Organic, free-flowing architecture of Bart Prince
Architects Rule
May 1, 2002
So how to begin? The following five cardinal rules will help get your foot (and house fantasies) in the door. To the extent that rapport is established and a commission results, a few of these pointers will serve you well through the duration of construction.
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A certain amount of research is imperative. There is no greater turnoff to an architect than dealing with someone who is not at least minimally conversant with his or her work. Seek out magazines, books and web sites if you lack firsthand knowledge of the firm’s built projects. Says Barbara Callas, a principal of Callas Shortridge Architects in Los Angeles, a small practice distinguished by a bold, vibrant modernism and progressive-thinking clients, “When someone contacts us not knowing who we are or even what style of architecture they want, it’s a clear sign that it would never work for either of us.” (Click image to enlarge); function voidFunc() { } voidFunc(); "Bart Prince -- dramatic addition to a Spanish Mission house")
The architecture of Albuquerque practitioner Bart Prince is also not for the timid. Highly expressionist, it is an organic, sculptural medium of material and form. “A woman called because I had designed a house for a friend of hers,” Prince recalls. “At first I assumed that she knew the building, but it turned out it was in another state and she hadn’t been there—and I realized she just wanted to have the same architect as her friend. I told her to go look at the house and then call me. I never heard back. (Click image to enlarge)
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