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California Art, Artists, Galleries - California Artwork
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California architecture is interesting in its mixed
influences. While the landscape offers time capsules of
eras that include post-earthquake rebuilds of cities
such as San Francisco and Long Beach, today's architect
can challenge the paradigm. Mindful of design and
structural requirements for earthquake survivability,
plus energy efficient products and materials addressing
ecological and environmental needs, some stunning
buildings have come to the fore recently. The Getty atop
a hill and Walt Disney Concert Hall are two such
projects in L.A. San Francisco's De Young Museum is a
shining display, and Hemet's new Campus combining two
museum interests with award-winning energy products show
that there's a lot of innovation in these public use
facilities, setting the standards for other projects to
follow.
California architecture -
art
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Westin
Bonaventure Hotel; John Portman &
Associates, 1976; Largest hotel in Los
Angeles is 367 feet (112 meters) tall and
has 35 floors. The top floor has a revolving
restaurant and observation level. Architect
John Portman claims influence by the
writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and
teachings of Frank Lloyd Wright, with focus
on the systems by which buildings are
organized with organic unity as a design
ideal. Portman believes that architecture is
a comprehensive discipline that should shape
and direct all aspects of life. Portman
received the City Association Award for this
project. Read more about Architect John
Portman and his projects...>
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Walt
Disney Concert Hall
(WDCH) in Los
Angeles; Architect Frank O. Gehry and Gehry
Partners, LLP, 2003. Estimated cost around
$275 million. Gehry's use of
deconstructivism design and use of steel
cladding provide examples of challenges of
stand alone projects next to residential
use. The acoustic have been lauded in this
concert hall that features the LA
Philharmonic. |
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Sea
Ranch Chapel at The Sea Ranch,
California. |
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Museum
Campus at Center for
Water Education and
The Western Center
for Archaeology and Paleontology
in Hemet, California. Architects: Michael B.
Lehrer, FAIA; Mark S. Gangi, AIA, 2006. The
architects received the prestigious gold
LEED award for this energy efficient
project, tied to one museum's theme of
water conservation and education. Michael
Lehrer has received other awards for James
Wood Community Center,
Norton-Towers-On-The-Court and Temple Bat-Yahm
projects in California.
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De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco, California. Architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. Pritzker
Prize-winning architects created a striking
building with a copper façade that's
perforated with a design that mimics dappled
light filtering through a canopy of trees.
The building’s skin will progressively fade
during a seven to ten year span from bright
copper to cinnamon color, and finally will
assume a rich green patina to blend with the
wooded environment of Golden Gate Park.
Herzog & de Meuron....>
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Sundial Bridge at Redding, California.
Architect
Santiago Calatrava, 2004. Cost: $23 million,
approx.
The
bridge's tower is 217 feet high, and the
bridge itself is 700 feet long. Billed as
the most expensive walk bridge in the U.S.,
you'll not fully appreciate its unique
architectural elements until you have
visited Redding and walked across it. |
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