Former Talking Heads lead, writes about his recent visit to Philip Johnson's Glass House compound....
Interesting ideas include; Arboreal Architecture and the compound as one sprawling gestamkunstwerk
See journal.davidbyrne.com/...
didn't you see his piece on architecture in 'true stories'?
(before you rush out to get it, the architecture segment is less satisfying than the whole thing together. the movie was once a centerpiece of a project i did on voyeurism.)
byrne is great. smart guy. i heard him say once that he owes his success to a year of school in canada before he moved to states with family when 7 or so...according to him that single year of canadian education set him so far ahead of most americans that he just coasted the rest of the way...and never fell behind...
of course it ain't true, but what canadian could resist a line like that?
his blog also has some interesting thoughts on jane jacobs and so forth, but i think i like to read more about the jammin than the philosophy...
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I especially like this article because it combines two of my favorite things: architecture and David Byrne.
byrne, despite his access to...anything... maintains the ability to make observations that seem so unfiltered, unmediated, and personal.
Holy cow, that's awesome. I didn't know David Byrne was such an architecture enthusiast...did he study architecture or something?
didn't you see his piece on architecture in 'true stories'?
(before you rush out to get it, the architecture segment is less satisfying than the whole thing together. the movie was once a centerpiece of a project i did on voyeurism.)
Whoops looks like I was only three years old when the movie came out so I missed it. Definitely going to check it out though, thanks!
lol.
byrne is great. smart guy. i heard him say once that he owes his success to a year of school in canada before he moved to states with family when 7 or so...according to him that single year of canadian education set him so far ahead of most americans that he just coasted the rest of the way...and never fell behind...
of course it ain't true, but what canadian could resist a line like that?
his blog also has some interesting thoughts on jane jacobs and so forth, but i think i like to read more about the jammin than the philosophy...
i love that connection he makes between the patterns of the mowed lawn and vacuumed carpet.
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