Turd Palace: Jefferson County Judicial Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Posted by admin on November 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Turd Palace: Jefferson County Judicial Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Not every Glass Box achieves the distinction of “Turd Palace,” just as not every Turd Palace embodies a Glass Box. However, one of the feathers in the modern cap of Louisville, Kentucky is the formerly “new” Jefferson County Judicial Center—a crown jewel of Louisville’s place in the modern [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisville, Modern (?), Most Recent · Tags Architectural Turds of America, Commericial Architecture, Downtown Louisville, Glass Box, Glass Boxes, Jefferson County Judicial Center, Jefferson Street, Louisville Architecture, Louisville HIstoric District, Modern Architecture, Turd Palace
The Poor Man’s International Style Library Branch Building, Brigantine, New Jersey
Posted by admin on October 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Poor Man’s International Style Library Branch Building, Brigantine, New Jersey
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Modern (?), Most Recent, New Jersey, Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Brigantine Architecture, Brigantine New Jersey, Green Buildings, International Architecture, International Style Architecture, Jersey Shore Architecture, Library Architecture, Modern Architecture, Modern Library DC, New Jersey Architecture, Public Buildings, Public Library Architecture, Ugly Buildings, Washington DC Library Architecture
The International Style Dental Clinic At The Maritime Service Training Station, Port Hueneme, California
Posted by admin on March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Designed in the avant guard International Style, the building shown in this image is quite before its time or at least surprising as most architecture of this form and style in this period was reserved to very expensive residential buildings, rising to popularity in the mid-twentieth century for use in commercial and/or office space. The [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, California, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Medical Buildings, Mid-Century Modern, Modern (?), Modernistic (1920s through 1940s), Most Recent, Public Architecture, Style Section..., Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Art Deco, Art Modern, California Architecture, Dental Building, Dental Facility, International Style, Maritime Service Training Station, Medical Architecture, Mid-century Architecture, Mid-century Modern, Modern Architecture, Modern Medical Facilities, Port Hueneme California, Port Hueneme History, Port Hueneme Training Station
An X-rated Photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Interior
Posted by admin on January 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Modern (?), Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags 1920s Interior, 1930s Interior, Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Fallingwater, Fallingwater Interior, Frank Lloyd Wright Interior, Mid Century Modern Interior, Modern Architecture, Modern Interior
Shadowless Lights of Modern Operating Rooms, Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky
Posted by admin on December 13, 2011 · 5 Comments
While the two-over-one light wood windows within this view are no doubt original to the Circa 1895 building of the Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky, the operating room seen above has been modernized as it appears in the manner of such rooms just before the Second World War. Also known as the Association Sanatorium of Hazelwood, [...]
Category Architectural History, Art Deco (Fabulous), Art Deco (Flare), Built Environment, Curator of Shit, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Interior, Kentucky, Location Location Location, Louisville, Medical Buildings, Medical Interiors, Modern (?), Modernistic (1920s through 1940s), Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Antique Medical Equipment, Curator of Shit, Cure for Tuberculosis, Hazelwood Sanatorium, Historic Medical Interiors, Louisville Architecture, Medical Equipment, Medical History, Medical Interiors, Modern Operating Rooms, Sanatorium Louisville, Tuberculosis History, Vintage Medical Equipment, Vintage Operating Room
Striking Art Modern or “Modernistic” High School Interior, Long Beach, California
Posted by admin on December 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Art Deco (Fabulous), Built Environment, California, Location Location Location, Modern (?), Most Recent, Public Architecture · Tags Architectural History, Art Deco High School, Art Modern Interior, California Architecture, California Art Deco, California Mid Century Modern, Curator of Shit, High School Lobby, Modern Interior, Modernistic Interior
For Once We Like A Modern Storefront?
Posted by admin on April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
For Once We Like A Modern Storefront?
Modern Storefront, Designed by V.S. Klein, Art Director, Electrical Products Corporation, Seattle, Washington
In the early 1930s the Art Deco and Moderne styles were not individually recognizable forms, they were simply modern. Working for the Electrical Products Corporation in Seattle, V.Z. Klein spent some of his time dedicated to storefront [...]
Category Art Deco (Fabulous), Art Deco (Flare), Built Environment, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Mid-Century Modern, Modern (?), Most Recent, Public Architecture, Seattle, Style Section..., Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Art Deco, Art Moderne, Modern Storefront, Seattle, Storefront Designs, Washington State Architecture
Our Orthodoxy Feels A Certain Religious Expressionism Embodied In Ohev Sholom…Or…Is It…Talmud Torah.!?
Posted by admin on April 5, 2011 · 1 Comment
Our Orthodoxy Feels A Certain Religious Expressionism Embodied In Ohev Sholom…Or…Is It…Talmud Torah.!?
Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah, 16th Street at Jonquil, NW, Washington, D.C.
In the upper part of our nation’s 16th Street NW, at the Federal City, there is a built context representing American architectural history; however, largely encompassing styles derivative of Colonial Revival and Victorian [...]
Category Art (all inclusive), District of Columbia, Expressionsim, Historic Context, Historical Humanity, History, In the Name of God, Location Location Location, Mid-Century Modern, Modern (?), Most Recent, Occupancy and Building = Personal Feeling, Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags 16th Street DC, Architectural History, Art Modern, Expressionist Architecture, Jewish History, NW DC, Ohev Sholom DC, Orthodox Jews, Talmud Torah, Upper 16th Street, Washington DC
The World’s First Green Slinky by Alexander Remizov
Posted by admin on January 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The World’s First Green Slinky, Ark Hotel Building by Alexander Remizov of Remistudio
If this design for an ”ARK” hotel and/or housing building can look this good, save energy and resist a disaster, Alexander Remizov, of Remistudio in his Mother Russia, has certainly created the first Green Slinky. And if this is the new Russia, we likey!
However, is “ark” really the best term? We [...]
Unexpected Breath of Fresh Air: Cleveland Museum of Art Anew
Posted by admin on December 13, 2010 · 3 Comments
Unexpected Breath of Fresh Air: Cleveland Museum of Art Anew
Cleveland, Ohio
There are certain of our American cities that are largely unpopular, they are given a bad wrap. Perhaps they are old and crusty? Or maybe they endure terrible crimes? An absence of industry or just plain ole’ bad publicity… Situated on the southern shore of Lake [...]
Category Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), Built Environment, Interior, Location Location Location, Modern (?), Most Recent, Ohio, Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, Art, Art Museum, Cleveland Ohio, History, Ohio, Old Buildings Taste
