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Scarpa, I presume . . .

Who wrote a book called "Rich and Strange" . . . ?  That's "strange" in a good way, not in a yucky sort of way (Dame Edna).

. . . Constructivism married to graphic design, of exotic yet earthy material ?  

Was this travertine door meant to blend with its wall rather than stand out, as a wood or metal one would ?

yes Scarpa.

"Constructivism married to graphic design" NO.  I would say it's understanding materials, but I didn't design it.  was Scarpa carving the materials on paper.  I think if you call it Graphic Design it kinds of looses it essennce?

Yes -- Scarpa deserves a better description than mine.  The differences between him and an earlier architect he apparently admired -- an American whose work might also be called "rich and strange" -- would make a good research paper (as a college acquaintance used to say).

Any architect's work could be said to have an element of graphic appeal, I guess; we call it "composition" ?

composition.

This thread makes me breathe more deeply.

I'm bumping it today for reasons that will become more clear soon.

I like the dirtyness of that drawing.  Needs coffee and guinness stains.

Wow crazy getting a notification about this. It's been so long I forgot I had an account. Nice thread to bump. 

So do I, Donna.  Having fallen off the radar, I'm no longer in touch.  Wasn't there a not-too-radical reworking of the site, a while back ?  I guess that's when I lost it . . .

I'm as fond as ever of minimalism.  I'm working on a lamp.  4" paper study model:

Via this post

Love that, Nam.  I like the way the vertical panel returns.  Could almost be two materials -- wood and stone, maybe ?  

You see that reveal a lot nowadays.  Nice way for two elements to (almost) meet.  Requires just as much craft as a tight joint, I'd say.