「80年目の実現」
ニューヨーク州バッファローに、Frank Lloyd Wright がデザインした墓標Blue-Sky Mausoleumが80年ぶりに完成した。
フランク・ロイド・ライトの友人でパトロンのダーウィン・マーティン氏の依頼でマーティン家の為の墓標としてデザインされたもの。
その後マーティン氏が経営不振に陥り幻の作品となっていた。
In his pioneering concept for Blue-Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright “broke the box” of memorial architecture tradition. His design fully manifests his principle of “organic” architecture. The structure is integrated into the landscape, and its granite echoes the stone of nearby monuments. The blue sky is its ceiling, and living greens gently suggest its walls. The edifice overlooks a peaceful pond.
In this serene setting, visitors feel the eternal connections between earth and sky, and lives present and past.
Blue-Sky Mausoleum is located in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York ? the cemetery for which it was designed. This venerable yet vital organization owns a distinctive place in American history and has long been regarded as a visionary leader among its peers.
Blue-Sky Mausoleum takes its place among a group of distinguished Frank Lloyd Wright designs in Buffalo, New York. Seven were built in the early 20th century; three new structures are being added in the 21st. Blue-Sky Mausoleum is the first of these
