News from Art Daily - 07/10/2011
MoMA Exhibition Examines the Work of Architects and Their Ideas on Urban Renewal in the U.S.
Louis I. Kahn. Traffic Study, project Philadelphia. 1952. Ink, graphite, and cut-and-pasted papers on paper, 24 1/2 x 42 3/4" (62.2 x 108.6 cm). Image courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art.
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News from Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news - 06/03/2011
MOSHE SAFDIE
Had Moshe Safdie become a farmer, some of the most striking buildings on the planet might never have been built.
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News from Yale University Office of Public Affairs - 06/03/2011
New members join academy’s long list of Yale affiliates
Five of the nine individuals elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Letters this year were Yale affiliates. In fact, many of the artists, composers, poets, architects and writers who make up the academy's ranks have been students or teachers - often both - at the University.
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News from DCist - 05/25/2011
Arts Agenda
With this being the weekend that jump starts summer, the arts calendar is a little lighter than usual, though curiously full of science. [ more › ]
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News from MSNBC - 04/29/2011
First time in Europe? These cities are must-sees
Here’s one possible itinerary that gives a wide-eyed first-timer the 10 best of Europe's cities in three weeks.
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News from Los Angeles Times - 04/02/2011
Architecture review: Granoff Center at Brown University
The Diller, Scofidio + Renfro-designed building for the creative arts is dedicated to our culture's current share-and-share-alike moment. Interdisciplinary arts programs are nothing new on college campuses, but they've gained new prominence in an age of digital communication and social networks, which effortlessly spread the message that anything is sharable — at any time. So forget striving to ...
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News from Brisbane Times - 03/28/2011
Economic crisis takes gloss off 'Bilbao effect'
Cultural projects both modest and grandiose are floundering in Spain.
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News from Yale Daily News - 03/22/2011
Society of Arts and Letters elects five Elis
Maybe it’s something in the water. Of the 10 artists elected to become members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters earlier this month, half have ties to Yale. Four alumni, along with English professor Michael Cunningham accepted seats in the academy, said Executive Director Virginia Dajani.
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News from Arts Journal - 03/16/2011
Regrets, We Have A Few (But It's Tough After The Building's Up)
A member of the competition jury that in 1999 selected the US architect Peter Eisenman to design a monumental cultural complex in Santiago de Compostela, northwest Spain, has called the decision "an expensive mistake. Probably one of the largest in the history of architecture."
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News from The Art Newspaper - 03/16/2011
Eight years late and millions over budget
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A member of the competition jury that in 1999 selected the US architect Peter Eisenman to design a monumental cultural complex in Santiago de Compostela, northwest Spain, has called the decision “an expensive mistake....
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News from Chicago Tribune - 03/11/2011
Stillness in the Holocaust Memorial
Descend beyond the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe's concrete slabs and you'll find informative, harrowing exhibits. We were on our way to see the Brandenburg Gate when they came unexpectedly into view across the street — rows of muted gray concrete slabs of varying heights, their rise and fall taking up an entire city block.
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News from The Cornell Daily Sun - 03/11/2011
Freudian Architecture
Peter Eisenman '54 discusses his theoretical approach to architecture, invoking Freud and the unconsciousness. read more
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News from Staten Island Advance - 03/07/2011
Staten Island Museum to begin preparing its new home
Advance file photoThe Staten Island Museum will break ground March 23 on a $25 million renovation/construction project in its long-designated new home in the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden complex. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Two years from now...
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News from dBusinessNews.com - 03/03/2011
Nowell's Architecture Movie Series Concludes with "Citizen Architect"
Triangle - (Cary, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) will conclude this winter’s Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series with a special screening of “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio” on Thursday, March 17, 7 p.m., at the Galaxy Cinema in Cary.
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News from Independent Press - 03/03/2011
Historic Warren is also home to modern architectural landmark: Michael Graves' Plocek House
Courtesy Michael Graves & AssociatesPOST-MODERN WONDER — Designed by leading Architect, Michael Graves, the Plocek House in Warren Township is a renowned example of our architectural legacy. WARREN TWP. — If you live in the township, you’re probably well aware...
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News from The Huffington Post - 02/21/2011
Melanie Nayer: Living History: Retracing Family History in Berlin
In Berlin, I walked through history, retracing the roots of my family tree and immersing myself in the dark past of my Jewish heritage. What must it have been like to wonder if tomorrow would be better than today?
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News from The New Zealand Herald - 01/28/2011
The architecture of murder and memorial (+ video, photos)
The eerie 'Memorial to the Murdered Jews' of Europe reflects the insanity of Nazi brutality in its alienating architecture, with a vast arrangement of monoliths marking the disgrace of an era in which Germans united to slaughter...
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News from New York Times - 01/28/2011
Michael Graves at Rider University Art Gallery
The architect Michael Graves is pursuing art avidly these days, filling his Princeton, N.J., workroom with landscapes and still lifes.
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News from New York Times - 01/27/2011
Michael Graves at Rider University Art Gallery
The architect Michael Graves is pursuing art avidly these days, filling his Princeton, N.J., workroom with landscapes and still lifes.
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News from Cornell News Service - 01/27/2011
Cornell architecture journal will relaunch with eighth issue
The Cornell Journal of Architecture (CJoA) is relaunching after an eight-year hiatus with Issue No. 8, featuring content by Philip Johnson, Rem Koolhaas, Hod Lipson, Keller Easterling and Peter Eisenman '54, B.Arch. '55, among others.
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