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A well deserved FT Best Books of 2022 Architecture

A well deserved FT Best Books of 2022 Architecture and Design: Brutalist Britain: Buildings of the 1960s and 1970s by
Elain Harwood

The Bierspinsel or Schloßturm - Berlin landmark,

The Bierspinsel or Schloßturm - Berlin landmark, it’s architects husband and wife Ralph Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte. Loved loathed, ignored - revived dependant on which year you check any of the descriptions fit. Today the 1976 building has protected status so we can be sure it’s here to stay…. but how well it will be cared for in reality appears to be another matter. Photo with thanks to @_karl_moab_

La Jolla: A beachside city with a less than breezy

La Jolla: A beachside city with a less than breezy backstory of racism which was not addressed until the mid 1960s. Either end of the West Coast of the US there were appalling zoning policies* in place which made it virtually impossible for black people or Jews to purchase homes. As one local historian puts it La Jolla had a “gentlemen’s agreement” in the 1950s and ‘60s forbidding Jews from buying homes there. Local historian Mary Ellen Stratthaus’ academic paper, Flaw in the Jewel: Housing Discrimination against Jews in La Jolla, describes a ‘green card’ system. La Jolla real estate agents all members of REBA worked in coordination using the system triggered if they thought someone was or looked Jewish. A green card was placed in the front window of their car while driving Jewish clients to viewings in order to alert sellers. In the end, after years of discrimination one realtor broke ranks and tore a green card up on a local TV station. Restrictive Covenants had been outlawed years earlier however this merely encouraged too many people to double down. Home sellers were not allowed to put For Sale signs on their front lawns to control who would know a home was even on the market. A contributing factor to forcing an end to the ban was the activities of Roger Revere who wanted UC San Diego to be built locally, it was quite clear to him that the sheer numbers of Jewish academics flooding into the area would have to force a change of policy. Revelle said, “you can’t have a university without having Jewish professors. The Real Estate Broker’s Association and their supporters in La Jolla had to make up their minds whether they wanted a university or an antisemitic covenant. You couldn’t have both.” And then there was the "miracle worker" Mr Jonas Salk, Jewish scientist of world wide fame for his development of the Polio Vaccine. He chose La Jolla as the location to build the Salk Institute and to make matters worse in some folks eyes he chose an architect who was Jewish, Louis Kahn. Photo: Life Guard Towers *Portland Oregan’s appalling policies making it impossible for Black families to purchase family homes makes for sobering reading.

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