Weber House 1993

This is Maya Lin’s Weber House, and, to me, it’s like a meditation on form and surface. Look at the tops of these architectural forms, made from simple brick or stone. There's an incredible feeling of the hand, even though these are probably machine made materials. The gray hues are subtle, and the textures vary, from the smooth plane of the bricks to the loose scatter of the gravel areas. It’s all about light, and how it plays on these different surfaces. The way the light makes the stone sing brings Yves Klein to mind. It’s like Lin is painting with materials, letting their inherent qualities speak. These surfaces don’t shout, they whisper. It’s a really thoughtful piece, where ambiguity is part of the point. What is architecture and what is sculpture? Lin leaves it up to us to decide.