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The Mak Center is putting on an event to help raise proceeds to go towards the programming and stewardship of R.M. Schindler dwellings. The event " Light My Way, Stranger " asked a select group of Artist and Architects to design light fixtures for a silent auction to occur on November 2nd, 2012. Candelabra photographed at the Mak Center Architect Duncan Nicholson designed an Aluminum Candelabra Stand that has movable parts to allow for various arrangements of candles on its stand. The aluminum candelabra was fabricated by Ramsey Daham owner of local design and fabrication firm Breakform Design . Candelabra during construction at Breakform Design Shop Related Articles: Light my way, Stranger - Duncan Nicholson Duncan Nicholson Concrete Desk Nicholson Architects - Building Concrete Furniture Nicholson Architects Facebook Page Nicholson Architects Website PrairieMod Article

Tony Stark's Malibu Home on Point Dume gets destroyed in the new Iron Man 3 Movie. Interestingly the home was loosely based on the designs of  Architect John Lautner  homes in the Malibu area. The Beyer's residence Interiors seem to mirror the production sets used for the movie. The Beyer Residence and the production artwork for Tony Stark's home Referenced Link: http://doubleonothing.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/stark-modernism-tony-starks-malibu-home-from-iron-man/ http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/10/23/new-iron-man-3-images-arrive/

The Goldstein Skyspace was original envisioned by owner James Goldstein to be a collaboration between Artist James Turrell and Architect John Lautner . Unfortunately Lautner passed away before the project came to be. An apprentice of Lautner, Architect Duncan Nicholon took over the Architects role in collaboration with the Artist James Turrell to complete the project in 2004.   The location of the art piece (Goldstein Skyspace aka Above Horizon) is in the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles area on a steep hillside in the middle of a property that is not adjacent to a road. This difficult building site made the logistics of the construction a challenge for the Contractor Bruce Ostermann and Architect Duncan Nicholson. The building is a concrete shell structure on a caisson foundation designed with Structural Engineer Andrew Nasser. The concrete finish was chosen for its longevity and for its relation to the existing Lautner Sheats Goldstein Residence built in 1963, The Skyspace h...

The Frank Lloyd Wright Boynton House found the right owners to bring the aging (hundred year old) house back to its original glory. The story now told as a documentary filmed over a two year period of restoration by the WXXI public radio station. Related Articles: Frank Lloyd Wright Darwin Martin House Video Building the Usonian House American Castles: The Homes of Frank Lloyd Wright Related Articles: Democratandchronicle: Jack Garner: WXXI air film on restoring FLLW Boynton House WXXI.org Boynton House, the next hundred years