Esoteric Survey

Roland Smith lamp, Takeshi Nii stool, German lamp and fire tools.
Martz, Harwood Steiger fabric and a bowl.
This is actually from last week. There's a Design Line lamp and a Don Shoemaker table.

The Kelvin Home (also known as the Raabe House or Kelvinator), 1938 by William Burk, Jr. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
The house was built for local hardware store owner, Walter Raabe. Influenced by Le Corbusier and architecture seen at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair, he commissioned Burk, an instructor at the University of New Mexico, to design an International Style modern machine for living. The house also incorporated Kelvin appliances, which Raabe sold in his shop. Hence, the nickname. 
Sharon Karpinski put together a wonderful case study on the house, which can be seen at Albuquerque Modernism. It's what led me to the house. 
I was able to dig up some newspaper articles on the house and The Raabe & Mauger Hardware ad explains it all. There were several articles and ads promoting all aspects of the "ultra modern home."
Source: Albuquerque Journal, 1938 

Source: Albuquerque Journal, 1938 
Advertised as the "Home of Tomorrow," it claimed to be the …

Isamu Kenmochi table to match the one I had, although the new one is larger. They nest. Who knew?
Shopping for junk during the holidays is usually rough because people are trying unload all their vintage decorations. In this case it was OK.
 "Merry Chris Mobile" by La Gardo Tackett. Another one for the pile.  Here is what it looks like.

‘Calder: Nonspace’ at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles
The gallery exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Calder Foundation, consists of mostly monochromatic, abstract sculptures that create volumes out of voids. 











Is that a Calder Christmas tree?

Torres de Satélite ("Satellite Towers"),  located in Ciudad Satélite, a northern suburb of Mexico City. I stopped on my way back from San Cristobal.

The concept was developed by Luis Barragán and Mathias Goeritz (both pictured), with inspiration from painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira.
Completed in 1958, the monument was a symbol of modernity for Ciudad Satélite, a new upper-middle class master planned community outside of Mexico City.
The plan for Satélite, as it's usually called, was designed by Mario Pani and José Luis Cuevas.
Source: laguiainmobiliaria
The tallest tower is 650 feet.
A photo of the towers is in Luis Barragan's home studio.

Holiday shopping : (
I did get a tall Harrison McIntosh vase to go with my other two.

Hans Olsen fireplace, Mel Smilow table, Finn Juhl tray, Ravenware and an Alcoa vase.
Tunsi Girard, Alexander's brother