Hey girl, ain’t no mystery says the Isley Brothers song but those apartments are still mysterious to me and I so wanted to see them. My picture sucks but I didn’t want to show how gross the parking lot looked like (10 full trash bins, no thanks).
DAT CANTILEVER DAAAAMN
Better, thanks Wikipedia. It’s a student residence so you know them kids, they don’t care about anything. They don’t realize how amazing it is to have a structure built 65 years ago that big, balanced out in the open. It’s beautiful, cocky engineering.
I just love the play with void, it reminds me of sound and playing with silence. So important, seems easy, it’s not.
I’d love to see the layout inside. I saw students going in but I didn’t want to creep them out. It’s in the middle of UCLA with fraternities and sororities all around and here I am parking my bike and looking at that building for 20 minutes from every angle legally possible. People don’t and can’t get it. I have done medieval stuff all my life, that futurism is like a ripe banana and I am the fruit fly. I can’t stop staring at it.
15 miles bike ride through the West Side, needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed it as pretty much all my rides in L.A. Well dear Mr. Lautner I was glad to see your work and concrete expertise. I have more addresses to go to. And please dear students, take care of that building it is unique.