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FRANK GEHRY ROCK TEMPLE
In 1969 a screaming, reverberating rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix seemed to herald an end to innocence. His resonant lyric "Are you experienced?" is now recalled in the name of software billionaire Paul G. Allen's Experience Music Project. Hendrix would have appreciated the design approach to Seattle's new museum of pop music. — Published 2000.0712
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RITZY PRESERVATION SAVES PHILADELPHIA LANDMARK
About 97 years ago, the Girard Trust Bank commissioned the New York firm of McKim, Mead and White to construct a monumental new facility in Philadelphia near the City Hall. Bank president Effingham Morris wanted to make a dramatic statement forecasting a change in Philadelphia's center of business by having the bank modeled after the Pantheon in Rome. — Published 2000.0628
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MORE HOUSE IMAGES
KMM: THIS "ARTICLE" IS ONLY TO ADD THE REMAINING SEVEN IMAGES. SIXTEEN TOTAL IMAGES FOR THE MEXICAN HOUSE STORY.
— Published 2000.0621
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A MODERN HOUSE STEEPED IN MEXICAN TRADITION
We have just experienced one of our greatest joys as architects: designing and building a second home for ourselves in Mexico. Our goal was to create a house that would be strong, embracing yet transparent, and layered in color, form, and emotion: completely modern yet saturated with Mexican traditions. — Published 2000.0621
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MORPHOSIS DRAWINGS
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— Published 2000.0621
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MORPHOSIS DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
If buildings really do reflect society's values, we can applaud the new Diamond Ranch High School in Diamond Bar, California. Here is a place where social conscience coexists comfortably with creativity and imagination. These qualities are all permanently inscribed in the landscape of the campus and its form. — Published 2000.0621
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COSMIC TRIP: THE ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE
On an island crammed with so many buildings that one more isn't likely to make a difference one way or the other, the new Rose Center for Earth and Space has already made its mark. Designed by Polshek Partnership Architects, this latest addition to New York's American Museum of Natural History has created a level of excitement in a city where architectural pundits (who wear their weary cynicism proudly) have anointed it the most significant piece of architecture in, well...a pretty long time. — Published 2000.0621
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