Bye House (Wall House) by John Hejduk
Posted: June 14, 2011 Filed under: Architecture, More FC3 | Tags: Architect, Architecture, Art, educator, eFAB, Europe, FC3, ilovemyarchitect, John Hejduk, JustArch, Modern, Netherlands, Poet, Poetry, Theory 7 Comments »
The Bye House (Wall House) was designed by John Hedjuk in the 1970s, built posthumously (Groningen, The Netherlands, 2001).
John Hejduk (July 19, 1929 – July 3, 2000), was an Architect, Artist and Educator who spent much of his life in New York City. Hejduk is noted for his use of attractive and often difficult-to-construct objects and shapes; also for a profound interest in the fundamental issues of shape, organization, representation, and reciprocity.
Hejduk studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, the University of Cincinnati, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, from which he graduated with a Masters in Architecture in 1953. He worked in several offices in New York including that of I. M. Pei and Partners and the office of A.M. Kinney and Associates. He established his own practice in New York in 1965.
One of my favorite days is June 9, 2001, when I got married to the love of my life and received the book “Mask of Medusa” written by John Hedjuk from my great friend. It is a rare book and one of my prize possessions which I treasure (I love my wife too).
As much a piece of sculpture as it is architecture…
Poetry too.
AWESOME BUILDING – I WISH THAT WAS MY HOUSE! THANKS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE
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