Is this a child’s game? “One of these things …” I mean, really, isn’t there a better way to renovate Kahn’s first commission without making it look like such a grafted mutation?
There. He felt it again. The whole house had unmistakeably slid toward the retaining wall, as if inching toward edificial suicide.
(Photo: Jason Schmidt, Dwell, February 2010)
This idea is fantastic!
“Though the dimensions of the building have changed, its design is largely intact, including the features for which Carpenter is best known: the glass facade. The tower glass is reminiscent of his work at 7 WTC while that on the three-story pedestal has more articurlation.” (via The Architect’s Newspaper)
This review of the Romanoff High Line building reminds me of my most famous work as a hand model, propping up sheets of mirror and steel for a phot study of the indeed-very-similar-spandrel panel of 7WTC. This star turn can be see in SOM Work 2, I believe. I will sign as many copies as you’d like.
