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ARCHITECT | DESIGN | BUILD 2012
What is your favorite architectural icon in the world?
Patrick Killen: Eiffel Tower
What architectural figure, living or historical, has made the biggest impact on your career?
Patrick Killen: Le Corbusier
If you could design your dream home, what style would it be and where would you build it?
Patrick Killen: Santa Monica Mountains. To be considered architecture and not just a building
design, it must be 2012 modern, because all other styles were modern when invented. Once that
style is outdated or historic, it is example of modern for that period; later copies of that style
cease to be architecture...
KILLEN
P AT R I C K K I L L E N
An eco-conscious and skilled contemporary
architect,
Patrick
contemporary
Killen
materials,
used
and
sun
rough
angles,
materials
to design Linda Flora – 1239, a Bel Air home. The
structure has plenty of open space, including a living
area that blends into the kitchen, but does not have
an empty feel. Sun angles fill up the vacant spaces,
as do rooms mad of wood materials from top to
bottom. The natural warming and cooling system
includes an 8-foot overhang that allows the sun to
naturally heat the home.
In an interview about the design+build project,
Killen says that he likes to build work that is
"timeless, not trendy." Linda Flora's design, views of
the ocean, mountains and Getty Center and level of
sophistication in its build, create a timeless trio that
make it an supreme work of art.
PAT R I C K K I L L E N
12.14.2012 | SOUTHBAYDIGS.COM
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