Wednesday, 23 May 2007

....the modern art of camouflage?

The frontispiece to Laugier's Essay of 1753 - which urged contemporary architects
to keep in mind the primitive origins of architecture in the little rustic hut.
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Have these contemporary architects taken Laugier's word to heart?
Would he have found these "modern huts" acceptable (to him today)?
...or is this more a modern art of camouflage?



Architect: David Baird
Photographer: Roy Zipstein
http://www.dwell.com/homes/new/5600056.html

Architect: Dominic Stevens
Photographer: Ros Kavanagh
http://www.domusweb.it/domus2k6/source/contents/item.cfm?type=FTR&ID=92424&lingua=_eng


Architect: Murman Arkitekter
Photographer: Åke E:son Lindman
http://www.murman.se/juniper_house/Dwell_sep07.pdf


Architect: Edouard François
Photographer: ?
http://edouardfrancois.com/Architect: Klein Dytham
Photographer: ?
http://www.klein-dytham.com/architecture/billboard_building.php


Architect: Dan Hisel
Photographer: ?
http://danhiseldesign.com/sauna.htm