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For reasons both obvious and mysterious, even as our cultural and social constructions of domesticity change, the house remains a fundamental site for advancing modern architectural theory and practice: because it accommodates a full diurnal and annual cycle of life, and because it intricately stages ritual and routine, this most private of programs has become a medium of(...)
Architecture Monographs
January 2022
Thirteen ways of looking at a house. LEVENBETTS
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For reasons both obvious and mysterious, even as our cultural and social constructions of domesticity change, the house remains a fundamental site for advancing modern architectural theory and practice: because it accommodates a full diurnal and annual cycle of life, and because it intricately stages ritual and routine, this most private of programs has become a medium of publicity and polemic. This volume both participates in and critiques this contemporary tradition. The reader’s attention in this examination is directed not only to Levenbetts’ houses, but to all houses, and all parts of houses—pieces of home and rhetorics of domesticity that show up in our collective memory: from a stolen moment on a staircase in a John Cassavetes film, to the sturdy knife-edged contractor modernism of suburban late to mid-twentieth-century America.
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"Leven Betts: Pattern Recognition" features 18 projects from the firm’s critically acclaimed first decade. The diverse portfolio of projects included run the gamut in scale from furniture and exhibition design to townhouse and city plans. Well grounded in the realities of construction – Leven's resume includes a stint in a metal fabrication shop, while Betts spent two(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2008, New York
Leven Betts: pattern recognition
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"Leven Betts: Pattern Recognition" features 18 projects from the firm’s critically acclaimed first decade. The diverse portfolio of projects included run the gamut in scale from furniture and exhibition design to townhouse and city plans. Well grounded in the realities of construction – Leven's resume includes a stint in a metal fabrication shop, while Betts spent two years as a project manager at a construction firm – the spare but elegant work of Leven Betts is characterized by a distinctive blend of materials, light, and texture. Featuring numerous photos, drawings, and diagrams, "Leven Betts: Pattern Recognition" invites architecture professionals and students to explore a unique design process and discover their own powers of observation. David Leven and Stella Betts are principals of Leven Betts in Manhattan. Their architecture has been highlighted in numerous magazines and books.
Architecture Monographs