This week in news we find two of Frank Gehry’s projects declared obsolete- Winton Guest House in Minnesota, and Santa Monica Place mall in Santa Monica. In early 2007, the University of California, Irvine, razed one of his buildings—a computer science center—to make way for a new engineering complex, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported at [...]
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Johnson is In- Gehry is Out; Jon Jerde is In- Gehry is Out
Posted in Architecture, Discussion, Historic Preservation, News Ink, Peoples' Places, tagged Architect, Architecture, Buildings, Business, Economy, Frank Gehry, Historic Preservation, Jon Jerde Partnership, Macerich Company, Mall, news, Old Buildings, Philip Johnson, Residence, Restoration, Reuse, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Place, Technology, Urban Design, Winton Guest House on February 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Painted towns of Shekhawati: Colors in sand
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Historic Preservation, Peoples' Places, tagged Architecture, Art, Cities, Culture, Entertainment, Frescoes, Heritage Hotels, Historic Preservation, History, India, Interiors, Life, Museums, Painter, Paintings, People, Photography, Places, Preservation, Rajasthan, Reuse, Time, Towns, Travel, Videos on February 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
How big can you imagine an open air gallery to be? Well, here you are… 13, 785 sq. km [5130 sq. miles] of painted walls, havelis, palaces and forts in the vast expanse of the desert of Rajasthan in India. Town after town, street after street, home after home has been painted with frescoes depicting [...]







