308 Venice Way
David Ming-Li Lowe • 1980 • Venice, CA
Sigma fp L • Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art
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Two adjoining Venice properties, both designed (or was one just renovated?) by David Ming-Li Lowe, an architect that’s been featured on this account before for the Earthquake House in Sawtelle — a house that’s a clear successor in style and material to the taller of the buildings featured here (308 Venice Way). I’m not quite sure how to date either, as Lowe was on record as saying both were worked on over many years, and both were self-funded / self-owned projects.
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In “Real Estate as Art,” Giovannini refers to 308 as “a serious essay in steel construction,” though to me the most striking detail at 308 is the use of translucent wall panels (Kalwall). They seemed to have aged a bit more than those at the Earthquake House, but I do love the look (though admittedly something a little grim and industrial about them on a June Gloom morning as pictured here). I also love the diagonal steel members framed in each of the four windows on the main street elevation.
