An exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York exploring the cultural contributions of Austrian architects that emigrated to the United States. Divided in five themed sections spread from the lower all the way up to the upper mezzanine of the ACFNY’s gallery, that is itself housed in a building designed by Austrian-American architect Raimund Abraham, it felt like an immersive experience, greatly appreciated by this humble resident alien.
Coop Himmelb(l)au || Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 for Visual and Performing Arts, 2002-2009 
Adolf Loos || Josephine Baker House, 1927 – 11 Avenue Bugeaud, 75116 Paris, France (Model photography) 
Le Corbusier and Josephine Baker attending a costume gala aboard the Lutetia, December 1929. Their outfits and makeup were controversial and have lead to cultural debates challenging binary norms and delimited monist oppositional ways of thinking. Bi-isms occupy, deconstruct, and open up potential spaces of the in-between 
Richard Neutra || Lovell Health House, 1927-1929, Los Angeles. Photograph by Julius Shulman 
Rudolph Schindler || Charles H. Wolfe Residence, 1928-1931, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA. Pencil and ink on paper 
Rudolph Schindler || Charles H. Wolfe Residence, 1928-1931, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA 
Rudolph Schindler || Charles H. Wolfe Residence, 1928-1931, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA 
Liane Zimbler (with Carl Schwarz) || Candianides Residence, 1961, Ventura, CA. Photograph by Leland Y. Lee 
Charles Paterson || Boomerang Lodge, 1961, Aspen, CO 
Hans Hollein || Urban Renewal in New York, 1964, Project perspective 
Peter Trummer || Pile-City Vienna, 2015, Digital image 
Peter Trummer || Pile-City Vienna, 2015, Digital image 
Peter Trummer || Pile-City New York, 2016, Digital image 
Herwig Baumgartner || Los Angeles Residence, 2018 
Coop Himmelb(l)au || The White Suit Project, 1969 
Haus-Rucker-Co || Palmtree Island (Oasis), 1971, New York 
Carl Pruscha || Vision for Global Urbanisation: Global Linear City, 1963 
Carl Pruscha || Vision for Global Urbanisation: Global Linear City, 1963 
Victor Gruen || Welfare Island Project, 1961, Roosevelt Island, NY 
Erwin Hauer || Design 2, Church in Liesing, 1951, Vienna, Austria 
Victor Gruen Associates || Wilshire Terrace, 1959, Los Angeles. Photography by Julius Shulman 
Josef Frank || United Nations Headquarters, 1947, New York
November 9th, 2019
The Humble Fabulist 