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Yesterday, I told you about the passing of famed landscape architect Robert Royston. Royston's concern for the public's need for green spaces is perfectly expressed in this video, which explains the ideas behind the 1955 construction of Palo Alto's Mitchell Park.
What really strikes me about this video is that half a century later, the same issues that Royston outlines in the video (which he narrates) are even more important.
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Robert Royston, a beloved San Francisco Bay Area landscape architect, died in his Mill Valley home on Friday. He was 90 years old. Mr.
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Many of us have seen architect John Lautner's modern, unusual work — we just didn't realize it. The bachelor pad that Charlie's Angels's villain Eric Knox inhabits is based on the design for the Chemosphere. This eight-sided home was built in the Hollywood Hills in 1960, and sits atop a 30-foot-tall concrete poll, which was Lautner's solution to building on the steeply pitched site.
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