Scroll down and see some of his sweet sketches. Hard to find alot on the web but if you get a chance have a chat with him.

Ben Nicholson

Find him here next:

Archeworks

nobody else does this.

Cool!

I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas. - Ben Nicholson

This guy is into the geometric, and then some
Cecil Balmond

don't forget this one:

ok, last one, i promise:

whoops, I meant this one:



sorry

Yeah, Cecil Balmond rocks.

I totally agree on Nicholson, he is one worth checking out. Balmond also seems to know his stuff. But what are the pictures? I don't get it?

rajish looked at my profile and decided to share it with the world as if people were uncapable of clicking a web link by themselves. He is a great fellow.

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Damn! Didn't work.

check out artists sol lewitt and mel bochner

Ah yes. Bochner is very cool. His notebooks are just as much art as his work.

totally!

Walter Netsch was born in 1920 in Chicago and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation in 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Returning to civilian life in 1946, he took a job with L. Morgan Yost, a residential architect practicing in the suburbs of Chicago. In 1947 he joined the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. In 1951, he transferred to the Chicago office of SOM, where he became partner and developed his innovative architectural aesthetic, known as "field theory." Netsch worked at SOM until retiring in 1979. Netsch's career included such important commissions as the U. S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado; the University of Illinois, Chicago; The Art Institute of Chicago's East Wing; and the Regenstein Libraries at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago

Sorry, that quote was from Art Institute of Chicago

Origami Tesselations:

http://futurefeeder.com/?p=641

(scroll down to the image - cnc manufactured). a little bit goes a long way when the scale is architecturally relative.

Walter Netsch's house is really cool too. I stare in the windows when it's all lit up at night, on my way home...not stalkerish, more like art admiring-ish. Really, they have some of the coolest art in their place.

The "related" links feature on the future feeder site is pretty cool.

If that future feeder link interests you, then check out this site

http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/%7Eedemaine/foldcut/

psteiner, what is the name of the house? I can't seem to find anything online.

I thought i read an article recently that said the house was up for auction, but I can't remember where I read it

Sadly out of print: Topkapi Scrolls

no, the house is there, not for sale. I bought a book after seeing the interview and tour of the house on CHicago's PBS station WTTW. here's the link to the book:

link
click on publications link , and it's the title "At Home in Our Old Town" - Shirley Baugher

It's a pretty cool book, but I live in the area so it interests me. As far as a name for the house, I would assume you could call it Walter Netsch's house, and his wife's...
-pamela

Is there a link to a picture of the house? I am completely clueless here.

I hope I didn't come off snippy, I really don't think there is a name for his house! And yes, it is really hard to find any information on it. You might have better luck catching them outside the house and saying hi.

No no you didn't. I was unclear. I live in LA, and I probably won't be in Chi-town for a while. I could direct a friend there, if you have an address. He is jobless, moneyless and bored in Chicago. This would be perfect.

the Topkapi Scrolls is definetly on my list of books to own- someday. . . . it is way rad. seems it can be had for a mere $500, on the interweb. garpike, you should buy it.

yes, its called introduction to 2dimensional design. and can be found at your local art school. good luck patternologists.

TSCOMG, maybe I will. Don't expect a rent check from me though.