Historical Context. Two stories, one art historical the other cultural and contextual.
The works in the Cone collection are distinguished in two ways, their merits as important works of art in an era of great change and their association with a strong and emblematic story of American industry, affluence, cultural transformation, suffrage and patronage.
The [...]

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Board Storm. 2×4s in motion. The image presented is the result of computer generated randomization software developed to approximate the workings of nature. In this project the virtually constructed randomness will be meticulously reconstructed through the use of digital templates that will allow each board to be placed precisely in the location determined by the [...]

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We’ve been working on a house in upstate New York that has rather interesting roof and wall constructions.
We had a formal intent to blend the house into the context of the forest through material; thus, reclaimed barn siding was chosen to cover the roof and the walls.  This barnwood skin wraps the house on all [...]

Filed under: Architecture, Construction, Design by Hilary Fulmer
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