While I'm sure others will probably love his work, I find it to be rather discomforting, even though I admire the biomorphic forms he creates (especially that chicken house thing).
definatly a FLW disciple...but i would say he really did not evolve. his designs are very dated. impressed he could do anything contemporary in Oklahoma back then!
ironically, didn't the likes of bruder work under him? now he evolved well!
'new age' like yanni is to music and his electic/electric violin. that's the only metaphor i can come up with. give's me the shivvers. the stuff makes me a little queesy for some reason as with yanni's music. weird. i dig it though, not for the architecture - but for how different it is to anything else in the "sterile world."
I've been out to the Goff-designed Ford House in Aurora, IL (a former professor of mine lives there now), and I love the building. It's not what I would personally have designed, and I'm not sure I'd even want to live in a place like that myself, but I still think it's very cool.
I can't really speak much about his other projects, though.
We used to have a Goff Bldg, here in ATL. It started as a Mercedes dealership, then became the great Oxford Bookstore, then was demolished for some stupid Loft Condos.
This bldg, probably because it was a car dealership, was not the typical Goff bldg. It certainly had flair, but it was definitely toned down due to its conservative program. I only experienced it when it was a bookstore - It was a great place to go, but I really would've liked to see it's original construction.
I think Goff was actually ahead of his time... Sure he was about a kind of expressionism, but that was pretty radical at a time when Modernists were all doing boxes... Contemporary architects like Frank Gehry could be seen as following a similar line as Goff...
I won't let this one die: today's Bruce Goff Gem:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnosis/sets/733065/[/url]
I've seen it a hundred times & didn't realize it was one of Goff's. This bldg really has to be seen if you're in ATL. It's gotta be one of the most incredible ruins in the USA
Hmm, I don't think it's fair to call Goff a Wright cultee. I'm not a huge fan of his work, but at least he was creative with form and material; who else could build a house of coal?
The FLLW cronies lack any sort of inquisitiveness that would enable them to grow beyong their teacher. Goff might have known Wright, but he didn't want to be him. He definately developed his own voice.
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Living in Gin - I stayed at that house in Aurora. Sid teaches a couple of classes up here at Taliesin every summer, and he let us stay the night when we visited the Farnsworth house.
Now that was an interesting trip. Meis's glass rectangle verses Goff's shingled pumpkin. It's unbelievable that the two reside so close to each other.
It's funny, I expected to see a fair share of Goff-haters, here. But no dice.
BTW, I am actually starting to wonder if my last post about the bank bldg in ATL is accurate. I did some backtracking & haven't found any other references to a Goff bank in ATL. Perhaps I jumped the gun w/ this link: link
Somebody better @ Googlin' , or Goff History, let me know if I'm on the wrong track w/ this one.
Bruce Goff
Discuss?
While I'm sure others will probably love his work, I find it to be rather discomforting, even though I admire the biomorphic forms he creates (especially that chicken house thing).
definatly a FLW disciple...but i would say he really did not evolve. his designs are very dated. impressed he could do anything contemporary in Oklahoma back then!
ironically, didn't the likes of bruder work under him? now he evolved well!
it is interesting how bruder evolved much better than bart prince
Raj,
Maybe if Goff was around today, doing the 'retro' thing, he could be considered 'dated.'
J,
To hell w/ GA.
another relevant architect for this discussion is probably arthur dyson
Ah, good old Art Dyson.
'new age' like yanni is to music and his electic/electric violin. that's the only metaphor i can come up with. give's me the shivvers. the stuff makes me a little queesy for some reason as with yanni's music. weird. i dig it though, not for the architecture - but for how different it is to anything else in the "sterile world."
http://www.tdrinc.com/
i have seen the future.
nice. bruce goff lives on in his apprentices. sounds a bit cult like doesn't it? it's a scary scary world.
Yeah That crazy caped man is [url=http://www.tdrinc.com]Dr. Eugene Tsui[]/url] I used to intern for him. Crazy guy but very cool.
eh did't work but someone already posted link
I've been out to the Goff-designed Ford House in Aurora, IL (a former professor of mine lives there now), and I love the building. It's not what I would personally have designed, and I'm not sure I'd even want to live in a place like that myself, but I still think it's very cool.
I can't really speak much about his other projects, though.
We used to have a Goff Bldg, here in ATL. It started as a Mercedes dealership, then became the great Oxford Bookstore, then was demolished for some stupid Loft Condos.
This bldg, probably because it was a car dealership, was not the typical Goff bldg. It certainly had flair, but it was definitely toned down due to its conservative program. I only experienced it when it was a bookstore - It was a great place to go, but I really would've liked to see it's original construction.
today's random Goff-Haus:
from:
http://www.lottaliving.com/gallery/residential_brucegoff
I think Goff was actually ahead of his time... Sure he was about a kind of expressionism, but that was pretty radical at a time when Modernists were all doing boxes... Contemporary architects like Frank Gehry could be seen as following a similar line as Goff...
Well Goff's early stuff was more conservative, like FLW type stuff... His later stuff became more freeform organic...
you guys are aware of this film, right?
i feel really bad, but when i first looked at that pic i thought, wow, that looks like a really ghetto hood ornament....
No way, ghetto cluture could never come up w/ lettering like that.
I won't let this one die: today's Bruce Goff Gem:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnosis/sets/733065/[/url]
I've seen it a hundred times & didn't realize it was one of Goff's. This bldg really has to be seen if you're in ATL. It's gotta be one of the most incredible ruins in the USA
Hmm, I don't think it's fair to call Goff a Wright cultee. I'm not a huge fan of his work, but at least he was creative with form and material; who else could build a house of coal?
The FLLW cronies lack any sort of inquisitiveness that would enable them to grow beyong their teacher. Goff might have known Wright, but he didn't want to be him. He definately developed his own voice.
--------
Living in Gin - I stayed at that house in Aurora. Sid teaches a couple of classes up here at Taliesin every summer, and he let us stay the night when we visited the Farnsworth house.
Now that was an interesting trip. Meis's glass rectangle verses Goff's shingled pumpkin. It's unbelievable that the two reside so close to each other.
It's funny, I expected to see a fair share of Goff-haters, here. But no dice.
BTW, I am actually starting to wonder if my last post about the bank bldg in ATL is accurate. I did some backtracking & haven't found any other references to a Goff bank in ATL. Perhaps I jumped the gun w/ this link: link
Somebody better @ Googlin' , or Goff History, let me know if I'm on the wrong track w/ this one.
Just as I thought, I goofed. This bldg is not a Bruce Goff work. Still it's quite a piece: link
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