#calvin straub

[thesaurushouseofdesign]

Barbara & Thomas Wirick House,

Poppy Peak Historic District, Pasadena, USA,

Designed by architect Calvin Straub in 1958.

[myrealtormichaelmersola]

Pasadena Mid-Century Hits The Market

1617 Pleasant Way: The Thomas & Barbara Wirick House, Calvin Straub FAIA (1958) located in the Poppy Peak HOPZ of Pasadena, CA a rare one of one Mid Century Post & Beam

The Thomas & Barbara Wirick House, Calvin Straub FAIA (1958) Authored by Michael Mersola | Realtor 1617 Pleasant Way | Pasadena Ca 91105 Pasadena’s Poppy Peak National Register Historic District contains a number of outstanding examples of Mid-Century Modern architecture, many in the post-and-beam structural tradition favored by acolytes of the USC School of Architecture at mid-century. One of…

[random-research]

Calvin Straub / Andeen Residence (1964) / Paradise Valley, Arizona

[redwolf]

Dating back to the 1950s, this Calvin Straub mid century modern house in Pasadena, California is pretty much the dream if you love that era. This house was designed back in 1957, the work of Calvin Straub around the same time as the partnership of Buff, Straub, and Hensman was formed.

(via Calvin Straub midcentury modern house in Pasadena, California - WowHaus)

[architectureandfilmblog]

AN ANIMATED GUIDE TO REWILDING MADE SIMPLE (2013)

A short video from the Guardian, which offers an introduction to the concept of rewilding. This practice most commonly relates to the re-introduction of animals to wilderness areas, but there are also ways we can apply it in urban settings, and at home. The article HOW TO REWILD YOUR GARDEN looks at this, as does the short but interesting video  HOW CAN PEOPLE REWILD WHERE THEY LIVE? (2016). From personal experience, even adding a tiny pond to a London garden has greatly increased its biodiversity and appeal. Countless frogs have adopted it, and the water has quickly become a self-sustaining environment, with fish managing the mosquito population, and frogs putting a dent in the excessive existing population of plant-devouring slugs :-). Photo: House by Calvin Straub, 1950′s. Renovated by Fung + Blatt. Image by Mark Mahaney via dwell

[ofhouses]

830. Buff, Straub and Hensman (Conrad Buff, Calvin Straub & Donald Hensman) /// Case Study House 20B (Bass House) /// Altadena, California, USA /// 1958

OfHouses presents Case Study Houses, part II. (Photos: © Julius Shulman. Source: The Getty Research Institute, Julius Shulman Archive.)

[woohooligancomics]

Artist Spotlight: Chris Patrick, brevity is the soul of wit

Welcome to the Laugh It Forward Kickstarter Artist Spotlight! Every day you'll meet new cool artists doing amazing things, so check them out!

Today I'd like to introduce you to Christopher Patrick!

Chris is a cartoonist and sometimes illustrator from the North Shore of Massachusetts, and the creator of the comic strip Extra Crispy.

Extra Crispy, (read "extra Chris P."), is a single-panel comic strip that takes those magical influences from childhood, where fairy tales and legends are real, inanimate objects come to life, and animals can speak, and combines them with the real-life experiences of adulthood, where many people are simply annoying jerks or clueless idiots, and sometimes life throws nothing but curve balls.

Sam: I used to make the mistake most artists make when asked about my work, and get into the details like characters, plot and story elements. Those are important in telling stories, but I learned they don't really draw people in. So I'm going to ask you to tell us a short story about the more important question:

why do you create your art?

Chris: My cartoons are kinda like the by-product of the way my brain filters life.

The world and almost everything in it is funny to me. So, I laugh. And, in an attempt to share my snickers and chuckles, (Snickles?), I mock things. But instead of being a total jerk and unwanted member of society, I turn my mockings into jokes. And these jokes I try to turn into cartoons. When I can’t, I edit myself, (I DO have that capability!)

Sometimes the result is a little too topical, or too specific, or too negative. When this is the case, I try to apply the core of the joke to a different situation. Oft-times, my gags end up a mile or two away from the situation that inspired them, (Trust me! That's not always such a bad thing!) In the end, if I can get a laugh out of it, (or get a laugh out of the missus), then BOOM! It’s an Extra Crispy Cartoon.

Sam: Yeah, I know I've done that. Sometimes I'll have an idea for a joke when I'm frustrated and I end up abandoning it because it seems too mean or too sad after I've thought about it. I'd like for most (if not all) of my work to carry a sense of optimism and hope.

Sam: My second question is who or what has most inspired your work? If I compared you to someone, what names would you be most flattered to hear?

Chris: Since my Extra Crispy is a single-panel, gag 'toon, well, it would come as no surprise if I said my biggest influence was Gary Larson's The Far Side. His work managed to jump straight to the gag and treat the cartoon/artwork as just the medium. I love that. Minimal illustration was needed, because it was just a joke in picture format. I strive to capture that focus.

Don’t get me wrong! The works of cartoonists like Bill Watterson's Calvin And Hobbes, Berkely Breathed's Bloom County, or Mike Peters’ Mother Goose and Grimm are amazing, and I aspire to that level of skill, but when it comes to my cartoons, my motto is that of gag first. I think that certain cartoonists, like Hilary Price and Mark Parisi, share this mentality, and some, like Dan Piraro (and now Wayno) with Bizarro comics, have combined this with superior artwork.

Also, I have always loved the work of absurdist comedians like Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg. Their material always reminded me of spoken cartoons.

Sam: That's a pretty good way of describing Hedberg. I was also pretty flattered when a lot of people were comparing my early work to Gary Larson when I started cartooning in 2006. Now that I rarely make single-panel strips anymore, I rarely hear that comparison, but it was nice.

I was never really able to enjoy Calvin & Hobbs though, and the fact that about 99% of today's cartoonists cite Watterson as one of their favorite inspirations has no effect on my apathy toward it. :P

Sam: Last question. What have you learned from your work, and what's your advice for younger creators?

Chris: What I have learned from my scribblings and would share with newer cartoonists is practice. Corny, I know, but hear me out!

I’ve read many cartoonists' books and am always surprised to see how professional comic strip creators’ styles have changed from their early years to their more current material. If I could pass on any piece of advice to aspiring cartoonists or artists in general, it would be to practice. It is like playing a musical instrument: the more you do it, the easier it gets and the better the results. Like many, I am my own biggest critic, but my early works and style, (of which I consider myself still deeply entrenched in, by the way!) are constantly evolving.

And frankly, I can’t wait to see what I’m gonna draw next!

Sam: Yeah, it's funny, I think the only way that's ever not the case is when you're literally drawing stick figures. I don't see a difference in the art from XKCD or Cyanide and Happiness over the years. But even Kris Straub's Chainsaw Suit, which has supremely simplified illustrations, is markedly different if you compare his earliest and latest works.

Any final thoughts?

Chris: Yay! 'Shameless Plug' time!

A big ol' bunch my cartoons can also be purchased at CartoonStock.com, the biggest purveyor of cartoons on the web! And Extra Crispy greeting cards, gear and apparel can be found at both zazzle.com and RedBubble.com for mere pennies! Pennies! Hundreds of 'em!

Thanks!

Sam: Thanks for taking the time for this interview, Chris, it's been a pleasure.

To see more of Chris's awesome work, check out his website. You can also find him on Facebook, or Twitter, and most importantly, if you enjoy his work, share this interview!

p.s. If you are also an artist and are planning a Kickstarter, you might find my Six Tips to Kickstarter Success helpful, plus links to other helpful resources. Also thanks to Andrea Demonakos who's handling the bulk of our rewards fulfillment to help our Laugh It Forward project go smoothly!

[marlygarden]

Calvin Straub; ‘The Mitchell Residence’, 1959 https://www.instagram.com/p/CGNbQxrj2dj/?igshid=1g7oxknp888pe

[bronzestring91-blog]

Restored midcentury post and beam asks $2.1M in Pasadena

Located west of the Arroyo Seco, not far from Pasadena’s border with Highland Park, this elegant midcentury residence is the recent recipient of a thorough restoration.

Per the listing, the home was originally designed in 1957 by architect Calvin Straub, a longtime USC professor who later joined the firm started by prolific homebuilders Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman.

When the home last sold in 2018 (for $1.1 million), it had been completely redone by subsequent owners and retained scant evidence of its modernist roots. Restored in the last year by design firm HabHouse, it’s now been returned to its original post and beam concept.

The U-shaped home sits on a neatly landscaped quarter-acre lot, with a long driveway in the front and an enclosed yard and patio space in the back. Inside are three bedrooms and two bathrooms, spread across 2,090 square feet of floor space.

Interior features include cork floors, beamed ceilings, walls of glass, and a large brick fireplace in the living room. The open kitchen has stone countertops and freshly installed appliances. The master bedroom opens directly to the back patio and includes an ensuite bathroom and a walk-in closet.

Located at 725 Burleigh Drive, the home is asking $2.089 million.

The living room features walls of glass and a white brick fireplace.

The kitchen boasts new appliances, counters, and light fixtures.

Beamed ceilings extend into the spacious master bedroom

The backyard has patio and deck space, along with planters and room for a garden.

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Source: https://la.curbed.com/2019/7/24/20708596/midcentury-modern-calvin-straub-pasadena-for-sale

[setdeco]

JULIUS SHULMAN, Case Study House No. 20B, Architects: CONRAD BUFF, CALVIN C. STRAUB, DONALD C. HENSMANN, Altadena, Ca, USA, 1958

[suzylwade]

Case Study This is ‘Case Study House #20’, also known as the Bass House, was completed in 1958 as part of the ‘Arts & Architecture Case Study House’ program. It represents a departure from other Case Study houses of the late 1950s in that it was constructed of wood rather than steel. This striking house was designed for industrial and graphic designer Saul Bass and his wife, biochemist Dr. Ruth Bass and was constructed on the site of an old estate in Altadena. Architects Conrad Buff III, Calvin C. Straub, and Donald C. Hensman of the architectural firm ‘Buff, Straub and Hensman’ designed the house. #chapeaulondon #chapeaublog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #wordsandpictures #amazing #london #lifestyle #art #architecture #artsandarchitecture #casestudyhouse #california #design #losangeles #apartmentbuildings #house

[comicreliefmorlock]

Wuffie & Angel’s Essential Reading List

So, @tlbodine​ and I, having done many of those “Which of these books have you read?” lists, decided that all of them didn’t touch the truly eclectic nature of our own reading habits. 

Last night, we wrote our own. 

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

Rotters - Daniel Krauss

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher

Biting the Sun - Tanith Lee

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway - Robert Cormier

Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

The White Bone - Barbara Gowdy

The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley 

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

War for the Oaks - Emma Bull

Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

Dangerous Angels - Francesca Lia Block

Silk - Caitlin R. Kiernan

Misery - Stephen King

Carrie - Stephen King 

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

They Walked Like Men - Clifford D. Simak

Neuromancer - William Gibson

The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

Dr. Bloodmoney - Philip K. Dick

Poisonwood Bible - Barbara King Solver

Us Maltbys - Florence Crannell Means

One Child - Torey Hayden

Red Dragon - Thomas Harris

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engel

Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin

Hop-Frog - Edgar Allen Poe

The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell *

When Rabbit Howls - The Troops for Trudi Chase *

Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk 

To Dance With Kings - Rosalind Laker

Whoever Fights Monsters - Robert K. Reseller *

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Hannah Green

Dreamland Lake - Richard Peck

The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub

Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Birth of Fire - Jerry Pournelle

A Patch of Blue - Elizabeth Kata

Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind

The Humanoids - Jack Williamson

Day by Night - Tanith Lee

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

Dreams in the Witch House - H.P. Lovecraft

The Cold Equations - Tom Godwin

Self-Reliance - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Notes from the Underground - Friedrich Nietzsche

The Pearl - John Steinbeck

Roots - Alex Haley

And Then There Were None - Agatha Cristie

Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O’Dell

Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George

The Hatchet - Gary Paulsen

The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle

Grendel - John Gardner

The Wasteland - T.S. Eliot

The Dracula Tapes - Fred Saberhagen

Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

Dogsbody - Diana Wynn Jones

The Fairy Reel - Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow

My Family & Other Animals - Gerald Durrell

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz

Superstitions - Peter Lorie *

Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Othello - William Shakespeare 

No Exit - Jean-Paul Sartre

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You - Sue William Silverman

The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan

Starving for Attention - Cherry Boone O’Neill

All Animals Great & Small - James Harriott

The Essential Calvin & Hobbes - Bill Watterson

Level 7 - Mordecai Roshwald

The History of Hell - Alice K. Turner *

A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

Freakonomics - Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner *

Heart of Conrad & the Velociraptor Women - Joseph Darkness

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Letters from the Inside - John Marsden

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets - David Simon *

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark

Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen

Grimm’s Grimmest - Brothers Grimm

Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty

Alanna: the First Adventure - Tamora Pierce

The Beast - R.L. Stein

The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury

Bunnicula - James Howe

Wolf at the Door - Barbara Corcoran 

The Hot Zone - Richard Preston *

The Rats of NIHM - Robert C. O’Brian 

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Tails of Wonder and Imagination - Ellen Datlow

Tales from the Flat Earth - Tanith Lee

{* -non-fiction/non-memoir}

[klmo-photos]

* D' S C H O A F E B R E Z N * * mit Sambabreze Julia in Regensburg unterwegs... ich muss da etz bissl drauf rumreiten... danke Jiji Tremmel für diese Inspiration, ich kriegs nimmer los 😉 * * Es war aber auch ein heisser Mittwochabend... dafür dass wir uns gefühlt nur ein paar Meter hin und her bewegt haben... sind echt klasse Bilder entstanden... * * Ich freu mich jetzt schon auf die Wiederholung! (Such mit Verstärkung, gell @sandrapfel 😉) * * M: @ju.vandiesel F: @klausmotznik_photography * #artist #calvinize #portrait #portraiture #portraitlove #inked #inkedgirls #inkedgirl #girlswithtattoos #color #loveit #photography #photographer #model #modeling #availablelight #naturallight #naturalbeauty #beauty #schönheit #tattoogirl #tattoo #art #engelthal #klausmotznik #nürnberg #regensburg #münchen #bamberg #straubing (hier: Dultplatz)

[jacquelynnadina]

Restored post-and-beam in Pasadena was architect's own home

In Pasadena, a Midcentury Modern home that architect Calvin B. Straub designed for himself is for sale at about $2.09 million.

Restored post-and-beam in Pasadena was architect's own home published first on Real Estate News

[redwolf]

The Thomson Residence in Pasadena, California dates back to 1957, the work of Conrad Buff, Calvin Straub, and Donald Hensman and a house still in amazing condition for its age. It’s up for auction with a starting price of $1,695,000.

(via 1950s Thomson Residence by Buff, Straub and Hensman in Pasadena, California - WowHaus)