Word: architecting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this controversy was the new fountain on San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza. A monumental structure of squared concrete tubes, cantilevering in all directions above a five-sided pool, it was designed by Canadian Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, 38, who won the commission in a competition judged by Landscape Architect Lawrence Halprin. To cap it all, on the eve of dedication day last week some vandal stenciled QUEBEC LIBRE in red paint on the fountain...
MOVABLE COLUMN. New Haven Architect Luckey has designed an 8-ft.-long, 6-ft.-diameter column that can be used in various ways. In a horizontal position, it serves as a bed or a couch; when it is lifted to a vertical position, the interior can be used as a dressing space, storage area or simply as a place to read in peace...
...TIERED EFFECT. Architect Raymond Kappe's California home carries the tiered effect even further, with floors of one room becoming sofas (also tables, chairs and beds) for another. "You can sit on the edge of the drawing room and dangle your feet into the studio," says Kappe. "There are so many places for people to sit or sprawl that we can entertain a hundred and still retain intimacy...
URETHANE BLOCKS. St. Louis Architect Terrence Cashen has furnished his living room with two dozen 1-ft. by 2-ft. urethane blocks, lit it with two strings of naked light bulbs, and mirrored two opposite walls to reflect blocks and bulbs receding into infinity. Cashen sits, sleeps and eats on them. The unmirrored walls are white, carpet and cubes charcoal gray. "The lack of color," says Cashen, "makes people more important because they add color...
Married. Burl Ives, 61, folk balladeer and Oscar-winning actor (in 1958); and Dorothy Koster, 44, longtime friend and the architect of Ives' New Mexico home; both for the second time; in London...