Thought you might enjoy these two buildings--

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Riki

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21/06/2011 12:08 am

in the quaint, traditional village of Ascona, Switzerland. The first one is a single-family home (new build) and the second one is a condo/hotel straight out of the sixties. Both look crazily out-of-context in this resort on Lago Maggiore.

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Riki

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21/06/2011 12:10 am

Here's the
next one:

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SDR

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21/06/2011 1:38 am

Thanks !
Something for everyone -- the de Stijl types, and the Decovians ?

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Mark

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21/06/2011 4:12 am

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am drooling over the bottom example. As though it were created by im pei, Naguchi, and a bit of Edward Durrell Stone all together whilst banging the bong and sketching it out on bar napkins over a decent single malt or two. But then...I'm
in the middle of cocktail hour...thanks riki.

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21/06/2011 5:08 am

That was my inital reaction...
That was my inital reaction too SDR. The red/black checkerboard pattern ruins it, I think. Should've just kept it simple with horizontals and brick.

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SDR

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21/06/2011 6:02 am

I wonder
how old that building is ? Architects today are rediscovering pattern and color.
The brick-faced overhead element breaks the rules of "honest use of material" in my view -- but what the heck. It's fun.
The second example breaks the rules of good-looking architecture, in my opinion -- but what the heck. It's fun . . .

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