Slog - Comments on Association: Part Two http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two The first American project by the London-based architect David Adjaye is this studio in Fort Greene, Brooklyn: The handsome couple below commissioned and own the four-story studio: James Casebere and Lorna Simpson are famous photographers.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:39:05 -0800 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:13:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Issur Charles, thanks for this erudite post about architecture in Brooklyn. I moved here from Manhattan and miss it so much! I wish Seattle Architecture could be like Manhattan and Brooklyn. Your slog posts remind readers of what Seattle could become if it weren't a racist, Christian backwater. Happy Hanukkah!

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860313 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:50:42 -0800 Comment by Greg I like this studio a lot. Thanks for the picture.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860314 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:54:33 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I could, I guess, point out that:

It's a box.

But I won't.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860349 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:33:31 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I like it.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860356 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:45:57 -0800 Comment by M Famous photographers huh? Yawn..

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860362 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:53:03 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe James Casebere is sexy as fuck.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860404 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:30:19 -0800 Comment by Ummmm Yes a box. Boring anticeptic, 80's Industriual. Mark Millet of Seattle was doing this in the late 80's and early 90's. The couple looks boring too...

]]> Ummmm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860410 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:37:05 -0800 Comment by max solomon charles, post some pictures of hot east african ladies.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860494 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:41:46 -0800 Comment by Strath Shepard This house is in my neighborhood in Bklyn, and when all the other houses are beautiful old brownstones and brick row houses, I think this super-contrasting style is smart. The problem in Seattle to me is that a lot of new architecture attempts to recreate/update/blend in with the classic craftsman style—but it will always look cheap next to the originals. If you go in the opposite direction, the contrast is interesting and allows the good points of each to shine. Another good example is Renzo Piano's addition to the Morgan Library in NYC—glass and steel integrated with one of the most classic buildings in the city. Not to drone on...but for Seattle I also think the best way to respect the beauty of the natural environment is not to copy it with decoration, but to go the opposite direction, super modern and clean.

]]> Strath Shepard http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860606 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:19:52 -0800 Comment by Issur @9 Seattle's best architecture is Martin Selig's Columbia Center. I believe Charles loves this building too. It's tall, sleek and black and blocks out Mt.Rainer to remind us all that man must stand against and conquer nature. We need more giant sleek urban buildings in Seattle that make downtown an urban canyon. Then it will be better, more like Manhattan.

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860617 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:29:58 -0800 Comment by Issur @9 Seattle's best architecture is Martin Selig's Columbia Center. I believe Charles loves this building too. It's tall, sleek and black and blocks out Mt.Rainer to remind us all that man must stand against and conquer nature. We need more giant sleek urban buildings in Seattle that make downtown an urban canyon. Then it will be better, more like Manhattan.

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860621 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860621 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:30:46 -0800 Comment by Strath @10
I'm not hoping for "more like Manhattan," just no more lame townhomes that make weak attempts to echo the classic craftsman style. Blocks and blocks of mediocrity are worse than the jungles of the east, and I would prefer a well-designed urban canyon to sprawl. As things get more dense, I think the best way to do it is to mix super clean and modern with the classic stuff, rather than waffling in the middle.

]]> Strath http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860666 Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:14:00 -0800 Comment by Hal "Famous" photographers????

]]> Hal http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860849 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/association_part_two#c860849 Arts Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:13:16 -0800