Weekend / Stuff
Trays by Artek and La Gardo Tackett. Martz and nice round weed pot. Lisa Larson Bulldog Not a banner weekend on the junk front.
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The Stahl House / Case Study House 22
This was my first visit to the Stahl House / Case Study House 22 by Pierre Koenig. As you most likely know, it's for sale. Unfortunately, I don't have a Rothko to sell, so I'm not a buyer. However, I thought it would be a good time to visit in case a new owner wouldn't be as generous with tours as the Stahl family has been. It was a beautiful day. Buck and Carlotta Stahl did not set out to live in a modern architecture icon. As a young married couple, they were renting an apartment with a view of the Hollywood hills. In 1954, with the dream of building a home but not really having the money to do it, they ended up buying what many thought to be an unbuildable lot. The deal was made on a handshake from property owner George Beha, from La Jolla, who agreed to carry the $13,500 mortgage. During the four years it took them to pay off the mortgage, Buck collected discarded concrete material from construction sites around Los Angeles and built up a terrace around the edge of...
Eames Institute / Museum
The second part of the Eames Institute Collector's Circle was a trip to Novato to see the future home of the museum. John Savage Bolles was the architect of record on the project. He also designed Candlestick Park, an IBM campus in San Jose, and Embarcadero Plaza. It was built in 1964 as the McGraw-Hill Publishing Western distribution center. They left in 1991 and Birkenstock moved in the same year. In 2007 the German sandal maker moved out of the building, only to return in 2012, although they only used the offices. Birkenstock left for good in 2020 and it has remained empty. Although rumors were circulating for several years about it, in 2025 that the Eames Institute announced they purchased the property. John Cary, President and CEO of the Eames Institute, led this part of the day. He shared the institute's vision for the property. First and foremost, it will be a design museum, with a focus on Eames. However, it's going to much more than that. The warehouse building...