ruminations about architecture and design

Saturday, August 15, 2015

more on this later


Like many things, Eileen Gray has not been on the radar of towers of ilium. This is high modernism--and it photographs very well. Significant modern houses share certain things in common--natural surroundings in exclusive locations, superb landscaping, light color tones, and impractical staircases. Except for Philip Johnson's house. Maybe he didn't like stairs.

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