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biennale of architecture venice 2004 // german pavilion
project 90 // 09.09.2004 // residential building with studio gleissenberg
"In Gleissenberg, a village in the Bavarian Forest with a population of 1000, a house with a transparent plastic envelope comes as a surprise in the new development area. The simpe shape of this low-cost project makes reference to traditional methods of housebuilding in the countryside but re-interprets these methods by using new materials. In spite of the tight budget, the Munich architect Florian Nagler designed a large, light-filled house with a studio for the clients in the form of a prefabricated wooden building, enclosed in high-quality polycarbonate grouser plates."
look through any window
teardrop park 1.9 acre downtown greenspace
"Castaing is widely described as legendary and a cult figure, so it might come as a surprise that she created rave-review rooms with undistinguished objects, often of dodgy condition."
"Amassed over 30 years, the collection was stored first in a barn in Hertfordshire, England, and later in warehouses in London and Geneva. It is uncatalogued in any computer file and the only record of its holdings have until now been in Mr. Danowski's mind. He said that he could envision the library, virtually volume by volume, though he had never seen it all assembled. It was shipped to Atlanta in about 1,500 cardboard boxes and tea crates that filled two 40-foot-long and two 20-foot-long cargo containers."