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painter4life
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 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: hi |
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| which California Craftsman architect do you think is closest in style with Charles Rennie Macintosh and why? thanks for your opinions guys |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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You mean from the first craftsman tradition, c 1910 ? I don't know of one whose work reminds me of Mackintosh.
There may have been more recent practitioners who have worked in that way. Anyone who included handcrafted metal and/or glass elements, in a stylized organic vein, might bear comparison; any closer reflection of Mackintosh's specific forms would of course be labelled "in the style of. . ." and be assumed to be making an homage -- wouldn't you say ?
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gleearch
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Location: Oakland, CA , USA
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Agreed. I can't think of any American architect practicing around the same era with a style similar to MacKintosh.
IMHO, any new building going up now that references the Arts & Crafts movement, are paying homage to those architects. They are not breaking new ground but interpreting the style using contemporary building techniques.
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