ORAL HISTORY OF JOHN LUND KRIKEN Interviewed by Suzanne ...

Still, he may have been right. It never did take away my admiration for his
work. But it didn’t quite fit my learning needs at the time.
Riess: And it’s neither the romantic nor the intellectual, it’s something else?
Kriken: I don’t think we ever talked about that. I’m trying to think what would be a
typical discussion we would have. But it could be about anything, current
events, or anything, but it was generally totally unassociated from the problem
at hand. But the people from his studio--all loved the work they did, and it was
definitely the epitome of regionalism.
Riess: Were you also getting grounding in history, and a look at what was happening
in the world of architecture? Corbusier, Mies? Who was doing that?
Kriken: I am trying to remember. Charles Moore, when he was teaching history, had a
lot to do with European influences.
Riess: Charles Moore taught the history class.
Kriken: Yeah. He was one of our history professors. I think he came toward the end.
And we even had Steen Eiler Rasmussen, the famous Danish historian. But
where did--let me just think… We all loved Corbusier. We couldn’t believe the
sculptural qualities of that work.
Riess: Were you seeing his work in magazines, architectural publications?
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