Thanks for sharing. Strangely enough when I Google "Greene and Greene" I get very few images. Similarly, when I check out websites, none of them seem to have photo galleries. All I have found are some excellent-looking rocking chairs. Can you point me in the direction of more of their products?
+Jeff Harmed They're certainly not "products" since everything was unique and made for its place. Google "Greene & Greene virtual archive", or "greene & greene blacker house", "gamble house", "thorsen house", "freeman a ford house", "culbertson house", "william t bolton house", "anthony kerry house", etc. There are a LOT more projects, however those tend to be more representative of the style.
It's worth bearing in mind that a lot of these houses aside from a select few have been remodelled or restored over the hundred years since they were completed. Many pieces might not be original. Blacker House for example, was a huge restore after it was chopped up and sold off. Tragic.
+Prostheta Thanks for those references. You have been most useful in increasing my knowledge of Greene and Greene. I found the Google images search on "Thorsen house" most rewarding, giving me a better sense of the style than navigating through some specialist websites. I was also pleased to find plenty of 3D replicates of Greene and Greene "products" by searching 3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?q=greene&backendClass=entity . These 3D models were more effective in showing off the style.
There is nothing japanese in G&G ...They're part of the late 19th early 20th century of simplification in design that swept across Europe and America as well and were the forerunner of the Bahaus , F.L. Wright and modern architecture.In fact what is almost "anti Japanese" in G&G is their inclination to detail which makes their work more sophisticated and than "pure" despite what it seems to be at first sight.Anyway G&G as well as Maybeck and others are history and old stories ... Maybe nice, maybe worth for an individual to spend his life time on it (after all some some live by early 14th century oboe... and why not ?), but past and old : in other words, it is not a response to the coming generations needs in housing and design and the challenges our society as to respond.
Thank you for this wonderful interview. I really admire your work.
I love Darrell's enthusiasm after all his years of study!
+OnEvenKeel For sure! There's a man who is really into what he is doing!
Thanks for sharing. Strangely enough when I Google "Greene and Greene" I get very few images. Similarly, when I check out websites, none of them seem to have photo galleries. All I have found are some excellent-looking rocking chairs. Can you point me in the direction of more of their products?
+Jeff Harmed They're certainly not "products" since everything was unique and made for its place. Google "Greene & Greene virtual archive", or "greene & greene blacker house", "gamble house", "thorsen house", "freeman a ford house", "culbertson house", "william t bolton house", "anthony kerry house", etc. There are a LOT more projects, however those tend to be more representative of the style.
It's worth bearing in mind that a lot of these houses aside from a select few have been remodelled or restored over the hundred years since they were completed. Many pieces might not be original. Blacker House for example, was a huge restore after it was chopped up and sold off. Tragic.
+Prostheta Thanks for those references. You have been most useful in increasing my knowledge of Greene and Greene.
I found the Google images search on "Thorsen house" most rewarding, giving me a better sense of the style than navigating through some specialist websites. I was also pleased to find plenty of 3D replicates of Greene and Greene "products" by searching 3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?q=greene&backendClass=entity . These 3D models were more effective in showing off the style.
There is nothing japanese in G&G ...They're part of the late 19th early 20th century of simplification in design that swept across Europe and America as well and were the forerunner of the Bahaus , F.L. Wright and modern architecture.In fact what is almost "anti Japanese" in G&G is their inclination to detail which makes their work more sophisticated and than "pure" despite what it seems to be at first sight.Anyway G&G as well as Maybeck and others are history and old stories ... Maybe nice, maybe worth for an individual to spend his life time on it (after all some some live by early 14th century oboe... and why not ?), but past and old : in other words, it is not a response to the coming generations needs in housing and design and the challenges our society as to respond.