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Posted by Kris Krieger on September 24, 2007, 5:14 pm
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>> Michael Bulatovich wrote:
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>>>>Michael Bulatovich wrote:
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>>>>>http://www.farnsworthhouse.org/
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>>>>Every time i look at that glass house in the large owned landscape I
>>>>have several related thoughts. First, form the ordinary person
>>>>perspective, you have to have the bucks to own enough land around
>>>>that no one is going to obscure your view or enjoy your strip show.
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>>>>and
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>>>>Who cleans the glass of bug suicides? Where are those thingies on
>>>>the glass to prevent birds from joining the suicide mission?
>>>>Reminds me of open houses where the real estate agents have removed
>>>>all the screens in summer to provide a false idea of the reality of
>>>>the house
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>>>The criticisms of glass houses has been well made, and I share them,
>>>however it's not the glass (at all) that I like so much about Mies.
>>>It's the *ORDER*.
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>> I find the order part of what I dislike, because it is soboringly
>> simplistic, doesn't reflect the flow of human activitity and relates
>> to a life I would rathre not have.
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> I wouldn't live in it either, but know Mies looks *simple*, but isn't.
> Have you ever tried to design to a module?
>
> BTW, he didn't do a lot of houses for a reason... and it wasn't the
> fees.
One of my top favorites:
http://www.desertutopia.com/g1.html
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