Architect: Bruce Goff
Alternative Histories: De Smet Vermeulen architecten on Bruce Goff
14 February 2019
Alternative Histories: De Smet Vermeulen architecten on Bruce Goff14 February 2019
GOFFTOWN Walls cannot just be surfaces. They are mass. Wouldn’t you agree? Sure! But… this much? Can you afford the space? And why layering them twice? First the bricks, and then the ten-brick blocks It is important that all wall heights are related. The steps must be easy to count.… Read More
Bruce Goff
20 October 2018
Bruce Goff20 October 2018
This is an unbuilt house and studio project for two artists in the dry country of west Texas. It comes from a happy moment when architects could see no equation between the unreasonable and the unbuildable. Bruce Goff christened it APARTURE, perhaps a play on the words ‘apartness’, for its… Read More
Geography of Hope: Bruce Goff
17 February 2023
Geography of Hope: Bruce Goff17 February 2023
– Nicholas Olsberg
This is the third of four extracts taken from an article first published in issue 40 on nonsite.org, dedicated to ‘New Views on Modern Architecture at Mid-Century’. ‘Aparture’: Bruce Goff in the Parched Land ‘For the Panhandle, …1956 became the seventh straight year of drouth. Except for one savage blizzard, it… Read More
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