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'''The Defenestration Building (Howard Street side)'''
'''The Defenestration Building (Howard Street side) as it appeared in the late 1990s'''


The Defenestration Building, a sculptural installation by Brian Goggin at Howard & 6th Streets in SF, welds over 30 pieces of furniture and home-appliances to the exterior of an abandoned SOMA 3-story. Despite endorsement by Willie Brown and funding by federal grants, the installation will have survived for over 12 years come April, 2009.
[http://www.metaphorm.org/portfolio/defenestration/ The Defenestration Building], a sculptural installation by Brian Goggin at Howard & 6th Streets in SF, features over 30 pieces of furniture and home-appliances welded to the exterior of an abandoned SOMA 3-story, the former Hugo Hotel. Despite endorsement by Willie Brown and funding by federal grants, the installation survived from its installation in 1997 to the present.


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Unfinished History

Defenestration Building, 6th and Howard Streets

The Defenestration Building (Howard Street side) as it appeared in the late 1990s

The Defenestration Building, a sculptural installation by Brian Goggin at Howard & 6th Streets in SF, features over 30 pieces of furniture and home-appliances welded to the exterior of an abandoned SOMA 3-story, the former Hugo Hotel. Despite endorsement by Willie Brown and funding by federal grants, the installation survived from its installation in 1997 to the present.

Photos by Chris Carlsson

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