Esoteric Survey

Japanese lamp Eames, Alexander Girard, Herman Miller Clay, including Myrton Purkiss and Amy Donaldson

The Wilshire Shopping Center (1964)  by Robert Walters  in  Roswell, New Mexico The center has a number of sculptures by New Mexican artist, Herb Goldman Sadly, the Goldman sculpture seen here is no longer there. Image: Road Arch Janus (1964-65) sand-cast concrete sculpture by Herb Goldman (1922-2012)  Image: Smithsonian See more work by Herb,   here   

Alvar Aalto John Keal for Brown Saltman The red knob makes it.

Bart Prince Home and Studio (1984), in Albuquerque, New Mexico  I was there in December. The masonry tower was added in 1990. It serves as the library. Prince is a native of Albuquerque. He studied architecture at ASU and worked with Bruce Goff, including assisting  Goff on with the Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA . He completed the design and supervised the construction after Goff's death. Soleri bells =  Bart is in the know. The rear of the house. Another Prince project is located next door. This is Bart Prince in front of his house, where he still lives. In September, a burglar broke in and shot Lee Wilson, who lives with Bart. He survived the shooting and hopefully he's doing well. Read the horrible story, here . Souurce: Albuquerque Journal I hate to end on a negative thing, so here is another Prince project- The Price Residence in Corona del Mar. Source: Bart Prince

Jewelry by San Diego enamelist and silversmith, James Parker. Table with a planter Pots Books

The Dome House, 1949, in Cave Creek Arizona, by Paolo Soleri and Mark Mills. Both were former apprentices under   Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West.   The house was commissioned by Lenora Woods, who would soon become Paolo's mother-in-law. I've been near the house in the past . However, this time I wasn't just snooping.  Docomomo hosted a tour, which was led by Director of Paolo Soleri Studios, Roger Tomalty. Source:  Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute The ribs of the dome were constructed with war surplus  materials . Source:  Paolo Soleri at Dome House Source:  Soleri: Architecture as Human Ecology by  Antonietta Iolanda Lima The initial design had an opaque section that was manually rotated for shade. At some point the rotating mechanism broke, so the top has been modified to shield the sun. The cooler was added and now doesn't function. It would be great to see it removed....