Geoffrey Bawa (Sri Lanka)
Old, decrepit and unkept. Geoffrey Bawa's architecture has always reminded me of the first house I stayed in in Malaysia. Almost like a large haunted courtyard/garden with spirits lurking in the vines. There's something so mysterious, exotic and intrepid about these spaces, they have character - like it was once a beautiful place and now it bears the scars of a tormented life, but under all those vines something beautiful is bound to inpire. Like a hidden gem - these are the kinds of spaces you'd want to explore. Like a former regal mansion, now abandoned. The tropics have always fascinated me with the way architecture evolves around the environment, not vice versa like most other cities. The environment is unforgiving, thus if architeture does not conform, leaves the building a shell of its former self. Perhaps that is the allure of these spaces.
Bernardes + Jacobsen (Brazil)
John Lautner (USA)
Low rising ranch houses create a hidden lair whilst the uninterpretted vista exposes the LA skyline. Lautner has long been one of my favourite architects as his aesthetic reminds me of a time when hedonistic personailities were expected - exposing a sophiscated, underground world filled with glamourous movie stars, martinis, shag rugs, sequins, bikini clad coked up baby dolls and moustached men with fat money clips all vying for each others attention.
"Infinte Space" Trailer
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