Sunday, September 14, 2008

keck & keck


keck & keckOriginally uploaded by suttonhoo
View from the Gands' bathroom.

Their Riverwoods home is a dream: a 1955 Keck & Keck, furnished in mid-century modern pieces by all the big hitters (Noguchi, Eames, Wakefield, Knoll); Lichtenstein & Miro on the walls; shelves and shelves of Italian art glass; cookies and lemonade in the kitchen.

The Gands, co-founders of Chicago Bauhaus & Beyond, generously let us trounce through their rooms (albeit barefooted).

My favorite part? The Steinway grand that stands in the living room like a warming hearth. Because, as Gary Gand reminded us over lunch when we got to talking about the architect Edward Humrich (who was stop number 2 on our tour) and his formal training in music: that is what architecture is, after all.

Frozen music. [1]

Pattern, line, beat and breath, suspended in space.

And, like good music, architecture done right helps its occupants breathe deeper than before; opens their eyes to unexpected spaces; takes their minds to revelatory places.

Posting by cameraphone from the road home.

[1] Goethe said it first, of course.

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