Experiencing Esherick Tour Experience Esherick’s singular creative vision on a guided immersion through his iconic Studio. For over forty years, Esherick built, sculpted, painted, and furnished his hillside studio-home into a joyful expression of art in everyday life. Our primary tour offering, this experience introduces visitors to Esherick’s strong sense of place, deep connection
If you love the whimsical design of Dr. Seuss, you'll fall in love with the Wharton Esherick Museum. Hidden away in the woods of southeastern Pennsylvania near Valley Forge National Historical Park and the American
The Wharton Esherick Museum is a stop every woodworker should put on his or her bucket list. Tucked away on a winding road in suburban Philadelphia, this beautiful property includes the artist’s home and studio, a 1928 Expressionist garage (now serving as the Visitor Center), and other buildings, all situated on a wood
Louis Kahn - Casa Esherick, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania USA, 1959-1961
An award-winning conservation effort by k YODER design respects the transcendence of Louis Kahn’s 1961 jewel box Margaret Esherick House.
Image 9 of 14 from gallery of AD Classics: Esherick House / Louis Kahn. Photograph by Todd Eberle
An award-winning conservation effort by k YODER design respects the transcendence of Louis Kahn’s 1961 jewel box Margaret Esherick House.
Spiral Staircase Wharton Esherick 1930 Red Oak 124 inches Collection of the Wharton Esherick Museum Image credits: Photo by James Mario; Photo by Emil C. Luks, ca. 1934, Wharton Esherick Museum Collection; Photo by Consuelo Kanaga, ca. 1940, Wharton Esherick Museum Collection.
An award-winning conservation effort by k YODER design respects the transcendence of Louis Kahn’s 1961 jewel box Margaret Esherick House.
Reconciliation of Opposites Serving and Served Spaces The Esherick house is a simple rectangular module. Being one of Kahn’s late residential project, it clearly applies a mature manifestatio…
Wharton Esherick Spiral Three-Step Ladder, 1966 Born 1887. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania: died 1970. Paoli. Pennsylvania Cherry with hickory legs 48 x 16 1 /2 x 17 112 inches Gift of S. C. Johnson and Son. Inc. CAM 1977.7 As a young painter Wharton Esherick lived and taught in the utopian community of Fairhope, Alabama, prior to
( 1959 – 1961 ) (chaminé sala de estar,fachada sudoeste) A casa foi encomendada por Margaret Esherick( sobrinha do famoso escultor Esherick Wharton) Construida na Filadélfia( Pensilvânia - EUA) por Louis I.Kahn Ela possui 96m² 1 suíte, 1 banheiro, sala de jantar integrada com sala de estar Área externa desenhada pelo arquiteto Frederick Pack Características Estilo japonês ( madeira,escada ) Abertura e iluminação A casa é clara devido às grandes janelas, ambiente quente e direto Idéia de 2 casas (fachada noroeste) Kahn ressalta primeiro pela originalidade da forma e dos materiais a que recorre a janela em "T".Esta deixa a luz entrar( por uma abertura maior na parte mais alta) ,ao mesmo tempo que mantêm o ambiente fechado. (fachada sudeste) A fachada virada para rua é fechada enquanto que a oposta, virada para o interior do lote, possui amplas aberturas em vidro, recortadas por um caixilho em madeira elegante e quente devido a utilização da madeira Apitong.A parede de vidro em um lado da antecâmara mantém conexão com a luz exterior, enquanto que a luz interior, modelada pela forma do edifício, começa a se afirmar por si própria. O tamanho das janelas e a posição foram pensadas para "coreografar" de acordo com a hora do dia e a estação A obra se encontra baseada em relações geométricas precisas, entre quadrados retângulos divididos por uma escada, lateralmente ficam os serviços, a sala possui pé-direito duplo, com uma estante em toda a altura da parede, o que cria um ambiente extremamente acolhedor. Este calor nos volumes, contrastando com o rigor geométrico é obtido também pelo uso do betão, rugoso, nos paramentos exteriores, diferente a nível de estética para com as experiências européias intencionalmente frias. Esta estrutura monumental tem um exterior em negrito que é feita de forma simples e completa do concreto. No entanto, a casa não perde o conforto de uma casa com o seu interior pensativo. A casa é naturalmente ventilado e iluminado com a luz do sol que entra através de grandes janelas de moldura de madeira , a luz é refletida pela madeira e pelas paredes brancas que compõem o interior da casa. Ele queria que a casa fosse acolhedora e confortável para os moradores com o abraço de luz clara e espaços abertos que criam a liberdade. * vídeo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Wxmzi9NYY&NR=1
An award-winning conservation effort by k YODER design respects the transcendence of Louis Kahn’s 1961 jewel box Margaret Esherick House.
Image 8 of 14 from gallery of AD Classics: Esherick House / Louis Kahn. Photograph by Todd Eberle
Eighty eight years ago, in 1924, Philadelphia’s Centaur Press published Walt Whitman’s The Song of the Broad-Axe, illustrated with woodcuts by Wharton Harris Esherick. The prospectus f…
Designed by Luis Khan, the house is noted especially for its spatial organization and for the ventilation and natural lighting provided by its unusual window and shutter configuration.
An award-winning conservation effort by k YODER design respects the transcendence of Louis Kahn’s 1961 jewel box Margaret Esherick House.
I thought I'd done a thorough search for pictures in last weeks Ploughing Posting. Finding some that should have been included and can impossibly be left out urging me to return one more time to the ploughing horses on woodblock prints. George Soper (1870-1942) etcher, woodblock printer, illustrator and painter. Famous for his paintings, etchings and prints of British rural life and in particular the big British working horses.. There are many drawings depicting this ploughing scene from his hand. His works are included in the collections in the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum. But the greatest surprise are these very strong woodcuts by: Wharton Harris Esherick (1987-1970) American architect, sculptor, Arts and Crafts artist, furniture and interior designer. Esherick has his own museum and many websites and Blogs are dedicated to this versatile and long lived artist who is unjustly not often referred to anymore but who had a great influence on modern furniture design. He is so good (and I cannot understand and reluctantly have to admit I'd never heard of him before) I decided sharing some more of his great woodblock prints here. Googling Esherick will reveal marvellous examples of exotic, arts and crafts and honest furniture and house and home designs. Please let me know what you think of these wonderful images in so many different styles by leaving a comment. And please have a(nother) look at the signature in the first Ploughing Post three days ago. As a PS from Charles (thank you Modern Printmakers) this Ex-libris, a miniature landscape by Adrian Feint Adrian Feint
Designed by Luis Khan, the house is noted especially for its spatial organization and for the ventilation and natural lighting provided by its unusual window and shutter configuration.
The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.
Reconciliation of Opposites Serving and Served Spaces The Esherick house is a simple rectangular module. Being one of Kahn’s late residential project, it clearly applies a mature manifestatio…
Designed by Luis Khan, the house is noted especially for its spatial organization and for the ventilation and natural lighting provided by its unusual window and shutter configuration.
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