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How to hide a house

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Kalkin encompassed the 1940s cottage on his parent's estate in an industrial-looking, pre-fabricated shed. Kalkin discusses the design principles he was trying to give expression to in the building.

Author: Viladas, Pilar
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
New Jersey, Innovations, Housing, Design and construction, Architects, Architectural design, Kalkin, Adam

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Tea and geometry

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Philip Johnson designed a house for Blanchette Rockefeller in 1950. He has revisited the house, at East 52nd St, and its importance as a piece of modernist architecture is assessed.

Author: Viladas, Pilar
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Architecture, Criticism and interpretation, Modern art, Modernism (Art)

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Barn Again

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Jay Chiat and Edwina von Gal's Long Island retreat is a modernist dwelling with the rustic interior of a remodeled barn. Architects Jane Sachs and Thomas Hut lead a tour.

Author: Viladas, Pilar, Boman, Eric
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Column, Remodeling and renovation, Home remodeling, Barns, Chiat, Jay, von Gal, Edwina

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