Serene stone faces of Bayon Temple, Angkor, Cambodia
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The central, 59 meter spire is topped with the white, four-faced head of Brahma of the Throne Hall, Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Silver Pagoda, Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Detail of Stupa of King Suramarit, Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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A man looking at photographs of those murdered at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia
Formerly the Chao Ponhea Yat High School, the five buildings of the complex were converted in August 1975, four months after the Khmer Rouge won the civil war, into a prison and interrogation center. The Khmer Rouge renamed the complex “Security Prison 21” (S-21) and construction began to adapt the prison to the inmates: the buildings were enclosed in electrified barbed wire, the classrooms converted into tiny prison and torture chambers, and all windows were covered with iron bars and barbed wire to prevent escapes.
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Security Prison 21 (S-21) and former high school, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 17,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng (some estimates suggest a number as high as 20,000, although the real number is unknown). At any one time, the prison held between 1,000-1,500 prisoners. They were repeatedly tortured and coerced into naming family members and close associates, who were in turn arrested, tortured and killed.
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Adamson House and Malibu lagoon Museum wikipedia article
Spanish Revival: Architect: Styles Clement
23200 Pacific Coast Highway
PO Box 291
Malibu CA 90265
(310) 456 8432
http://www.adamsonhouse.org
Reg. Tours: Wed-Sat 11AM to 3PM Grp. Tours: Need reservations for> 11
Price: $5.00 General; $2.00 Students
Doheny Mansion
Historicist: Architect: T. Eisen, S.Hunt
AF Rosenheim, W Neff
Campus of Mount St Mary’s College
near USC, Los Angeles
(213) 477 2962
www.dohenymansion.org
Tours By reservation only
Price $25.00
For concerts and elegant receptions at the mansion, visit www.dacamara.org or call 213 477 2929
Eames House wikipedia article PHOTOS
MidCentury Modern: Architect: Charles and Ray Eames
203 Chatauqua Blvd
Pacific Palisades CA 90272
(310) 459 9663
www.eamesfoundation.org
Reg.Tours (Exterior only, reservations required)
M-F 10AM-4PM
Sat. 10AM-3PM
Price: $5.00, students free
Albert Frey House
Mid Century Modern: Architect: A. Frey
101 Museum Drive
Palm Springs CA 92262
(760) 322 4800
www.psmuseum.orq
Tours: By appointment
Gamble House wikipedia article
Arts and Crafts: Architect: Greene & Greene
4 Westmoreland Place
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 793-3334
www.gamblehouse.org
Reg. Tours
Thur-Sun 12-3PM
Grp. Tours By appointment
Price $10 Gen, $7, Seniors & Students
Hollyhock House wikipedia article PHOTOS
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
(323) 644 6269
www.hollyhockhouse.net
Reg. Tours: Wed-Sun
12:30,1 :30,2:30,3: 30
Grp. Tours: By appt for >10
Price: Gen. $7, Seniors $3
17 years and under, $2.00 (free if accompanied by an adult)
Lanterman House
Arts and Crafts: Architect: Arthur L Haley
4420 Encinas Or
La Canada, Flintridge CA 91011
(818) 790 1421
www.lantermanfoundation.org
Reg.Tours: Tue,Thur and 1st and 3rd
Sundays 1-4PM
Grp Tours: Tue,Thur by appointment
Price: Adults$3, Students,$l
Lovell Health House wikipedia article
1920’s Modern: Architect: RJ Neutra
(seen in “LA Confidential)
Tours: By appointment via
(323) 309 4395
Price: $50/individual, group tours by arrangement.
Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Studio/ Residences wikipedia article
1930,1940,1960 Modern: Architect: RJ & D Neutra
2300 Silver Lake Slvd
Los Angeles CA 90039
www.neutra-vdl.oro
Reg.Tours: Sat. 11AM-3PM (check website for exceptions)
Grp Tours: By appt at website
Price: $10
Schindler House and Studio wikipedia article
1920’s Modern: Architect: Rudolph Schindler
835 N Kings Rd
W Hollywood CA 90069
(323) 651 1510
www.makcenter.org
Reg Tours: Wed-Sun 11AM-6PM
Grp Tours: By appOintment
Price: $7 Gen, $6 Students, Free Friday 4-6PM
Note Access to Schindler Mackey Apts and Schindler Fitzpatrick Leland Houses on first Fridays by appointment above
Koenig’s Stahl House wikipedia article
Midcentury Modern: Architect: Pierre Koenig
(Case Study House # 22)
Tours by Appointment with Mark Stahl
208331 1414
www.stahlhouse.com
Price: $25 afternoon $40 evening
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The Vítkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava has been declared an Industrial Heritage Site by the Ministry of Culture and is a unique example of industrial architecture from the first half of the 19th century.
The Cathedral of the Divine Saviour (Czech: Katedrála Božského Spasitele), located in the center of Ostrava, is the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in Moravia and Silesia (after the basilica in Velehrad near Uherské Hradiště). This three-naveneorenaissance basilica with a semi-circular apse and two 67m high towers is dating since 1889 (building started in 1883). The church was designed by Gustav Meretta, the official architect of the Archbishop of Olomouc, and the interior by Max von Ferste.
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Cathedral of the Divine Saviour in front of Blast furnaces of Vitkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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last furnaces of Vítkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, Czech Republic. This site has been declared an Industrial Heritage Site by the Ministry of Culture and is a unique example of industrial architecture from the first half of the 19th century. The site was occupied by a puddle furnace from 1828. It was founded by archduke Rudolf and was the first one of its kind in the entire Austrian Empire. The first blast furnace began production in 1836, and the Hlubina coal mine was opened in 1843. Soon the site provided for an entire industrial process from start to finish, from the mining of coal as a raw material, through the manufacture of coke, to its use in the production of iron. This continued uninterrupted until 1998.
Blast furnaces of Vtkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Photography © Quintin Lake, 2009
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This photoshoot was commissioned by Francis Lincoln Publisher for the upcoming book “Jim Stirling and the Red Trilogy: Three Radical Buildings” edited by Alan Berman. View the entire photoshoot here.
Charles Jencks describes the project in the chapter ‘James Sirling or Function made Manifest’ in the book ‘The modern movements in Architecture’ thus:
“Yet it was not until their next scheme, the leicester Engineering Building, that they [Stirling & Gowan] developed their idiom in complete maturity. Instead of drawing in perspective they switched to a bird’s eye view which could analyse and dissect the whole project showing the underlying anatomy. This method of drawing really is a method of designing for it allows the architect to work out the space, structure, geometry, function and detail altogether and without distortion.”
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Axonometric style, Aerial view of Leicester University, Engineering Building
The cantilevered lecture theatre, Leicester University, Engineering Building, Designed by James Stirling & James Gowan Architects, Completed 1959
The water tower sits atop glazed seminar rooms which runs at 45 degrees to the workshops
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Into Silent Skies #1. Images of Sydney Opera House Roof Shells
Into Silent Skies #4. Images of Sydney Opera House Roof Shells
Into Silent Skies #5. Images of Sydney Opera House Roof Shells
Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010
Geometry & Silence 