In 1955 architect Bruce Goff built an “organic house” for artists Nancy and Eugene Bavinger. It was a spiral with no interior walls. Each “room” was a saucer suspended from the ceiling. Unfortunately the house fell into disrepair and was demolished in 2016.
Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind - Bavinger House 1950 from SKYLINE INK on Vimeo.
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Last fall, NYT published an article on Goff. serves as another introduction to this original thinker, though arguably less cool than these animations. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/t-magazine/bruce-goff-architecture-midwest.html
ReplyDeleteHe was an interesting man.Thanks for the article.
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