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The desert offered a new challenge in materials. The architect's primary solution was "desert rubblestone wall" construction, usually shortened to "desert masonry." There are many ways of acheiving this, but all involved placing large stones into forms, then pouring concrete around the stones while leaving most of the face next to the form exposed. in the Bott house (S.404) wet sand was forced between form and stone surface before the concrete was poured. In the Austin house (S.345) crumpled newspaper was used instead of sand to keep stone faces from being covered with concrete. At Taliesin West, the mortar was allowed to seep around the edges of the stone face, and surplus was the chipped away to reveal the stone surface. Often, the stone was washed with acid to bring out its color.
The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, has opted to court controversy with plans (to be announced at a 9 a.m. press conference today) that will plant a new 90,000-square-foot, Renzo Piano-designed building just west of Louis Kahn's 120,000-square-foot 1972 masterpiece.
SOLD!
105: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Cow (Wallpaper)
Lot # 0105
Estimates: $3000 - $4000
Start Price: $1500
Sale Title: Post-War and Contemporary Art View entire catalog
Sale Location : Lambertville, New Jersey
Sale Date 9:00 AM PST - Nov 15th, 2008
Description Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Cow (Wallpaper), 1966;
Screenprint in colors (framed); From the edition of unknown size; Rubber stamp
signature in left margin; 41 3/4" x 27 3/4" (sight); Printer: Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York; Publisher: Factory Editions, New York for an exhibition at Leo
Castelli Gallery; Literature: F. & S. ll.11; Provenance: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Private Collection, New York
Hammer Price $4750
108: Mike Bidlo (American, b. 1954) Not Warhol (Cow Wallpaper)
Lot # 0108
Estimates: $1500 - $2000
Start Price: $750
Sale Title: Post-War and Contemporary Art View entire catalog
Sale Location : Lambertville, New Jersey
Sale Date 9:00 AM PST - Nov 15th, 2008
Description Mike Bidlo (American, b. 1954) Not Warhol (Cow Wallpaper), 1984;
Screenprint (framed); Signed; 42 1/4" x 33 3/8" (sight); Provenance: Private Collection, New York
Hammer Price $4500
LONDON: Recession. Depression. Slump. Crash. Whatever it's called, and however severe it turns out to be, the economic crisis is bound to affect design. The question is how? Judging by design's fate in past recessions, it will suffer in this one. Some designers' clients will go out of business, and others will cut costs. Research and development budgets will be slashed. Designers' jobs will be lost, and projects scrapped. But there may be positive consequences too. Design has always coped well with austerity, and is especially well-equipped to do so now.