the New American Village (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Here's an interesting and infomative interview (by NPR's On Point host Tom Ashbrook) of New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger on his latest book - Why Architecture Matters. Great American Architect Richard Meier joins in as well. Goldberger talks about how architecture expresses our cultural identity and laments (as I do) the absence of beauty and artfulness in "ordinary buildings"...
Summer is Coming In (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Brahms' Symphony No. 1 is one of those rare pieces I can listen to over and over again, without ever getting bored. There's so much drama, anxiety and (eventually) affirmation in the piece that I would gladly travel abroad to hear different performances of it. So I did. Brahms' First is often mockingly called Beethoven's Tenth, so it was a fitting conclusion to Bonn's Beethovenfest last month. The...
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award from the art and design school Thursday night at the Pratt Legends 2009 gala (click for pics). Karim Rashid, Richard Meier, Stefan Sagmeister, Christo...
brownstoner (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Sheepshead Bay doesn't get a lot of attention around here but this new condo at 1702 Avenue Z caught our eye. We don't think of the area being known for Richard Meier-wannabe designs. Given the alternative though (like this place...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
FRANKFURT.- The first ever retrospective about André-Charles Boulle, the most illustrious cabinetmaker of all time, opened on October 28. With a scenography by Juan Pablo Molyneux, it takes place in the Museum of Decorative Arts of Frankfurt, the emblematic building created by Richard Meier. It was conceived by two French art historians, Jean Nérée Ronfort and Jean Dominique Augarde,...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Atlantic Yards Report The Empire State Development Corporation had to inflate the residential-condo projections for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards megaproject, so the project appears to be financially viable. On the other hand, the public-private corporation is lowballing the price for one home owner whose condo the agency is planning to seize, using the state's power of eminent domain. If you go by...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Five years ago, contemporary art collector Frieder Burda opened a museum right in the heart of Baden Baden, Germany. As one of the world's original resort towns, tradition tends to trumps trendiness in Baden Baden, and this museum, in a building designed by Richard Meier , and the modern and contemporary art exhibits on offer, definitely set tongues a-wagging in town. When I visited this past Spring,...
modern (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
How would you pick American's favorite works of architecture? The American Institute of Architects and a polling firm interviewed architects and a random sampling of the general public, to come up with a list of 150 all-time faves, including the White House, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Fenway Park. So what was America's favorite work of architecture? Hint: King Kong and...
The ArchitectsNewspaper Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
HAPPY B-DAY, MR. ARCHITECT On October 12, Richard Meier turned 75. His birthday bash for 150 was held that night at the Four Seasons, or rather under a white tent on Park Avenue alongside the Seagram Building fountains. Eavesdrop didn’t find anyone on the B-List who was invited, but all the A’s were there including Peter [...]
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
The Prospect Heights biennial house tour is TODAY: Sunday, October 18th from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Rain or shine. Appease your curiosity. See how the other half lives. be voyeuristic. Get ideas. Dream. The self-guided tour will include 11 wonderful homes and apartments. As one of Brooklyn’s premier brownstone neighborhoods, Prospect Heights’ historical and aesthetic significance was recognized...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Actor Daniel Radcliffe is something of a budding real-estate investor. He already owns an apartment in Richard Meier's Morton Square buildings, and one in Jean Nouvel's 40 Mercer. But now the Observer reports that for $5.65 million he's purchased some digs that his Harry Potter character might appreciate a bit more — a historic townhouse on West 12th Street a couple of blocks from the Hudson....
Architecture Revived (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Frank Gehry designed the IAC Headquarters in New York, completed in 2007. The building's form is rather tame for Frank Gehry, especially as Richard Meier projects and a Jean Nouvel project rose nearby. The blocky buildings in the context are beaten into curves, and layers rise vertically like a skyscraper. The violence of the city has made its impression and smoothed over the rough edges like a stone...
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Michael Chabon Read at Same Time as Amy Sohn While Amy Sohn was serenading Richard Meier at his glass shack Thursday night, Gersh and I were across the street--at the library-- listening to Michael Chabon reading from his new true-life tribute to family life (his own). With his "Bad Mom" wife away--she admitted in NYT loving him more than their children and got howls or protest along with...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Ever since the New York Times made us feel sorry for On Prospect Park and its handful of residents, we've wanted another peek at life inside Brooklyn's bird killer . Finally, two local bloggers have come forward to satisfy us! Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn emerged from a book reading at 1 Grand Army Plaza with a rave review (and a red Richard Meier on Prospect Park West goodie bag !): the event was...
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
What a fun event put together by Momasphere at the Richard Meier on Prospect Park West. And it was VERY well attended by an attractive crowd of mostly women though there were some men there, too. Amy Sohn read two very funny sections of her satirical book, Prospect Park West. One excerpt took place inside the Prospect Park Food Coop, her fictionalized version of the Park Slope Food Coop. She also read...
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highman | 06/22/2009
New York’s Chelsea galleries also expanding Soon to expand: Arnie and Larry in the Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock) Galleries hit by the recession may be closing in New York and London, but Larry Gagosian is undertaking an ambitious expansion of his space in Beverly Hills. In addition to his gallery in Los Angeles, Gagosian oversees three spaces in New York, two in London
teatrends | 04/01/2008
Roberto Casiraghi, the director of R.O.M.A. Road to contemporary art, wanted to respond to these requirements within this event. R.O.M.A is the first art exhibition dedicated to contemporary art organised in Rome from the 28th February to the 2nd March 2009 with the participation of more than 80 Italian and foreign galleries.
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