I'm about half-way through Martin Filler's book, "Makers of Modern Architecture." A good read. Thus far, he's been very kind to my own faves -- Louis H. Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and most especially, Louis Kahn. Less so to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Le Corbousier. He TOTALLY trashes the architecture of Philip Johnson (that's what you get for dissing FLLW, PJ). Hammer-time.
In the photo section in the middle of the book, Texas art museums are singled out for some very high praise -- the ultimate --Louis Kahn's Kimbell Museum as well as Renzo Piano's beautiful De Menil Museum and his Nasher Sculpture Museum. I have to agree -- I love them! Sorry, Amon Carter Museum (designed by Philip Johnson).
As a young artist, I grew up visiting the best! Throw in the Meadows Museum's Diego Velasquez and Francisco Goya artworks and the experiences were TOPS!
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