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Robert Venturi's columns tucked behind La Jolla bungalow
Fantastic that at least one half of the pergola is saved. The other half should be as well. I have been to this museum and was surprised and impressed by the wonderfully choreographed entry sequence, the generosity of scale of those columns, the balance and propriety of the jazzy Axline atrium with the more functional and commodious gallery spaces, the harmony of the pergola with the original Ellen Scripps House, again balancing due deference with its own identity. It was an exhilarating experience. I was similarly surprised and DEPRESSED to hear of the inexplicable renovation plans which not only run counter to the thoughtful and delightful VSBA design, but would irrevocably destroy it! With all due respect to Annabelle Seldorf, she should know better. Though I see in her office’s design a representative of an architectural hegemony in New York City, which still has not come around to understanding, let alone appreciating, the nature of Complexity and Contradiction in architecture, which, once absorbed, results in unique beauty which grows out of site, program, client and in this case, building and history. As opposed to the simplistic and formulaic design that committees and many architects still seem to prefer, which excludes the particular, in favor of the general, risking, as in this case, banality.— October 27, 2018 8:34 a.m.