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Clark
and Menefee. Richard Jensen.
The office of Clark and Menefee dissolved
in 1999 with few built works, primarily residential structures
in the Carolinas, where they were based. Jensen's book focuses
on seven completed buildings (four houses, a cabin, an inn
and a school) and a bus shelter, as well as three competitions,
two of which were awarded first prize. Paramount for the
firm was the reconciliation of architecture with its physical,
cultural and spiritual place, each an equal aspect of a
building's site, according to Clark in one of three essays
included in the book. The small format book suits the work
of Clark and Menefee, who used modest materials and minimal
spaces to create objects suited to their location and purpose.
An essay by the author and one by Wilfried Wang rounds out
the book, but it is the documentation of their built work,
through photos, drawings and sketches, that makes the book
rewarding.
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