ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX OF THE MARIN DISTRICT, SAN RAFAEL, PCS. CA. FOR THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DESIGN OF F. L. WRIGHT. 1957-2017
The article is devoted to the project and construction of the Administrative Complex of the Marin County, (San Rafael, California), executed of F. L. Wright in 1957 by order of the Marin County Board. Project of the Marin County Administration Building is an example of elaboration of the round module, the last geometric shape, which the architect was fond of since the 1940s, although he first became interested in circle in 1925. The project is the low and unusual building with rounded shapes and the arches are covered with sand-colored plaster, were inscribed in the surrounding landscape between the hills. The only vertical emphasis in the plan was the thin 66-metre spire of the antenna of the local radio stations. And that is the example of Marin Wright sought to represent the County buildings that would be built under the scheme, adaptable to public and official life the place. F. L. Wright in Marin County saw a new spatial ability show free open space - the main space. The Marin County Civic Center is considered from the point of view of the ideas of F. L. Wright about the community center, its approach to design, the problem of inscribing the building into the structure of the landscape, transportation issues and understanding of free and open space.