Tiki Oasis, La Salle, IL (other) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 12:14 AM Thank You BB for posting THE quintessential example of Storybook architecture. Crossroads of the World houses the TASCHEN offices (among others). Yeah, Tudor is all straight and stately, but when the beams grow crooked and irregular shingled roofs turn swooping it becomes fairy tale land. A close-up of the same complex: I see the connection between Storybook style and Polynesian pop in the fact that both were created with the help of Hollywood set design know-how. And they both were a reaction to modernism, a form of organic anti-modernism. Here's the living room of a 1920s home in the Silverlake hills, with its original lamp:

Thank You BB for posting THE quintessential example of Storybook architecture. Crossroads of the World houses the TASCHEN offices (among others). Yeah, Tudor is all straight and stately, but when the beams grow crooked and irregular shingled roofs turn swooping it becomes fairy tale land. A close-up of the same complex:

I see the connection between Storybook style and Polynesian pop in the fact that both were created with the help of Hollywood set design know-how. And they both were a reaction to modernism, a form of organic anti-modernism. Here's the living room of a 1920s home in the Silverlake hills, with its original lamp:

Post #602084 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 12:14 AM