Pierre and Me
Modernist architect
Pierre Koenig died earlier this week. His most famous structure was Case Study House No.22, an angular, glass-walled beauty overlooking Los Angeles. It was captured in an
iconic photo by Julius Shulman. Here's
an article with lots of his homes pictured (all links via
things magazine).
About five years ago, I got a message from Mr. Koenig. After seeing my email address on the Jetset Modern site, he wrote asking if I knew who designed the Theme Building at LAX. It was very thrilling and strange, as if Roy Lichtenstein dropped by wanting to know who did those paintings with the targets in them. I wrote back saying no but thank you for writing I'm such a fan of your work I love modern architecture blah blah blah. Never heard back from him.
Posted by mhinrichs at April 10, 2004 05:21 PM
