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I Don't Think This Is a Smashing Visual Success - Do You?

To my eye it's interesting visual clutter, not my style. So on this gray Sunday morning I saw it on foot, walked all the way around. They tore down the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/02/de-marbling-im-pei-on-ponce-and-baring.html">I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building</a>. In fact they tore down the whole block except for <a href="http://www.stpaulsatlanta.com/">St. Paul's Presbyterian</a> to build <a href="http://www.live131ponce.com/">131 PONCE Apartment Homes</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgjur5iOXPhr3rTLLfCWvuaslX8qAWo20SIE0D8HG1vqir8JvdLyf90FJ43YaYSbE0z5n1CquBT-4Iqmk3YZdXiAoIyaGfG4wVl8dwhMpwA0a2eiLO7ec8RkoK26TLMUBA4j3M-pdRH9y/s1600/15942094618_e638b85f7b_k.jpg" i=""><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgjur5iOXPhr3rTLLfCWvuaslX8qAWo20SIE0D8HG1vqir8JvdLyf90FJ43YaYSbE0z5n1CquBT-4Iqmk3YZdXiAoIyaGfG4wVl8dwhMpwA0a2eiLO7ec8RkoK26TLMUBA4j3M-pdRH9y/s1600/15942094618_e638b85f7b_k.jpg" width="640" /></a> There are done now and this is what we got. View east on Ponce de Leon. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16103746226" title="20141228_103550 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_103550 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/16103746226_3c08bc97ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I'm not going to rehash all the controversy but you can rehash all you want. View south on Juniper. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8362022883" title="P1150247-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150247-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8362022883_80052a8d65_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Not every angle of the old Gulf Building was magnificent; not everybody loved it. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15942863908" title="20141228_110132 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_110132 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7579/15942863908_2ea770037c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The developers saved the marble and built an homage to the old building and put the pool on top. Bathers will have a great view of the Midtown skyline. View west on Ponce de Leon. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15507960414" title="20141228_105503 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105503 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15507960414_dc7ecb4627_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I was most concerned about St. Paul's Presbyterian, a one-of-a-kind that I fear is a white elephant for which which we must hope. I don't think "131" leveraged St. Paul's beauty though. The block looks like a mess from this angle too. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8609088304" title="P1170674-2013-03-16-Ponce-Apartment-Phoenix-Flies-APC-rooftop-view-east-Gulf-Oil-IM-Pei-lot-buffted-post-demolition-detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1170674-2013-03-16-Ponce-Apartment-Phoenix-Flies-APC-rooftop-view-east-Gulf-Oil-IM-Pei-lot-buffted-post-demolition-detail" height="263" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8609088304_6090eef438_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> They scraped off the Gulf Oil Building, a former office furniture store, and parking lots, a little more than 2.5 acres. View east from the top of the Ponce Apartments. I give credit for building on one of our most road-isolated blocks. Juniper (bottom of picture, one-way right) has five one-way lanes south, Piedmont (bottom of picture, one-way left) has four one-way lanes north. Six lanes each on North and Ponce de Leon. It's busy and fast on these streets. I walked counter-clockwise starting at Ponce then south on Juniper. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457835822" title="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8457835822_dce167d7df_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The Gulf Oil Building gave Juniper a cold shoulder. View south on Juniper. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129397861" title="IMG_5480 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5480 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7510/16129397861_dae357f98a_z.jpg" width="480" /></a> The Juniper side felt comfortable to me, from here it seemed like an apartment building. I felt safely buffered by a green strip and protected by a row of poles and trees. I wasn't expecting comfort. Walking here has never been so good. View south on Juniper. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129414861" title="IMG_5493 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5493 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/16129414861_6b70f6725e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Emory's new Proton Therapy Building (the beached white whale) is a lot less inviting. View Northwest from North Avenue. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16104469596" title="20141228_104033 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104033 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/16104469596_5439d2d106_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> From the corner of North and Juniper I could see the whole new composition without the Pei homage or the church. It's what I imagine the Khumbu Icefall on Everest looks like. My eye couldn't get a grip on it but I did see balconies. View east on North Avenue. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129416731" title="IMG_5495 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5495 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/16129416731_12da41b3c1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The North Avenue Side. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16128363551" title="20141228_104804 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104804 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/16128363551_717b3d2502_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Here's the view from North and Piedmont. My eye didn't get it except for the balconies. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16105536446" title="IMG_5499 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5499 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/16105536446_4c207cb449_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> It kind of woks as the foot hills protecting Peachtree Ridge and the Midtown skyscrapers. You might think of it as a fortified line. This could be the most picturesque building on Ponce between North Avenue Presbyterian and Highland School Lofts. View west on North Avenue. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15942963800" title="20141228_104817 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104817 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7519/15942963800_1302f3a932_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The Ivy Hall Apartments on the right are a bit more traditional. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15945254759" title="IMG_5504 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5504 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8561/15945254759_404b2a6a94_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I'm most interested in the Church, in making sure it survives. I hoped the new apartment would leverage it, compliment it. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15507946524" title="20141228_105039 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105039 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/15507946524_0eac725fec_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I'm not sure it does. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16130587122" title="IMG_5513 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta stained glass window damage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5513 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta stained glass window damage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8658/16130587122_a48aac509e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> It needs help. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16104496996" title="20141228_105403 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105403 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/16104496996_af4cdd9f89_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The green corner makes a difference. Go have a look. <iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1392.7004080578836!2d-84.38265162833133!3d33.77176880979739!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xee5da309380f8b86!2sSt+Paul's+Presbyterian+Church!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1419830871498" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe> Happy New Year. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16123384562" title="20141227_201925 2014-12-27 131 Ponce De Leon complete night by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141227_201925 2014-12-27 131 Ponce De Leon complete night" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/16123384562_60340c9df3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

I Don't Think This Is a Smashing Visual Success - Do You?

To my eye it's interesting visual clutter, not my style. So on this gray Sunday morning I saw it on foot, walked all the way around. The...

Last Look at the Little Split-Level Landmark on North Druid Hills at Goodwin

0 modern, teardown, tour 07.02

Looks like they are tearing down the whole block on the edge of Pine Hills near Cross Keys High School. I don't care much except for this one. It was different, it seemed to belong there, and it always caught my eye on my thousand drive-bys. I've included a couple of maps and and video walk-through. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QyhNALnvPYxOeuEvdGBKWX2DpGi5xwIjFYPOVtU83VOvht6KSVSJRiHTdWwKTYpi7c_UfVnHAdsKsLGyCWXTOc55SRLgbtP0dGpGq9YBYOcHcZeO4deRu9HuvoSDNCho4WrCHhEHoimC/s1600/15083181573_8e5e812593_h.jpg"><img a="" border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QyhNALnvPYxOeuEvdGBKWX2DpGi5xwIjFYPOVtU83VOvht6KSVSJRiHTdWwKTYpi7c_UfVnHAdsKsLGyCWXTOc55SRLgbtP0dGpGq9YBYOcHcZeO4deRu9HuvoSDNCho4WrCHhEHoimC/s1600/15083181573_8e5e812593_h.jpg" width="640" /> A bit of rare courage got me inside. It hadn't been abandoned long. I could still "feel" the life inside. </a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15086142434" title="2014-11-03 2014-11-03 teardowns on North Druid Hills Rd Dekalb county map by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-11-03 2014-11-03 teardowns on North Druid Hills Rd Dekalb county map" height="593" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7542/15086142434_6524703dbe_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> It's 1785 North Druid Hills at the corner of Goodwin. Looks like they'll tear down the whole block for three different little developments. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15517139038" title="20141103_103125 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level double carport by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103125 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level double carport" height="360" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5601/15517139038_0433cb26d4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> From Goodwin: The glorious carport. THIS is how I want to bring in the groceries, from carport to screened porch with no steps. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15517703000" title="20141103_102952 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_102952 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level" height="360" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15517703000_8f7d27f586_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The view from North Druid Hills Road if you could slow down. Built in 1959 1,814 square feet on 1/2 acre. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15517321457" title="20141103_102908 2014-11-03 1775 North Druid Hills Road teardown North Druid Hills Rd Teardown by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_102908 2014-11-03 1775 North Druid Hills Road teardown North Druid Hills Rd Teardown" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7520/15517321457_851229b1b1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The neighbors are more like the one next door, built in 1953. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15678793736" title="20141103_102936 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_102936 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7481/15678793736_653079631e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Half an acre is an estate in the city. The new development will be denser. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15678797246" title="20141103_103013 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level 2 story part of splitlevel Up: master and bath Down: 2 br 1 ba by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103013 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level 2 story part of splitlevel Up: master and bath Down: 2 br 1 ba" height="360" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5613/15678797246_8b7c6cf552_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Diagonals and overhands. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15678798506" title="20141103_103025 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level brick wall details at front entrance modern by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103025 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level brick wall details at front entrance modern" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/15678798506_3dc95c55a8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Rustic brick and the wrought iron look. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15516652719" title="20141103_103032 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level carport screened porch and living room window by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103032 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level carport screened porch and living room window" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7480/15516652719_7fd6ddf739_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The living room windows and screened porch. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15082573754" title="20141103_103044 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level screen porch and carport by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103044 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level screen porch and carport" height="360" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3943/15082573754_c05abff641_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> One of my favorite carports for sure. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15083177643" title="20141103_103112 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103112 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8649/15083177643_f615d4495c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Step-free exterior but you had to go up or down to visit a bath. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15517334237" title="20141103_103146 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level rear deck by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103146 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level rear deck" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/15517334237_1880bc13e0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> There's a regular in the back. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15516657989" title="20141103_103203 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level from porch into living room to stair, master upstairs by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103203 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level from porch into living room to stair, master upstairs" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7503/15516657989_dc7518e446_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> From the screened porch. It was bright inside and fooled my camera. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15083183053" title="20141103_103253 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level entrance brick planter I guess by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103253 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level entrance brick planter I guess" height="360" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15083183053_b96f170283_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The foyer and stair hall. Master suite upstairs. Two bedrooms and a bath downstairs. Efficient. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15700634011" title="20141103_103259 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level stair Master and bath up 2 br 1 batch down by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103259 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level stair Master and bath up 2 br 1 batch down" height="640" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3954/15700634011_620f4d8823_z.jpg" width="360" /></a> I'd want a bit more visual separation between the public and private spaces but that could have been done. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15704117102" title="20141103_103230 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level kitchen breakfast blur by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103230 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level kitchen breakfast blur" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7482/15704117102_f1bb5dfdd2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Sorry for the blur. The living room and kitchen/family room shared the transom / clerestory windows (whatever they are) and the sloping ceiling. You get a better sense of the space from the video below. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15517336817" title="20141103_103241 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level kitchen by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141103_103241 2014-11-03 1785 North Druid Hills Rd Teardown Modern splitlevel split level kitchen" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7477/15517336817_ca4819ee74_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The kitchen seemed bright and comfortable. Located in command central you could see every coming and going from here. Sorry for the blur. Here is the video walk-through. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JMpQxITIDGI" width="640"></iframe> Starting at the lower 2 bedroom one bath level. <iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3788.622713265241!2d-84.3422507023773!3d33.83898463286032!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88f5061ca6cf65e3%3A0x5936ad816ce9a6b9!2s1785+N+Druid+Hills+Rd%2C+Atlanta%2C+GA+30324!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1415199123755" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe> Goodbye little house.

Last Look at the Little Split-Level Landmark on North Druid Hills at Goodwin

Looks like they are tearing down the whole block on the edge of Pine Hills near Cross Keys High School. I don't care much except for thi...

Terry's Tiny Tour: Brad Heppner's Extraordinary Design in Morningside / Lenox Park

0 architect, modern, morningside 08.37

This house moved me. <a href="http://www.coldwellbankeratlanta.com/property/details/2020227/MLS-5313433/1109-Berkshire-Road-NE-Atlanta-GA-30306.aspx">It's for sale but it's expensive</a>. It's a sculpture with breathtaking yet comfortable public spaces and with cozy, quiet private spaces. French Normandy? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Murcutt">Glen Mercutt</a>? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lutyens">Edwin Lutyens</a>? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Voysey_%28architect%29">Charles Voysey</a>? Zen? Yes? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY31GpX-WMHzGt6IEfTt3AMk_xXNWKFU_rvbuknZqgqt-W5sLzAOX87jgnG636czLuB9_Bkeh4DOVO3wNBFMj-0xhusV5qv4vZSG0p51FCaroFlH7sT915lypO360AmX5tFGh_NMlWo-F4/s1600/IMG_9206+2014-07-23+Berkshire+Modern+Brad+Heppner+pool+couryard+curved+roof+rafter+tails.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY31GpX-WMHzGt6IEfTt3AMk_xXNWKFU_rvbuknZqgqt-W5sLzAOX87jgnG636czLuB9_Bkeh4DOVO3wNBFMj-0xhusV5qv4vZSG0p51FCaroFlH7sT915lypO360AmX5tFGh_NMlWo-F4/s1600/IMG_9206+2014-07-23+Berkshire+Modern+Brad+Heppner+pool+couryard+curved+roof+rafter+tails.jpg" width="640" /></a> Brad said they studied the rhythm and scale of the street, developed the twin gables, started with a cube in the front and a cube in the back, connected the cubes with a "service" area, then began sculpting, creating axes and enfilades, removing the unnecessary. Brad makes it sound easy and routine doesn't he? <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14729707792" title="IMG_9194 2014-07-23 Berkshire Modern Brad Heppner by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9194 2014-07-23 Berkshire Modern Brad Heppner" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3845/14729707792_9c9e9cba35_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> All four sides of the house are interesting. I met architect <a href="http://bradleyeheppner.com/">Brad Heppner</a> by blogging this house in 2009: "<a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2009/12/white-and-pointy-80-years-apart.html">White and Pointy - 80 Years Apart.</a>" That blog led to three visits to this house including yesterday when Brad spoke about it. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14547317979" title="IMG_9231 2014-07-23 Berkshire Modern Brad Heppner speaking by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9231 2014-07-23 Berkshire Modern Brad Heppner speaking" height="389" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14547317979_8c690f3f4c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Brad spoke to agents and brokers yesterday. That's Brad standing on the right with jacket. I looked at the ad copy and pictures. I can't do much better. Let me give you two tiny video tours of the private spaces. I like them so much. The master suite included a modest bedchamber. The cove ceiling makes it uncannily quiet. I start in the public space. <a href="http://youtu.be/MPL7JoXvbOk">If you can't see the master suite video below, please click here</a>. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/MPL7JoXvbOk" width="640"></iframe> Extraordinary. <a href="http://youtu.be/MPL7JoXvbOk">If you can't see the master suite video above, please click here</a>. The children's and guest bedrooms are upstairs surrounding a daylight lounge and study space. <a href="http://youtu.be/tZFoBXkeF0c">If you can't see the child/guest bedroom suite video below, please click here</a>. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tZFoBXkeF0c" width="640"></iframe> Extraordinary. <a href="http://youtu.be/tZFoBXkeF0c">If you can't see the child/guest bedroom suite video above, please click here</a>. Thanks to Brad and to <a href="http://www.bobglascock.com/">Bob Glascock</a> for inviting me. P.S. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4196157098" title="B-shre-Pre-Teardown-Heppner Berkshire teardown before by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="B-shre-Pre-Teardown-Heppner Berkshire teardown before" height="269" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2718/4196157098_84219e5419_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" /></a> Before. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14749868653" title="IMG_9233 2014-07-23 Berkshire Modern Brad Heppner by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9233 2014-07-23 Berkshire Modern Brad Heppner" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14749868653_a609e5bca6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> After.

Terry's Tiny Tour: Brad Heppner's Extraordinary Design in Morningside / Lenox Park

This house moved me. It's for sale but it's expensive . It's a sculpture with breathtaking yet comfortable public spaces and wit...

The Modernist View from Bell Street Burritos

0 Brookwood, buckhead, modern 07.21

We mourned when <a href="http://www.bellstreetburritos.com/bellstreetburritos.html">Bell Street Burritos</a> moved out of <a href="http://www.irwinstreetmarket.com/">Irwin Street Market</a>. The Beltline people watching was getting better and better. Please move back there ASAP. But the new Peachtree location in Brookwood feels more cosmopolitan. So go outside while they are fixing your burritos. Go out and have a look. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0q5oZUoznp_kbGCepOzkblsPd8hn2NhFvOztf_CSljKj8yvZZXtuWNsL9QsDvMgzynerAv7vmq6wolrDZXwN2n-OZme67DPt-QNorFRdWXb4D2Wmwe2_3Vrpo4eFofG0FSa_suZP8e8Y/s1600/IMG_8283-2014-07-07+Peachtree+Palisades+Building+at+1819+Peachtree+Street+from+Bell+Street+Burritos+better+contrast+circa+1964.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0q5oZUoznp_kbGCepOzkblsPd8hn2NhFvOztf_CSljKj8yvZZXtuWNsL9QsDvMgzynerAv7vmq6wolrDZXwN2n-OZme67DPt-QNorFRdWXb4D2Wmwe2_3Vrpo4eFofG0FSa_suZP8e8Y/s1600/IMG_8283-2014-07-07+Peachtree+Palisades+Building+at+1819+Peachtree+Street+from+Bell+Street+Burritos+better+contrast+circa+1964.jpg" width="640" /></a> The Peachtree Palisades Building (1964 I think) was known as "the building of death" when it was black. White is way better. Anyone know who designed it? <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14598056981" title="IMG_8281-2014-07-07 Peachtree Palisades Building at 1819 Peachtree Street  from Bell Street Burritos better contrast circa 1964 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8281-2014-07-07 Peachtree Palisades Building at 1819 Peachtree Street  from Bell Street Burritos better contrast circa 1964" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14598056981_56716e99ee_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I started paying attention again when architect Greg Walker's firm <a href="http://www.houserwalker.com/">Houser Walker</a> moved there. P.S. <a href="http://skylineviews.typepad.com/skyline_views/2010/02/atlantas-building-of-death-shows-signs-of-life.html">Tony Wilburt discussed the building on his Skyline Views blog</a>. Then turn north towards the blue. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14414921247" title="IMG_8289-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street red arrow  circa 1958 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8289-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street red arrow  circa 1958" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/14414921247_b62c32f2be_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> The Sheffield Medical Building (1958, I think) is a terminated vista when you drive north. It's at the top of heartbreak hill. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14414921387" title="IMG_8288-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street sharper circa 1958 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8288-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street sharper circa 1958" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14414921387_4ff8e6ee7b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> It's the view that refreshes and it's looking pretty good these days. And while were talking about <a href="http://tarterusa.com/tarter-products/galvanized-stock-tanks/">galvanized stock tanks</a>... <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14414329630" title="IMG_8284-2014-07-07 Peachtree Street Bell Street Burritos watering trough planters by Tarter by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8284-2014-07-07 Peachtree Street Bell Street Burritos watering trough planters by Tarter" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5596/14414329630_bca0687031_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Bell Street uses them as planters. <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_225317-60456-WT225_0__?productId=3620660">Lowe's sells them</a>.

The Modernist View from Bell Street Burritos

We mourned when Bell Street Burritos moved out of Irwin Street Market . The Beltline people watching was getting better and better. Please ...

Almost a Teardown - Morningside Modern Renovation by Dencity Design Complete

0 modern, morningside, teardown 09.46

<a href="http://dencity.us/">Dencity Design</a> ranks high on "edgy" in the Architecture Tourist scale of modernist home design. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5814274642/player/b5da4c9e5f" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Once you know it's a Dencity, it's fun to  guess whether it's a <a href="http://dencity.us/about/">Bryan Russel (left) or Staffan Svenson (right) </a>design. I think I can tell. I've house-sat both a Bryan house and a Steffan house for Modern Atlanta, but that's another blog post. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qij5d2Ie64RgeYURe8jgZqbaBespkM7X6UnICVkJrsdkrlFAedF_UkMsRLW_f0I4-2WqkAzloKKCZ0Sw-MIyx0ogLiO31C-99lOISkn3Pz_mu69CyjtTjDibtqONAKyl8homJjGrnk98/s1600/P1140339-2012-12-02-1374+Monroe-Dr-Teardown-before-detail.jpg"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qij5d2Ie64RgeYURe8jgZqbaBespkM7X6UnICVkJrsdkrlFAedF_UkMsRLW_f0I4-2WqkAzloKKCZ0Sw-MIyx0ogLiO31C-99lOISkn3Pz_mu69CyjtTjDibtqONAKyl8homJjGrnk98/s1600/P1140339-2012-12-02-1374+Monroe-Dr-Teardown-before-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a> I thought this one would be a teardown for sure. It was a totally ignorable house, hard to see because of the hill and 4-lanes of traffic. There was some nice detailing though. Property tax records say 1,199 square feet on a 0.172 acre lot built in 1929. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="361" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8242568137/player/2e54a789fc" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> In context. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="386" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8537985720/player/84c73ba3e2" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> But instead of tearing it down, they popped the top and added on.  Look at that triangle thing above the porch arches. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="414" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11847825704/player/ae1430cf11" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> It's done and it's got that <a href="http://dencity.us/">Dencity </a>edge. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="453" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11847826144/player/83726780d0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> I'm unexpectedly amused and charmed: How about that crazy triangle window aligning with the old-timey shingle hipped roof? I hereby declare this the Triangle House. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="640" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11847825964/player/11886a7003" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> I like that the old house is still in there taking the edge off the sleek. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11848210686/player/823ab3dca9" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> In Context.

Almost a Teardown - Morningside Modern Renovation by Dencity Design Complete

Dencity Design ranks high on "edgy" in the Architecture Tourist scale of modernist home design. Once you know it's a Dencity...

The Year in Demolition - Atlanta 2013

0 classic, demolition, modern, Neel Reid 22.12

We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/3263697091/player/c0517eb9f1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0TiQ7T01Mp34U-fLurcziq5DnjmK6Y-Dkk8vgIreFs0z5CEnBHgEaaGSw0p8pFqAHgZS8PaVw6bHz7xfGMuLIiNe9tkn4ZVeqkXqVFWo9qFmlRHqV7rQV2ZSC805UIpNaQvP_5uU1wF/s1600/P1150150-2013-01-05-Demolition-109-Seventh-Atlanta-Neel-Reid-1923-J-A-McCord-Apartment-Final-VIDEO-preview.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0TiQ7T01Mp34U-fLurcziq5DnjmK6Y-Dkk8vgIreFs0z5CEnBHgEaaGSw0p8pFqAHgZS8PaVw6bHz7xfGMuLIiNe9tkn4ZVeqkXqVFWo9qFmlRHqV7rQV2ZSC805UIpNaQvP_5uU1wF/s640/P1150150-2013-01-05-Demolition-109-Seventh-Atlanta-Neel-Reid-1923-J-A-McCord-Apartment-Final-VIDEO-preview.jpg" width="640" /></a> It was on Seventh Street behind the Starbucks. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8363094082/player/4052430ac9" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> The I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building. "The building was architect I. M. Pei's first project, built in 1949 ..."  - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/131_Ponce_de_Leon_Avenue">Wiki</a> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="263" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8609088304/player/6090eef438" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Buffed and ready for apartments, half built as of this writing. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8343661860/player/4db9234dc5" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Loca Luna was on the same block as the McCord. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="553" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8361726167/player/8a38bbeb57" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> They are repurposing the Ramada Inn. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="478" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8365858151/player/cbe8fc50c4" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> But the Ramada's parking lot had to go. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="471" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6739773951/player/01268590ab" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Building 1 at the CDC left the campus. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="430" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6739830211/player/9b21f5efa1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> It got a bit sideways in the process. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8433853248/player/90bb1757fc" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> 103 Fort Street is history. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8433854240/player/722f8f4ca2" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> You had to stand on the porch to appreciate the weirdest brise soleil in Atlanta. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="402" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8493546176/player/283358c0c3" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Now it's one more buffed lot on the fringes of the Auburn Avenue Historic District and the Old Fourth Ward. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8177629285/player/cde2b0de14" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> The old stone sanctuary in Hapeville took all year to tear down. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8527467768/player/a470945c5e" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> It was a bear. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10699348546/player/0bde6d7678" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Most folks never saw it anyway, an unmanageable landmark lost in a place with few landmarks. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="271" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9678185366/player/1d88b6ae70" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> The Crum and Forster is 2/3's gone. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9657978281/player/611b13761b" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> It still classes up the neighborhood. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="491" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10950279976/player/fa84d2a216" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> The Hulse House was the shocker, not even 30 years old. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="243" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718815286/player/6f458e33ea" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> But there it goes. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9373528974/player/4c4141a3a0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Mt. Vernon Baptist is in Falcons stadium territory. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9370757571/player/41a6554f9e" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> Friendship Baptist too, go look before they are gone.

The Year in Demolition - Atlanta 2013

We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year. The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923. It was on S...

Landmark Modernist Ansley Teardown used Rotation, Superimposition and Poche

0 ansley, midtown, modern, teardown 13.17

When completed about 1986, the Hulse residence wasn't like its neighbors. That made it a landmark. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyQFCW1Qxdccb_amdjIgqMb9k2I-So10yoXlWnQRJwn64C8f1eLrP1IR4gfjLcdLQ1GceOJDrXBq-rINbZDS2kBR6zOHIoDtI2S-EnTLtyiKY82P3EJ8UH7X5UjpentQKzpNRdsFP0VWp/s1600/IMG_7107-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyQFCW1Qxdccb_amdjIgqMb9k2I-So10yoXlWnQRJwn64C8f1eLrP1IR4gfjLcdLQ1GceOJDrXBq-rINbZDS2kBR6zOHIoDtI2S-EnTLtyiKY82P3EJ8UH7X5UjpentQKzpNRdsFP0VWp/s640/IMG_7107-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley.jpg" width="640" /> </a> Some modernists hated it, some traditionalists liked it. "The Hulse house ... was designed in 1985 by <a href="http://modern-atlanta.org/ma_09_design_is_human/architecture-talk-at-the-high-2/" target="_blank">Anthony Ames</a>, Arch '68, for a young couple interested in a modern interpretation of residential living in Atlanta's Ansley Park. The modern house was built on the site of an older dwelling that was demolished." - <a href="http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/win93/design.html" target="_blank">Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10679091496/" title="IMG_7099-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7099-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/10679091496_ef874ba931_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> In any case it had become a familiar sight and we thought it would last at least as long as a pro football stadium. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718411953/" title="IMG_7164-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7164-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5550/10718411953_0efe12e260_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Demolition started in earnest on November 6. Most everyone has an opinion. Me too. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718815286/" title="IMG_7104-2013-11-06-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition-before-after-dyptic-2x by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7104-2013-11-06-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition-before-after-dyptic-2x" height="243" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/10718815286_6f458e33ea_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Fortunately we have <a href="http://www.anthonyamesarchitect.com/" target="_blank">Anthony Ames, the architect himself</a>, on video. He spoke about the Hulse house and you can watch the <a href="https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/27951?show=full" target="_blank">video from September 24, 2008, Georgia Tech's Architecture Centennial Lecture Series</a>. The Hulse House starts at 30:37 and runs until about 57:00. From the lecture: <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Pandolfini" target="_blank">Palazzo Pandolfini</a> (Raphael) was a source of inspiration. "...pre-modern: ideal and regular, closed, often symmetrical...modern: endless and undefined or loosely defined" "Consequently I designed a series of houses that allowed for the investigation of the coexhistance of modern and pre-modern space and the uses of rotation superimposition and poche." "All the projects are the same only the site and the programs change." Mr. Ames explains it all quite well with a sense of humor. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10934055443/" title="2013-11-18-Poche-Illustrated-diagram by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-11-18-Poche-Illustrated-diagram" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2863/10934055443_b902e37d67_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <a href="http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/poche-architects-glossary/" target="_blank">What is poche</a>? Paraphrasing Mr. Ames: It's the screwy space you get when you superimpose rotated plans. It's good for service infratructure.  Turns out we have some poche in our house. Sounds like poe-SHAY (Edgar Allan POE and SHEA Stadium). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10950279976/" title="IMG_7105-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-diagram by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7105-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-diagram" height="491" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/10950279976_fa84d2a216_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Be on the lookout for the new house. P.S. This may be the next Ansley Park teardown: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10320419064/" title="IMG_6087-2013-10-16-18-Inman-Circle-Teardown-Ansley-Park-John-Willis-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6087-2013-10-16-18-Inman-Circle-Teardown-Ansley-Park-John-Willis-before" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5528/10320419064_5986bc85fc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Its a 1909'er according to property records.

Landmark Modernist Ansley Teardown used Rotation, Superimposition and Poche

When completed about 1986, the Hulse residence wasn't like its neighbors. That made it a landmark. Some modernists hated it, some trad...

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