02-07-2015, 05:42 AM
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Originally posted by pbmaise
Kapohocat
Yes Steely works are much like the most influential architect in the modern world. Few, outside of Chicago and architectural school know how Chicago owing to Wright and much more importantly Mies was the birthplace of modern architecture.
Tricky's home qualifies in my book to be on this Puna list owing to the incorporation of the lava flow as a central feature of the home.
Other Steely homes in Puna have not done this as well. Steely did not have a lot backing against the flow for the other homes to work with.
So indeed yes, to you and me, we think Farnsworth when we see his works.
Another element in favor of the Tricky home is construction with some local material. Although, I would have to point some out. The patio floor isn't tile. It is sliced lava rock. More noticeable are his stairs that are local wood.
Finally the Tricky home has a breezeway that separates his music room from his formal living room. I term that room the music room owing to it having a piano.
I have followed many architects design since I was in college. I am fond of Mies, but not Wright so much. I had a friend who was in that inner circle at the time, and the stories..... Anyway, I do grow out of my ultra modern phase but still like Mies.
I do like architects like the Greene and Greene brothers but you cant get that kind of sized lumber any more that they were partial too. Also that degree of craftsmanship is pretty unaffordable to most these days. I think when the Gamble house was built in 1908 it cost $19,000, and labor & materials were cheap. Although this translates dollar-wise into roughly $475K today, that house could not be built for $475K. I would estimate more than a million.
I am more craftsman style than modern but can really appreciate the modern. I dont know how a G&G design would do here if not built with native woods.
It is rumored that there is Wright house in Hilo but have not been able to ever find it so dont know if it was just designed, or actually built.