Integral House: math professor and violinist commissions architectural good thingy(online.wsj.com)
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Integral House: math professor and violinist commissions architectural good thingy
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"Masterpiece" is pushing it. The section is entirely banal, with little imagination beyond plan extrusion. When you think of the possibilities of the site, the client, and the conceptual domain (math, music), it is more of a missed opportunity.
Well I wanted to sensationalize it because the story has been missed here before with the given headline and it is pretty cool both as a house and because it was commissioned by someone famous for being a calculus professor. How often does that happen? Editor can change the headline as desired.
"I think it's one of the most important private houses built in North America in a long time" is the quote from the MoMA director.
"I think it's one of the most important private houses built in North America in a long time" is the quote from the MoMA director.
I wasn't very impressed it looked like a postmodern house with a concert hall added in. Was expecting much more from the title and came out disappointed.
really he couldn't think of anything better to do with 24M?
The thing you can do when you have a house like this is host fundraising parties. Dr. Stewart definitely likes hosting parties. So over Stewart's lifetime in Integral House he will end up raising a lot of money for his pet charities.
http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/content/view/379/1855/ is one I found when googling more info.
http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/content/view/379/1855/ is one I found when googling more info.
More technical reading: http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=191...
Some more pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/integralhouse/