The only thing these photographs have in common is that you’ve probably not seen them before. They’re not part of the narratives constructed around the respective buildings. They’re photographs that got lost along the way. They remind us that our knowledge of certain buildings sometimes has little to do with
- where they are built,
- what they once did,
- how they worked, and
- who they were built for.
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- An early one.
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- The worst photo styling ever, and a curious roof outside the window.
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- More mechanical services at the Villa Stein-de Monzie.
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- Stein taste in furnishings.
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- The kid’s gonna get it.
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- The Casa del Fascio in its heyday.
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- Propping up a reputation. 1
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- Squatting. 2
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- Edith Farnsworth doing a spot of gardening.
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- Edith Farnsworth having a little lie-down.
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- The boiler room at Fallingwater. 3
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- The boiler room at the Farnsworth House.
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- Downtime.
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- When a wild turkey flew into PJ’s Glass House.
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- More plate glass problems. 4
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- It’s odd how many photographs of this building exclude the taller, central bit.
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- Climate control over at the Miller House.
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- The contrived domesticity schtick’s wearing a bit thin.
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- Burj Al Arab and the Al Quoz Industrial Area.
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- Neighbourhood stroll.
- http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek09/1016/1016d_fallingwater.cfm
- http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchDetail_VPage&IID=2S5RYDZW6CBO
- http://www.ashireporter.org/HomeInspection/Articles/Fallingwater-A-Busman-s-Holiday/1550#Fallingwater10.jpg)
- “As one of our site guides opened the door for first-week guests on a blustery tour day, the pressure vacuum caused by 58mph gusts left shards of plate glass in the garden below.”
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