Jersey01 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 This section isn't seeing a ton of activity, so I figured I'd start a poll for fun...Who is/are your favorite Architect(s)? I'll start:Mid Century:Richard NeutraPierre KoenigJohn Lautner (his more linear, less curvy buildings)Recent:David AdjayeJohn PawsonMarmol+RadzinerRichard MeierAlberto Campo Baeza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 This section isn't seeing a ton of activity, so I figured I'd start a poll for fun...Who is/are your favorite Architect(s)? I'll start:Mid Century:Richard NeutraPierre KoenigJohn Lautner (his more linear, less curvy buildings)Recent:David AdjayeJohn PawsonMarmol+RadzinerRichard MeierAlberto Campo BaezaI have to say every architectural firm redeveloping Dubai. Very futuristic high rises. Not overdone. just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Among others, Taft Architects.Their designs from the early 80s were wonderful examples of how much can be accomplished for clients on a modest budget. Using common inexpensive materials, they had a distictive Mission Revival/Post Modern take on design which is remains fresh and witty. How unfortunate that many of their buildings won't survive due to the restricted budgets they worked with - the YWCA building on Willia St. is a good example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowisp Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Philip Johnson is my favorite, I guess because living in TX, I've had exposure to his work more than most other architects. I love the Miesian box, but I really respect Johnson breaking out of it also. Pennzoil Place was always my favorite building to look at from the freeway as a kid.I agree Pierre Koenig was a master. I hope to visit his houses in LA someday.Mies of course... Seeing the Farnsworth House was like making a pilgrimage to Mecca. And Keck and Keck's little box houses in Chicago were great too.Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) joseph finger for 20s-40s (probably because of all the research...) and MacKie/Kamrath for mid century. Edited March 27, 2006 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 lake/flato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Louis Kahn and FLW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Cool topic.For the current architects, I like Calatrava, Koolhaas, Ando, Ricardo Legoretta, and Pelli. Not Gehry, Liebeskind, or Hadid.For the mid-century, I agree with Koenig and Neutra, and I would add Gordon Bunshaft, Oscar Niemeyer, and Saarinen. I have to admit a little embarrassing weakness for Morris Lapidus, best known for the Fontainebleau and Eden Roc hotels. Kitchy, I know, but good examples of popular MCM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rio Grande Valley Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I am all for I.M. Pei!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Michael Graves.Patrick Peters.Burdette Keeland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin'enKan Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 up this topic!Bruce GoffLouis Kahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Robert Burrows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Eichler, vintage mod from californiaDream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasdago Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Really like Anshen & Allen's stuff out in CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Street Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) BarraganWhen did Koenig die? Edited April 3, 2006 by Spencer Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Barragan was great. Last year I got to tour his house and studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) I really only have one, and I hope we are talking dead or alive here. Frank Lloyd Wright just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I know it seems like an easy out, but he is still the shiznit ! Edited April 3, 2006 by TJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Street Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Barragan was great. Last year I got to tour his house and studio.yes! Barragan rules. we went to the chapel, too. very emotional architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 yes! Barragan rules. we went to the chapel, too. very emotional architecture.Where is the chapel? Do you like Legoretta also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Yes to David Adjaye!Also:Paredes PedrosaAlberto KalachShigeru BanClose to home:lake/flatoMark Oberholzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Street Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Where is the chapel? Do you like Legoretta also?Chapel for the Capuchinas Sacramentarias del Purisimo Corazon de Maria Hidalgo 43, Del. Tlalpansouth side of mexico city... maybe west..? but i don't really know how we got there since my friend's cousin, mexico city native, drove.as for Legoretta, i have visited camino real and MARCO. i really appriciate his works, but they are extruded versions of barragan's. many elements his master designed doesn't necessarily work in larger scales, in my opinion. but his works still have spacial quality that barragan pursued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Chapel for the Capuchinas Sacramentarias del Purisimo Corazon de Maria Hidalgo 43, Del. Tlalpansouth side of mexico city... maybe west..? but i don't really know how we got there since my friend's cousin, mexico city native, drove.as for Legoretta, i have visited camino real and MARCO. i really appriciate his works, but they are extruded versions of barragan's. many elements his master designed doesn't necessarily work in larger scales, in my opinion. but his works still have spacial quality that barragan pursued.I have visited Legoretta's buildings in San Antonio, Mexico City, and Puebla, so I have more data points on him than Barragan. Good point that they are extruded versions of Barragan, but overall I think they work very well. His works tend to be more inwardly-directed, which is consistent with traditional latin-american styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Anyone here heard of James McBride? http://www.jamesamcbridearchitect.com/ He was a high school classmate of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 (edited) Anyone here heard of James McBride? http://www.jamesamcbridearchitect.com/ He was a high school classmate of mine. I saw his Ship of the Desert house on HGTV. That is one fine home! FLW Mies Saarinen Carlos Jimenez Edited April 6, 2006 by nmainguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 did i see a "no" to zaha hadid"? her stuff IS fun to look at. i don't know about functionality or practicality though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 That "no" vote on Hadid was from me. She's done a lot more "theoretical" than real buildings. What she has done just doesn't seem all that great to me. I don't think she is in the league of say, Koolhaas, in merging exciting looks with practicality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janielynn01 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I really only have one, and I hope we are talking dead or alive here. Frank Lloyd Wright just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I know it seems like an easy out, but he is still the shiznit !I am taking a trip with my class to Chicago in June for Neocon. We will be visiting some works of Frank Lloyd Wright, and I am soooo excited!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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