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Sarina Bowen Kennerly
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Owen Kennerly
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A friend recently reminded me of how amazing the Oakland Coliseum is - even if it has been defaced by ham-fisted additions over the years. Designed by Myron Goldsmith, the clarity of the original concept - a freestanding undulating bowl set within a glass and concrete yurt topped by a suspension roof structure (reminiscent of its Roman namesake, pic-5) - seems exotic compared to today’s arenas. An uncompromising modernist conception that wears its historical references on its sleeve.
1966, @skidmoreowingsmerrill
Pics 1&6 - Ezra Stoller @estophoto
Pic 2 - William Reid .
Pic 4 - Jean-Léon Gérôme’s 1859 painting “Ave Caesar!”
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Full moon light through evening dew marbles the walls of the Lightbox house.
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Equinox at the #lightboxhousesf !
The expectation for east-west light is tweaked by a street grid turned 28 degrees off the cardinals. Surfaces animated by low sun would otherwise never see it.
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