponsoring a lecture about "The Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright".This will be held at the St. Louis Art Museum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 3 by Robert McCarter, architect, author, architectural historian, scholar and recently appointed professor at the College of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design

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Daylight Research ResidenceOriginally uploaded by Remiss63 This Armstrong designed home in Ann Arbor, Michigan is on the market, listed for $750,000.Check listing here.You can view a series of photographs, drawings, and text describing the house here.

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Harris Armstrong -- Green Residence, 1937 Originally uploaded by Remiss63 Asking price $60,000.

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Sink with integral faucet.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist. In response to the question, "Why is there a Harris Armstrong modern house way out in Moberly?" I've written the following:I suspect the "story" behind this house is rather interesting indeed. The house is unusual for many reasons: it's design, it's client, it's location, and the fact that Armstrong did not seem to have taken any pictures

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1937 Armstrong designed home. Uploaded by Andrew Raimist. project: Green Residence.location: Moberly, Missouri.architect: Harris Armstrong, FAIA.date: 1937.The house definitely needs some TLC, but the essence of the original Art Deco / Moderne house is intact.Following is information describing the house and its context based on the owner's description.• price: $65,000.• bedrooms:

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1937 Armstrong designed home.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist. This house is available for sale to someone interested in a 1930s modernist home near Columbia, Missouri. The house has many of its original fixtures and moldings.Drawing courtesy of the Harris Armstrong Archives, Special Collections, Washington University in Saint Louis.

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In response to a posting on the Brick City blog (with the above photograph) regarding the redevelopment of "blighted" residential areas of the city, I responded with the comments below.[You can find the original uncropped screenshot here.]Brick City posted the above image under the title "City Struggles." Along with the image are the following questions:What do we do with areas like this?Do we

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In the summer of 2008, these stamps will become available through the USPS. I can't wait . . . I'm sure they'll become collector's items.Here's a quotation from Eames Demetrios:These stamps were designed by the remarkable Derry Noyes, who design[s] many of the stamps for the US Post Office. The first inklings of this possibility were 10 or 12 years ago when we (I am wearing my Eames Office hat

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20 Fellows: Paths Taken, Lessons Learned is a commendable, substantive book that repays reading and viewing at many levels: visual, historical, inspirational, and personal. The ostensible purpose of the publication is to provide guidance for young architectural graduates from 20 St. Louis Chapter AIA Fellows. While fulfilling this mandate in an appealing, engaging manner, it also offers as a

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Round rattan chair designed by Isamu Kenmochi (left). A woven bamboo chair designed by Noguchi and Kenmochi working collaboratively (center). Kenmochi's Kashiwado Chair (right) was inspired by the stance of a sumo wrestler.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist. Noguchi and Kenmochi first met in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo University office in 1950. They worked together on a series of furniture projects of unusual

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Isamu Noguchi & Shirley Yamaguchi.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist. This image of Isamu Noguchi and Yoshiko Yamaguchi in Chuo Koron Gallery, Japan, 1952-53 is part of an exhibition entitled Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi.Noguchi and Yamaguchi were married from 1952 to 1957. A prolific actress (also known in English as "Shirley Yamaguchi"), she was dubbed "The Gudy Garland of Japan".

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Lunar Landscape, 1944.Uploaded by Andrew Raimist. sculpture: Lunar Landscape.sculptor: Isamu Noguchi.materials: magnesite cement, cork, fishing line, electric lights and acetate on wood mount.dimensions: 34.5" h. x 24.75" w. x 7.9" d.date: 1944.Lunar Landscape is elaboration and development of his earlier model for a work of land art entitled This Tortured Earth. The implicit suggestion of

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We've been accorded the honor of being one of the top 100 architecture blogs in the category Musings. I'm not sure what criteria or on who's authority this decision has been made. Regardless, we'll celebrate the compliment.

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