#monographic #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 31 | Tadao Ando : Row House in Sumiyoshi Osaka, Osaka,1975-76...

Tadao Ando : Row House in Sumiyoshi Osaka, Osaka,1975-76, Koshino House Ashiya, Hyogo,1979-81/1983-84/2004-06, Kidosaki House Setagaya,Tokyo,1982-86 / text by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani ; photographed by Futagawa Yukio.
Tokyo : ADA Edita, 2019.
79 p. : il.
Serie: Residential Masterpieces ; 31.
/ EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Japón / Arquitectura doméstica / Tadao Ando

📕 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9784871405645
Cita APA-7: Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio (2021). Tadao Ando : Row House in Sumiyoshi Osaka, Osaka,1975-76, Koshino House Ashiya, Hyogo,1979-81/1983-84/2004-06, Kidosaki House Setagaya,Tokyo,1982-86. ADA Edita.
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[.en] The three works selected for this volume on Tadao Ando are not recent in chronological terms. However, the quality of being novel is one of the least appropriate ways to approach the Japanese architect’s work, which is wholly disassociated from this. The three houses – in Osaka, Ashiya (Hyogo), and Tokyo – can be described as symbolic junctures in Ando’s exploration of residential design, with clear differences in their respective scales, plans, and contexts, but with an identical radical approach through which the building’s form reacts to these conditions and transforms them into its intrinsic qualities. Includes an extensive text and magnificent photographs by Yukio Futagawa.

#monographic #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 28 | Oscar Niemeyer : Casa das Canoas Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1950-53...

Oscar Niemeyer : Casa das Canoas Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1950-53, Casa Canvanelas Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1954 / photographed and text by Yoshio Futagawa.
Tokyo : ADA, 2019.
68 p. : il.
Serie: Residential Masterpieces ; 28.
ISBN 9784871405614
/ EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Brasil / Arquitectura doméstica – Brasil / Oscar Niemeyer
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[.en] This edition highlights two houses by Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian modernist architect. Known as Casa das Canoas and Casa Cavanelas, both residences are located in Rio de Janeiro and both were built in the early 1950s. Yet, according to the essay by Yoshio Futagawa, the contrast between them is quite intriguing. The former, Niemeyer’s own residence, demonstrates the spatial truth in privacy that the architect explored; the latter startles the viewer with spectacular features orchestrated through Niemeyer’s collaboration with landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx. Futagawa’s exceptional photography completes the tribute to this pair of masterful designs.

#monographic #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 27 | Paulo Mendes da Rocha : King House Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1972...

Paulo Mendes da Rocha : King House Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1972 ; Millan - Leme House Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1970 / text by José Paulo Gouvêa ; photographed by Yoshio Futagawa.
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2018.
67 p. : il.
Serie: GA Residential Masterpieces ; 27.
ISBN 9784871405607
/ EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura doméstica – Brasil / Casas individuales / Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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[.en] Yoshio Futagawa’s photographic homage to two single-family residences in São Paulo designed by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha brings allows an intimate look at domestic life shaped by the contrast between exposed concrete surfaces and lush natural surroundings. Designed and built in the early 1970s, both houses are archetypal examples of the so-called “Brazilian Brutalism” style for which the architect is famous. At the time, they became a laboratory for the architect’s political beliefs as he developed a language and spatiality of his own. Besides their remarkable aesthetic expression, the houses feature unique solutions related to the organisation of the programme.

#monographic #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 25 | Adolf Loos : Villa Müller, Prague, Czech, 1928-30, Villa Moller, Vienna, Austria, 1926-27

Adolf Loos : Villa Müller, Prague, Czech, 1928-30, Villa Moller, Vienna, Austria, 1926-27 / text and photographed by Yoshio Futagawa.
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2017.
72 p. : il.
Serie: GA Residential Masterpieces ; 25.
ISBN 9784871405584
/ EN / Monográficos / Adolf Loos / Arquitectura doméstica – Austria / Arquitectura doméstica – República Checa / Casas individuales / Praga / Viena
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[.en] Designed by Adolf Loos in his later years, these two houses are twin examples of the architect's plain, unadorned style of architecture, despite their difference in size and budget. Both Villa Moller (1926-27) in Vienna and Villa Müller (1928-30) in Prague are illustrative of his 'Raumplan' design method. Loos applied a utilitarian approach in using the entire floor plan that would only later receive greater appreciation with the advent of postmodernism, an innovative spatialisation comprising sequences of spaces drawn in three dimensions. Photographed by Yoshio Futagawa, the two houses and the spatial brilliance of Loos come to life in an eclectic symbiosis with modernism.

#monographic #architecture | Residential Masperpieces 24 | Mies van der Rohe : Villa Tugendhat Brno, Czech, 1928-30

Mies van der Rohe : Villa Tugendhat Brno, Czech, 1928-30 / text by Yoshio Futagawa, photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2016.
71 p. : principalmente il.
Serie: GA Residential Masterpieces ; 24.
ISBN 9784871406499
/ EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura doméstica – República Checa / Casa Tugendhat (Brno) / Casas individuales / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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[.en] Built on an expansive, sloping site situated in the northern part of Brno, Mies van der Rohe's Villa Tungendhat is a masterful example of 20th-century residential architecture. Since its seizure in World War II, the house has endured a long period of decline and relative obscurity, a former shade of itself. Painstakingly renovated over a number of years, its three levels and full-height glass walls have now regained their former lustre, gorgeously framed by the camera of esteemed Japanese photographer Yoshio Futagawa. As he writes in his accompanying text, ' clad in luxury that is almost impossible to duplicate, the house is a crystallization of modern architectural principles.'

#monographic #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 23 | Paulo Mendes da Rocha : Mendes da Rocha House, São Paulo, Brazil, 1964-66

Paulo Mendes da Rocha : Mendes da Rocha House, São Paulo, Brazil, 1964-66 / text by André Corrêa do Lago ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2016.
55 p. : il.
Serie: Residential Masterpieces ; 23.
ISBN 9784871406482
/ EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura doméstica – Brasil / Casas individuales / Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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[.en] Begun in São Paulo in 1964 by Paulo Mendes da Rocha when he was just 36 years old, the Brazilian architect's own residence was highly influential in his home country but little published due to the political climate of the time. An entire 'heroic' phase of Brazilian architecture, with significant works by Oscar Niemeyer, Lina Bo Bardi, and others, was impacted by the Brazil's increasing cultural isolation. Mendes da Rocha's work was not recognised internationally until the 1990s, which led to a 'rediscovery' of this house as a kind of manifesto. Its brutalist reinforced concrete surfaces and structural simplicity resonate with history in this series of photographs by Yukio Futagawa.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 26 | Ray Kappe : Kappe residence Pacific Pallisades, California, U.S.A., 1965-67

Ray Kappe : Kappe residence Pacific Pallisades, California, U.S.A., 1965-67 / interview by Thom Mayne ; text by Takashi Yanai ; photographed by Yoshio Futagawa.
Tokio : A. D. A. Edita, 2018.
67 p. : il.
Serie: Residential Masterpieces ;26
ISBN 9784871405591
Arquitectura doméstica Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales Estados Unidos.
Kappe, Ray, 1927.
Viviendas residenciales Estados Unidos.
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https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055606446

Located in the Pacific Palisades, the Kappe Residence was designed and built in 1965–67 by American architect and educator Ray Kappe. As Takashi Yanai writes in his essay, Kappe is “a quiet giant within the local architectural community”. The house he designed for himself and his family follows a long tradition of forward-thinking residences that celebrate the temperate climate and inventive spirit of Los Angeles. Yoshio Futagawa’s photographs reflect its perfect example of how a house can be so grounded in place, yet poetic in its spaces and materiality. The challenging site, with its underground springs and steep slope, speaks to Kappe’s genius. With an interview by Thom Mayne.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 22 | Lina Bo Bardi, Casa de Vidro : São Paulo, Brazil 1950-51

Lina Bo Bardi, Casa de Vidro : São Paulo, Brazil 1950-51 / text by Yoshio Futagawa ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2016.
51 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 22.
Texto en japonés e inglés.
ISBN 9784871406475
Arquitectura doméstica -- Brasil.
Bo Bardi, Lina, 1914-1992.
Casas individuales -- Brasil.
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http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854303~S1*spi

Built in the early 1950s in São Paulo, Lina Bo Bardi’s Casa de Vidro (Glass House) was the first real architectural project she completed after her arrival in Brazil. Built as a home for herself and her husband, it clearly demonstrates how architecture and design should keep a distance from individuals, society or community, and the natural environment – a stance that would come to underlie all of the Italian-born architect’s subsequent works. Photographed by master architectural photographer Yukio Futagawa, Casa de Vidro still appears as its designer intended, a prototype that responded to a new society, rising directly from the earth and embedded in the surrounding jungle.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 20 | Frank O. Gehry : Gehry Residence Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., 1977-78, 1991-94

Frank O. Gehry : Gehry Residence Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., 1977-78, 1991-94 / text by Yoshio Futagawa ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
ADA Edita, Tokyo : 2015.
83 p. : principalmente il., col.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 20.
Texto en inglés y japonés.
ISBN 9784871406451
Arquitectura doméstica -- Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales -- Estados Unidos.
Gehry, Frank O., 1929- .
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Frank O. Gehry is an irrefutable architecture giant of our time, with a successful career spanning over decades between late 20th and 21th centuries. As a home for such a globally-acclaimed architect, this residence is surprinsingly small in size and is particularly impressive in that the architect still enjoys to this day, with a long-time affection, the comfort of living in this house. The fact that this ever-challenging, ever-progressing architect continues to live in and take care of the same house for over 30 years and values the original spirit that was initially embodied, shows the magnitude of achievement he feels with the house. Furthermore, the fact that this residence involves the extension and remodeling of an existing ordinary house makes it all the more unique and revolutionary.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 21 | Smiljan Radic : House for the Poem of the Right Angle, Vilches, Chile, 2010-12 : Red Stone House, Santiago, Chile, 2009-12

Smiljan Radic : House for the Poem of the Right Angle, Vilches, Chile, 2010-12 : Red Stone House, Santiago, Chile, 2009-12 / text and photographed by Yoshio Futagawa.
A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2016.
87 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 21
ISBN 9784871406468
Arquitectura doméstica -- Chile.
Casas individuales -- Chile.
Radic, Smiljan, 1965 -
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This instalment presents two works by world-renowned Chilean architect Smiljan Radic, who was selected to design the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London. He is especially known for this many small-scale projects, such as dwellings and installation designs that connect various cultural traditions. Here, his House for the Poem of the Right Angle (Vilches, Chile) and Red Stone House (Santiago, Chile) are portrayed in a remarkable series of photographs by Yoshio Futagawa, who also contributes a descriptive text. Together, the two houses reflect the rich properties of Radic’s varied spaces, formed through carefully constructed relationships with the surroundings.

#books #architecture | Residential masterpieces 19 | Philip Johnson : Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1945-96

Philip Johnson : Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1945-96 / text by Kengo Kuma ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2015.
75 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 19
Prólogo bilingüe en japonés e inglés
ISBN 9784871406444
Johnson, Philip, 1906-
Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.)
Arquitectura doméstica -- Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales -- Estados Unidos.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Estados Unidos.
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Designed by American architect Philip Johnson as his own residence, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut (US), sent shockwaves through the architectural world when it was first completed, and has remained an icon of American residential modernism ever since. Lovingly portrayed by Japanese architectural photographer Yukio Futagawa, the house, its galleries of artworks, outlying studio, and pavilion on the pond all come alive through refined qualities of light and the natural setting. Moreover, Kengo Kuma contributes an essay in which he describes his impressions of meeting the architect and the first encounter with his famous house.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 18 | Frank O. Gehry : Winton Guest House, Wayzata, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1983-87 : Schnabel Residence, Brentwood, California, U.S.A., 1986-89

Frank O. Gehry : Winton Guest House, Wayzata, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1983-87 : Schnabel Residence, Brentwood, California, U.S.A., 1986-89 / text [and edited] by Yoshio Futagawa ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
A.D.A., Tokyo : 2015.
63 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 18
ISBN 9784871406437
Gehry, Frank O., 1929.
Arquitectura doméstica -- Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales -- Estados Unidos.
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This large-format volume features two of Frank Gehry’s famous residential works from the 1980s, the Winton Guest House in Minnesota and the Schnabel Residence in California, photographed by acclaimed Japanese photographer Yukio Futagawa. Besides the first-rate images of these “archisculptural” works by the Canadian architect, the volume includes concept sketches and technical drawings, plus an appreciative essay by Futagawa that gives some background on the houses, their clients, and place in Gehry’s oeuvre.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 17 | Richard Meier : Smith House, Darien, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1965-67 : Douglas House, Harbor Springs, Michigan, U.S.A., 1971-73

Richard Meier : Smith House, Darien, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1965-67 : Douglas House, Harbor Springs, Michigan, U.S.A., 1971-73 / text by Yoshio Futagawa ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
A.D.A., Tokyo : 2014.
79 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 17
ISBN 9784871406420
Arquitectura doméstica -- Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales -- Estados Unidos.
Meier, Richard, 1934.
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Richard Meiers characteristic geometric designs make prominent use of the colour white, as illustrated here in two of his iconic residential works from the late 1960s and early 70s. Skilfully captured by renowned architectural photographer Yukio Futagawa, the Smith House and Douglas House are superb demonstrations of Meiers design principles of the time in the form of wooden architecture. In essence, he reshaped the European-born modernist style into something more fittingly vernacular, emerging as an American-style residential architecture that maintains the comfort and ambience essential to a home. The volume features abundant photos, plus plans and drawings.

Yukio Futagawa (1932-2013) was a supremely elegant and sensitive architectural photographer and his photos of these two Meier "Masterpieces" are a revelation. The cover of the book says it all - the settings of these two houses are critical to their architectural beauty and Futagawa's compositions incorporate the natural elements to beautiful effect. This book is #17 in a series of Residential Masterpieces that GA has published over the years and it's a valuable addition to this essential series. Meier went on to do scores of museums and larger projects over the years, but these two houses are at the core of who he is as an architect and his vision was never more perfectly realized than here. Futagawa's photographs capture Meier's vision perfectly, and his son Yoshio's essay is equally eloquent and important.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 13 | Pierre Chareau : Maison de Verre (Maison Dalsace), Paris, Frances, 1928-32

Pierre Chareau : Maison de Verre (Maison Dalsace), Paris, Frances, 1928-32 / ; text by Yoshio Futagawa ; edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
ADA Edita, Tokyo : 2012.
63 p. : principalmente fot.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 13
Texto en inglés y japonés.
ISBN 9784871406383
Arquitectura doméstica.
Chareau, Pierre, 1883-1950.
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Photographed by Yoshio Futagawa and with text by Yukio Futagawa, this large-format monograph details one of modernism’s early masterpieces. With insights into the history and conception of the house, as well as its design and authors, the text shows how Pierre Chareau, an interior designer in charge of design and planning, “positioned this residence as a prototype of a Modernist manifesto.” Stunning colour and black-and-white photographs once again reinforce the Maison de Verre’s status as a great work of architecture.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 12 | House in Sri Lanka, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, 2004-08 ; House in Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 2006-11

House in Sri Lanka, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, 2004-08 ; House in Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 2006-11 / text by Tadao Ando ; edited and photographed by Yukio Futugawa.
A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2012.
87 p. : principalmente il., col. y n.
Texto en inglés y japonés
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 12.
ISBN 9784871406376
Ando, Tadao, 1941.
Arquitectura doméstica.
Viviendas residenciales.
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This edition of ‘Residential Masterpieces’, edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa, focuses on two remarkable homes designed by the accomplished Japanese architect Tadao Ando. With full-page colour and black-and-white photographs, architectural drawings and plans, and texts by the architect himself, it presents a comprehensive picture of luxurious minimalism in far-flung tropical locations.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 11 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh : Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1902-04

Charles Rennie Mackintosh : Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1902-04 / ; text by Yoshio Futagawa ; edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
ADA Edita, Tokyo : 2011.
63 p. : principalmente fot.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 11.
Texto en inglés y japonés.
ISBN 9784871406369
Arquitectura doméstica
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928.
Viviendas residenciales
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GA Residential Masterpieces features Hill House designed by Scotland’s most celebrated architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Famous today for his design of modern jewellery and chairs, Charles Rennie Mackintoch was also an architect of schools, buildings, tearooms and private homes. Hill House originally designed for publisher Walter Blackie, is the largest and finest of Mackintosh's domestic buildings. This richly illustrated book offers a peek in one of Scotland’s finest private homes.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 15 | Morphosis : Crawford Residence : Montecito, California, U.S.A 1987-91 ; Blades Residence : Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 1991-97

Morphosis : Crawford Residence : Montecito, California, U.S.A 1987-91 ; Blades Residence : Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 1991-97 / text by Yoshio Futagawa ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa
A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2013
91 p. : il.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 15
Texto en inglés y japonés
ISBN 9784871406406
Arquitectura doméstica -- Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales -- Estados Unidos.
Morphosis.
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Based in southern California, Morphosis is headed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne. Photographer Yukio Futagawa visited two exceptional private homes designed by the firm and located in California. Completed in 1991 and 1997, respectively, the Crawford and Blades residences successfully combine domestic spatial quality and everyday life with the pure formal philosophy of Morphosis. The two homes reflect the pinnacle of the freedom of lifestyle and unique architecture of the West Coast, clearly seen in this series of stunning, large-format photographs. “Groundscape House”, an essay by Yoshio Futagawa, sheds light on their conception and meaning.

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 16 | Le Corbusier : Shodhan House, Ahmedabad, India, 1951-56

Le Corbusier : Shodhan House, Ahmedabad, India, 1951-56 / text by Yoshio Futagawa ; photographed by Yukio Futagawa.
A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2014.
Texto en inglés y japonés.
Serie: Residential Masterpieces ; 16.
ISBN 9784871406413 Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Casas individuales -- India
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In this large-format book, photographer Yukio Futagawa recounts his pilgrimage to Le Corbusiers modernist villa in Ahmedabad, India, built between 1951-56. A symbol of the famed architects domestic architecture, the private residence integrates traditional features of local design, such as the double-height living room on the ground level, with key aspects like sun, wind and landscaping. The raw concrete form frames the open character of its interior spaces and the overall plan, a five-level cube divided by beams and slabs. In a lovingly photographed and recounted experience, Futagawa makes a tribute to the house like none other.

VISTA PREVIA
GA | Le Corbusier : Shodhan House, Ahmedabad, India, 1951-56
http://www.ga-ada.co.jp/english/ga_rm/garm016.html

#books #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 14 | Michael Graves : Hanselmann House ; Snyderman House

Michael Graves : Hanselmann House, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A., 1967-71 ; Snyderman House, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A., 1969-77 / text by Julie Hanselmann Davies ; edited and photographied by Yukio Futagawa.

A. D. A. Edita, Tokio : 2013.
Colección: Residential Masterpieces ; 14.
Texto en inglés y japonés
ISBN 9784871406390
Graves, Michael, 1934-
Arquitectura doméstica -- Estados Unidos.
Casas individuales -- Estados Unidos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72(082) *RES/14
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A National AIA Award winner, Michael Graves’s first architectural commission was a new house for two high school friends, Jay and Lois Hanselmann, who constructed it themselves. From his studies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Graves was influenced by the work of Le Corbusier. His early house designs evidence his exploration of both the geometric compositions of the master as well as a similar interest in narrative content. In its original design, the Hanselmann House and the space immediately in front of it are a double square in plan and a double cube in volume. The house is understood frontally as a series of layered planes: from the wall of a small studio and a pipe rail frame defining the entrance (not constructed), to the front façade of the house, and finally to the densest plane, the rear wall of the living room. The mural that Graves painted on that wall contains references to the architecture of the house and the natural world, creating an imaginary extension into the landscape.

LINKS
GA |Micheal Graves – Hanselmann House, Snyderman House
http://www.ga-ada.co.jp/english/ga_rm/garm014.html
Michael Graves & Associates | Hanselmann House
http://www.michaelgraves.com/architecture/project/hanselmann-house.html
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DOCUMENTACIÓN
Michael Graves, casa Hanselmanm
Marcelo Gardinetti | Tecnne, 2013-03-19
http://tecnne.com/arquitectura/michael-graves-casa-hanselmann/