Bart Prince on Offbeat Homes
Head on over to our ninja Jennifer’s site Offbeat Homes and read this interview with/article on architect Bart Prince [craziness].
The New Mexico born Prince, is recognized internationally for his unique residences. Prince was awarded the Record House of the Year Award in 1989 for the Brad and June Prince Residence and again in 1991 for the Joe and Etsuko Price Residence. Other accolades, among many, have included featured works in numerous exhibitions, the 2004 International Excellence in Design Award, and Prince is recognized as one of The AD 100 by Architectural Digest. Now this is just a smidgen of a bio. You can find out much more at Prince’s website.
When I say that the design ‘responds’ to the site, client, climate, materials etc. and that the design ‘grows’ from this situation, it doesn’t mean these things ‘happen’ by themselves. It’s the mind of the architect that brings these ideas together and synthesizes everything into a final scheme. It’s a very complex process and far from ‘winging it’! In fact it is a much more difficult process that the standard so-called design process used by many. You are dealing with materials, structure, ideas, space while solving complex design programs presented by the client. It takes years of experience to make this process look easy!
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::images and quoted text from Offbeat Homes – thanks to our ninja Jennifer::
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Posted: June 19th, 2007
at 12:36pm by orangemenace
Categories: architecture, featured ninjas, my ninja, please
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