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Page 161 Oan Craham

"Two-Way Mirror Cylinder Inside Cube"

Oia Center for the Arts. New York, New York. 1981/91 Situated on a Manhattan rooftop. this thoroughly ambiguous work makes use of refleaions and transparency to mirror and deform the heterogeneous architectural environment. It is at once neutral and critical. present and absent As such, it explores themes that are of considerable interest to contemporary architects. particular those of the 'neomodcrn' school

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Frank O. Cebry Norton House

Venice, California, 1982-84

This i$ the quintessential Cehry house. located a few stcps away from the widc beaches of Veniee, callmg not only on the popular imagery of the local lifeguard shelters that dot the beach. but also on a sculptural variety of unusual matcrials Thanks to Cehry and others, Vemce contains one of the morę mteresting collections of smali experimental contemporary buildings to be seen anywhere m the world.

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