Art Shed in Los Ángeles
Johnston Markleee
Art Shed in Los Ángeles (California), EEUU.
Ark House in Los Ángeles (California), United States by Johnston Marklee architects | © photo Jesús Granada
The Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) is sited within the 30 acre campus of The Menil Collection. Positioned in the geographic centre of the campus, the MDI is adjacent to the Cy Twombly Pavilion and nested among the historic bungalows that make up the fabric of this neighbourhood of art. The design of the MDI honours…
DetailsArch. Dome. Vault House. The terms are relics of architectural history, but in Southern California they are also the building blocks of suburbia, where Mission-style McMansions flaunt endless stucco arches and vaulted foyers. Principals Sharon Johnston, AIA, and Mark Lee of Los Angeles–based Johnston Marklee, however, have updated the archaic and used vaults to rethink…
DetailsEl croquis 197 bruther | Photo cover by Jesús Granada, photographer Julie-Victoire Daubié Residence for Researchers New Generation Research Centre
DetailsLocated on the southern edge of the majestic Cité Universitaire park, the ‘Maison Julie-Victoire Daubié’ is a residence for young researchers. It has the privilege of enriching one of the capital’s most beautiful collections of modern architecture. Building in a park with no apparent boundaries is not exempt of powerful constraints. The presence of the ring road…
DetailsThe new “Dôme” is part of the regeneration plan and the first completed building in this context. It is called the “House of Research and of Imagination”. Its designer, The Bruther architects have choosen to use a simple architectural vocabulary to create a a mixused place, accessible for all inhabitants of the city. In order…
DetailsHomes for our time by Philip Jodidio and edited by Taschen Aranguren y Gallegos architects | El Escorial (Madrid) Spain | June 2016
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