Parkland parasite.It is not unusual for modest domestic properties to be vandalised by low-grade conservatories. Mock Victorian are perhaps the worst, seen as a bad rash across Britain, somehow achieving the impossible: to cheapen cheap·en v. cheap·ened, cheap·en·ing, cheap·ens v.tr. 1. To make cheap or cheaper. 2. the look of the country's most banal suburban homes. Time and again people seek sun-drenched lifestyles by doing the architectural equivalent of slapping lipstick on a pig. In this case, however, the creature in question didn't even need make-up. As the architect Mark Dytham discovered while working in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden recently, the bolt-on disease is spreading. The de Young Museum (AR October 2005), is perhaps one of the finest buildings of recent years, and yet even this structure is not immune to curated vandalism. Set against San Francisco's Golden Gate landscape, de Young's curious double-headed form has given it a unique split personality, grazing grazing, n See irregular feeding. grazing 1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop. 2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. on Eucalyptus eucalyptus (y  'kəlĭp`təs): see myrtle. eucalyptus and grass at one end and inquisitively twisting its long neck at the other to survey the city beyond. It would seem, however, that those in the know are more clear about which end is which, demonstrated by the decision to pin this uncomfortable cellophane cellophane, thin, transparent sheet or tube of regenerated cellulose. Cellophane is used in packaging and as a membrane for dialysis. It is sometimes dyed and can be moisture-proofed by a thin coating of pyroxylin. nappy around the backside of the building; placed beneath what some apparently consider to be its stumpy and inadequate tail. Who decided to inflict plastic surgery on such an infant? In a region that thrives on the application of synthetic materials this sort of attitude should come as little surprise. What is a surprise however is that the de Young is supposed to represent the best of American, Oceanic and African art African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. The predominant art forms are masks and figures, which were generally used in religious ceremonies. . Is this addition a joke? Are they genuinely trying to compete with the local garden centre, or nearby wedding reception venues? Or is it simply a matter of interpretation, with us missing the subtleties of a new form of contemporary installation art? Let's hope it's not as permanent as it looks, despite the fact that it has been neatly tailored to encroach encroach v. to build a structure which is in whole or in part across the property line of another's real property. This may occur due to incorrect surveys, guesses or miscalculations by builders and/or owners when erecting a building. into one of Herzog and de Meuron's sharply tapering courtyards. Whatever next? Surely they wouldn't hang black-out blinds in James Turrell's skyspace, Three Gems, or repair Andy Goldsworthy's broken paving, Faultline? Please, de Young, save us and your pride by taking down this ridiculous tent. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Photographs by Mark Dytham |
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