Ode to Juxtaposing

    Arguably the most beautiful architectural relic in Grunewald
    is currently undergoing a mysterious facelift.

    In what I hope is just some kind of foundation restoration or yard work,
    a 4 story modernist mega-tower has been added to the grounds
    to compliment the various turrets of this 17th century-ish masterpiece.

    So in homage to this perplexing juxtaposition, let's go through some of my
    other favorites from the not so distance past...

    Beans three ways

    Pumpkins three ways

 
    A house and a monster

    A zombie and a mayor

    A bear in a forest

    Or some fruit in the snow

    Something big and something small

    Something old and something new

                    And for the oddest musical juxtaposition I can think of....
                    Tom Jones and the Cardigans covering the Talking Heads!!

         
   
   Thumbs up!

Ode to Los Angeles Part II: Farewell Architecture

     Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
    -Jack Keroac, On the Road

    

    Don't think I won't miss you Los Angeles...

    When your architecture can look like this:

    So for now....

    Goodbye Pierre and your Case Study Homes

    Goodbye Louis and your Salk Institute

    Goodbye Richard and your hard to get into Health House

    Goodbye Frank and your Californian experiments

    Goodbye Greene and Greene Brothers

    So long Coop Himmelb(l)au with your un-occupiable symbolism

 

    and crazy classrooms

    Goodbye Bradbury Building

    And Buck House doorknobs

    So long Bullocks Wilshire Building and your awesome light inlays

    And farewell to you, Perloff Hall

    I'll see you in Berlin, Filosofers!