Design and Architecture
Architecture of Air, and Aluminum
On today’s DnA, Neil Denari talks about his futuristic architecture and the music that inspires it, and David Weinberg revisits Wallace Neff’s bubble house dream.
By Frances Anderton • • 26m ListenOn today’s DnA, architecture of air, and of aluminum. David Weinberg tells the story of the bubble houses that Wallace Neff dreamed would solve a housing crisis. Neil Denari talks about his futuristic architecture and the music that has inspired it with Eric J. Lawrence.
Banner image: New Keelung Harbor Service Project, won by NMDA in September, 2012; Aerial view from the northeast, in rendering by NMDA
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2 storiesWallace Neff's Bubble Houses
One of the founding builders of Los Angeles was Wallace Neff, an architect based in Pasadena who built houses for LA's rich and famous in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. But he envisioned housing thousands of less affluent people in spherical buildings made of concrete and air.
Read the story9 minNeil Denari, His Futuristic Architecture and the Music That Inspires It
Another – contemporary – architect with dreams of changing the world is Neil Denari. He is an educator, writer and creator of buildings.
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