Ken Burn’s documentary on Frank Lloyd Wright shows Wright did the actual drawings for the famous Falling Water house in less than three hours! [via TSY ] Related : Picasso, Paula Scher, and the lifetime behind every second [SvN]
Touring Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, PA wasn't always easy. Luckily, 50 years after its dedication, you can now tour the building three days a week. Read more about it here and start planning your trip!
[Left image via Los Angeles Love Affair ; Right image via Los Angeles Music Week ] It was a spiritual day yesterday for the Cultural Heritage Commission. In addition to approving the Bethlehem Baptist Church , the Commission also voted to consider Historic-Cultural Monument status for "the Onion" in North Hills, known more formally as the Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society . The contoured...
Here is a teaser for a great looking documentary. I’d love to know more about German Samper Gnecco, unfortunately my spanish is horrible. Here is what I have been able to pick up. He is one of Colombia’s most influential architects in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s, he studied under Le Corbusier and did [...] Related posts: Coast Modern Film Jodlowa House Way Back When: Mies van...
Taking a page from our sister site Racked LA, we're asking you to look at this home and vote on whether you like or dislike it—your choices are 'That's Rather Lovely!,' 'So close,' 'I feel strangely ambivalent about it,' or 'That's Rather Hideous!' "> " style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;"> Click the image above to view the full photogallery. We're a fan of mashups....
"> " style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;"> Click the image above to view the full photogallery. [Photos via Musings on 'point .] Sure we've already had our epic interior reveal of Thom Mayne's new Cooper Union building on the Bowery, but that only touched on the big ideas: the atrium, the spider webs, the views, etc. What about the building's secrets ? The stuff we've...
Wow - this is amazing stuff. As one of the comments says "Absolutely nothing like a deadline to focus your efforts…" Clearly Wright had the entire site plan committed to memory and had worked out the plans in his head. Or maybe it just came to him in those 3 hours ... Video: Ken Burn’s documentary on Frank Lloyd Wright Ken Burn’s documentary on Frank Lloyd Wright shows...
Lego have created a series of ‘Architecture’ models comprised of the Landmark Series and the Architect Series which currently includes two of the greatest works by the brilliant Frank Lloyd Wright. Grown up Lego, not that we oldies ever needed an excuse to play with Lego, but now we are “creative” and don’t just look like big kids. Here’s the sucker punch...these...
The Real Deal by C.J. Hughes For the megadeveloper Forest City Ratner Companies, the last few months can be seen as a tale of two projects. The worst of times seems to have taken hold at Atlantic Yards, the proposed 22-acre development of apartments, offices and a basketball arena in Brooklyn. In June, Forest City dumped architect Frank Gehry, whose eye-catching designs helped generate much of the...
It's completion was six weeks late, but it's left the stage with the speed of a zephyr. Via our indefatigable correspondent Bob Johnson, here's a photo account of the quick departure of the Burnham Pavilion designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. After closing on the last day of October, tent fabric that had become streaked with grime only days after its opening was quickly stripped away, leaving the pavilion...
6. Climb up the magical Montjuïic Montjuïic is perfect for a leafy stroll with great views, but hard to reach so i s less populated by tourists. Scattered across the landward side are buildings from the 1992 Olympic Games, including Santiago Calatrava's Olympic needle, while facing the sea is the lighthouse and vast cemetery. The Castell de Montjuïc was the burial place for the medieval...
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A divided Commission on Chicago Landmarks on Thursday voted against a proposal to place the partially demolished former Michael Reese Hospital Campus -- which includes buildings co-designed by noted architect Walter Gropius -- on the National Register of Historic Places. Also Thursday, the commission unanimously voted to recommend to the Chicago City Council that the houses of two great African-American...
The Vasco da Gama Mall in stands across the Gare do Oriente station in Lisbon Portugal. It includes 200 stores, a theater, and a large food court. The building is part of a large project for Lisbon by Santiago Calatrava. The glass barrel vault reflects the form of the Gare do Oriente, a slightly organic Spanish form. It also expresses the same strictly organized symmetry and opposition of light versus...
Chandigarh Police Constables Recruitment Results 2009 At www.chandigarhpolice.com Chandigarh Police has been playing a key role in keeping the city Beautiful-Chandigarh a role model city as was dreamt by its planner Le-Corbusier. Though he planned the city for only 5,00,000 people, but today its population has crossed those limits but the police force remains lesser in number. Read More From Orginal
Fallingwater Photo Gallery | Fallingwater House Pics & Information Fallingwater location is Mill Run, Pennsylvania. It is also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by Famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934 from southwestern Pennsylvania (Rural Area), 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Read More From Orginal Site