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people hanging out with duane hansons' janitor sculpture
alison and peter smithsons' 1956 house of the future
"This was the Smithsons' Pop phase. As participants in the famous "This is Tomorrow" exhibition of Pop Art, they adopted the pose of their friend, the artist Richard Hamilton, who urged them to be "Popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business". Alison rose to the challenge with her all-plastic house for the Ideal Home Exhibition. She correctly predicted electronic remote controls for television and lighting. And some budget hotels do indeed now have self-cleaning bathrooms as she suggested. But why don't women wear nylon pixie dresses, and why don't men sport combined leggings and shoes?"
from here to modernity
acrophobia
OCAD Ontario College of Art & Design classroom and studio building
the sharp center for design
will alsop mr blobby
"...designs unhumble buildings for humble clients, hits new heights of audacity in Toronto."
canadians astir siting kunstler
when buildings fall down
why buildings fall down