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[Edgar, 1705 N. Crilly Court, Chicago, October 5, 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

One person's gas station is another person's home. [NY Times]

Vincent van Gogh, online, in English. [LA Times]

Hollywood has too many movie stars and London suffers from a glut of art stars.
[Guardian]

Michelangelo and a testicular pedigree. [Culture Grrl]

Under Commissioner David Burney, New York's Department of Design and Construction
has turned boring box, civic architecture into something very interesting to look at. [NY Magazine]

A documentary about iconic photographer Julius Schulman is award winning.
[Wallpaper]

14 years of great design in a major Bauhaus exhibit at MoMA opening November 8th.
[Architectural Record]

Hope springs eternal. While the City of Chicago continues to demolish the Walter Gropius
buildings on the former Michael Reese Hospital Campus, the city's Landmarks Commission will hold a meeting considering a National Trust nomination for the site, at the same time preservationists try to save at least the facade of one of the oldest YWCA buildings in the country. [Cityscapes]

On that note we'll say bye-bye, and see you Monday!

 
[University Club, details /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

The Gothic carvings soar into the sky, as they would on a cathedral in France.

 
[University Club, (1908) Holabird & Roche, 26 E. Monroe @ Michigan Avenue, Chicago, September 16, 2009 /Images
& Artwork: designslinger]


Masking a modern, early 20th century steel frame these Tudor/Gothic details however
sheath Holabird & Roche's 1908 University Club.

 
[University Club's Tudor Gothic style /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

Gothic spires, gargoyles and window tracery exploded onto the architectural scene during
the 12th century with European cathedral construction. These same details found their way on to many a 19th century university campus in the U.S., and may be the reason why these Medieval inspired designs were chosen for this University Club.

 
[Fitted chest with floral and grape-leaf motif (19th century) India, Art Institute of Chicago, October 8, 2009 /Image
& Artwork: designslinger]

daedal (DEED-l) adj. intricate in design or function.

 
[Window screen {Mashrabiyya} (17th/18th century) Morocco, Art Institute of Chicago /Image & Artwork:
designslinger]

Finely or skillfully made or employed; artistic.

 
[Tile with double-arched prayer niche (19th century) Iran, probably Karshan; Architectural relief panel with foliage
design (12th century) Afghanistan, Art Institute of Chicago /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

From the Latin, daedalus; Greek, daidalos.