Word: cracchiolo
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...political has now become personal. Dan Cracchiolo, an executive at movie producer Joel Silver's company, bought Case Study House 21, a sister to the much photographed No. 22 that Koenig designed in 1960 as part of a series of houses commissioned by Arts & Architecture magazine to show off new materials and building techniques. Says Cracchiolo, who spent a year working with Koenig to painstakingly return his home to its original glory: "This house is about simplifying your life, about storing things away a little more and choosing a minimal amount of things to be shown. It's just enough...
...lived long enough to become cool twice. A life-size replica of his famous Case Study house 22 in a 1989 exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art caused a new legion of fans and clients to seek him out. In addition to restoring Cracchiolo's house, the architect has a new project in Carmel Valley and recently finished a house in Santa Monica Canyon. Koenig, who teaches at the University of Southern California, isn't completely happy with his lot, though. He wishes his technique of building with glass and steel had been more fully embraced...
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