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53 DONALD JUDD JULIA CHILD Iconic 20th-century artist Donald Judd made Marfa a pilgrimage site for art acolytes when he began purchasing land and transforming buildings in this dusty West Texas hamlet more than 50 years ago. At the heart of it was his complex La Mansana de Chinati / The Block, comprised of an entire city block including a two-story building that formerly served as the offices for Fort D.A. Russell's U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Removing interior walls on the ground floor, he forged a kitchen, pantry, and dining space, and purchased pre-cut one-by-12 pine boards to hone into a dining table, kitchen counter, and wide staircase, as well as a suite of chairs, desks for his children, and a daybed. His idea, built upon functionality and practicality, to eschew kitchen cabinets that concealed contents and create instead simple shelves to store and stack plates, platters, and frying pans, has been revolutionary. Julia Child hired architect Robert Woods Kennedy to redo the kitchen of her Cambridge, Massachusetts, house in 1961. The remodel created room for the restaurant-size gas stove, wall ovens, refrigerator, dishwasher, and chopping block. A focal point is the pegboard-covered wall, where an arrangement of copper skillets and saucepans are hung as decorative objects. PHOTO ELIZABETH FELICELLA. DONALD JUDD FURNITURE © 2026 JUDD FOUNDATION / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK. COURTESY JUDD FOUNDATION. FROM THE BOOK ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST: CELEBRITY HOMES, THE KNAPP PRESS, 1977. PHOTO RICHARD CHAMPION.