Mr. Kundig first visited Frey House II about 25 years ago. "The design is a bit strange, but it completely resonated with me," he said. "I'm influenced by architecture that toes the line between rugged and beautiful, that demonstrates how they can be the same thing." He notes that Mr. Frey's simple design nodded to the local vernacular of humble miners' shacks. — WSJ.com
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I've probably said this here before, but this house gives me the creeps. Intellectually and conceptually it is GORGEOUS, but I couldn't spend a minute inside without worrying about spiders and scorpions coming through the cracks in the rock and climbing into my bed.
Maybe this relates somehow to the discussion of the Colonial-ish turd slated to replace the Paul Rudolph project here. When non-architects see a Rudolph (or a BIG, or a Zaha, or a SAANA), do they immediately imagine icky things happening inside? Are they unable to engage in an intelligent query about the motives of the design because they are too worried about being bit by a snake?
This house is totally worth a couple scorpion stings.
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