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Dear Mr. Coker,Months later a friend sent me this photo of the house from Dwell Magazine:
I just wanted to send you a note about my admiration for your Alligator house. Consider this fan mail.
I graduated from Tulane in the Spring, and I was back in New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year.
I was on my way to the St. Charles Parade route on the Friday before Mardi Gras when I saw the house. My friend was driving and we had to stop the car to admire the house. I will never forget coming across this house. It is hard for me to describe how I feel about it but I was amazed. It has taken me a few weeks of web sleuthing to be able to find out information on it. I found out today that you are responsible for it.
I am not an architecture student but it is something I am very interested in as an observer. I had the privilege to hear the architecture critic, Paul Goldberger, give a talk on his latest book this fall. In this talk he used the phrase "architecture is the stage set for our memories." This could not be more true of the Alligator house. The song Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult was playing on the radio when we saw it that night. Too perfect given the name of the house.
Thank you,
He sent a short response and a great photo (above) of the house that I had not seen before on the internet:
Thank you for your kind words, they mean a great deal.
Best,
Coleman
"when we started the 918 spyder project we decided we will try to keep it a secret
it is a vision for the future of the brand
the importance of this car was that due to the environment discussion there were big big question marks about the future of this type of cars and therefore as well of the future of the Porsche brand. so therefore we wanted to have the symbol that there is a future
we are using a technology that is pointing out what could be in the future but is still realistic to have it today in the car
we test in the race to be sure that it is the right technology, the right combination of components.
the next step is to move to production
the most important message is that there is no contradiction any more between performance between having fun driving and this whole environmental discussion
we are combining the best of different worlds"