greg.org: the making of (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Pentagram has nice coverage of Abbott Miller's work for the crisp signage and graphics systems at Thom Mayne's spectacular new building for the Cooper Union. Which looks, in some of its particulars, quite like Roni Horn sculptures. I look...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
-- Red ink: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has reported an $8.4-million deficit for the fiscal year that ended in June. (CultureGrrl) -- Broadway deal: The Shubert Organization has entered into an unusual, three-year deal with producers...
Architechnophilia (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
I live in a Steven Holl | Palace of Grace | LEGO style | the work of Thom Mayne | vertical farms don't work | broken glass | the women of the Bauhaus | the rolling house aka a reality show waiting to happen | an increased demand for construction software | KPF rips at the seams check out an interactive floor plan of the Shed House in the Isle of Skye To make a house, you grab a fist of air and then...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
New Cooper Union building architect Thom Mayne chatted with Time Magazine about how he and the Morphosis team put "the architecture" in the building's new design. "Early on we realized that the architecture would be in the public areas of the building — the entry spaces, the stairway, the vertical space. And also the exterior — by working against the generic-ness of the...
Looking Around (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Not long ago, in connection with a story I'll be posting soon on Time.com, I had a conversation with Thom Mayne, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who heads the Santa Monica-based firm Morphosis. This fall New York got its first building by Mayne, a really compelling project in the East Village that holds offices, laboratories [...]
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
"> " 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...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
FIDI— We're used to gazing out from our Palazzo Chupi penthouse ( William J.B. Brady is our pseudonym) and seeing lights glowing atop 7 WTC, but it looks like another new FiDi skyscraper has joined the light show. A tipster writes, "This evening includes new lights atop the Goldman Sachs HQ ." Welcome to the party, rich dudes! [CurbedWire Inbox] EAST VILLAGE— This Saturday at the...
SoundRoots (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Trick question. Despite a renewal of the discussion among some global music advocate friends of mine since Obama was elected a year ago, there is no Minister of Culture or Secretary of Culture in the United States. Some think that's probably a good thing, given the dramatic political shifts that can occur from one administration to the next. On the other hand, having a high-level official whose job...
Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
LA Observed reminded us that this week is the 20th anniversary of the demise of William Randolph Heart's Herald-Examiner . Since 2002, plans have been in place to redevelop the paper's old offices at 11th and Broadway, which were designed by architect Julia Morgan , who also designed the Hearst Castle. The fully-entitled, $350 million proposal would restore and convert Morgan's building into office...
Fashionista.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Forget the latest phone technology or Prada pumps, Anna Wintour got politics for her birthday yesterday. American Vogue 's Editor-in-Chief was named to President Obama's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She's joined by a handful of 'private' citizens including Sarah Jessica Parker, Edward Norton, architect Thom Mayne and former New York City Ballet dancer Damian Woetzel. The committee, which...
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Top ART News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
“ T he arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather paintings and poetry, music...design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.” ~First Lady Michelle Obama WASHINGTON, D.C. -- W hat do Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker , actor Forest Whitaker ,...
Curbed SF (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Thom Mayne, designer of SoMa's bent-metal Federal Building and big-name architect of Morphosis, has been appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and the...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
If eclecticism was the goal for Barack Obama in choosing members for the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, then he has succeeded hands down, judging from today's announcement of 25 appointees. Ranging from Hollywood actors to veteran...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Web Exclusive: Norton, Parker, Whitaker, Woodard picked -- President Obama has selected 25 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, a list that includes such entertainment industry names as Bryan Lourd, Liz Manne, Edward Norton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andy Spahn, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, George C. Wolfe and Alfre Woodard. Others on the committee include Yo-Yo Ma, Vogue...
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