Blog from 3rings - 06/25/2009
The Deceptive Simplicity of Izé’s Z Handle
When a simple door handle exhibits at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, it’s got to be more than good design ... to working models and a cast prototype. This perfectly illustrates curator Will Alsop’s approach
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Blog from Violinist.com - 06/24/2009
A Concerto Is Born
By Pauline Lerner: Recently I heard a fabulous concert by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop with Hilary Hahn playing a ... and answer session immediately after the concert. Ms. Hahn, Higdon, and Alsop sat onstage ... . & nbsp; The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was a good orchestra before Marin Alsop took over
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Blog from Portland Architecture - 06/22/2009
A man struggling: Guy Battle comes to Portland
Britain's Guy Battle, director of the multi-disciplinary Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers, has become one of the leading environmental building engineers in the world. And this Wednesday, he'll be in Portland to deliver the latest talk in the Cascadia Green Building Council's Transformational Lecture Series
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Blog from Centurean2's Weblog - 06/17/2009
This means Parliament may not allow any part of the aforementioned oath to be breached side-stepped or ignored. This Bill of Rights precludes and effectively forbids Parliament from passing any bill like the 1972 EEC Act, the Treaty of Rome or any other European legislation which gives them any say at all in the governance of England. FACT!!! Elizabeth the Real Queen of England….Beckett that is….
This is an update concerning Mrs Elizabeth Beckett’s legitimate Constitutional stance against an illegal tax system and treasonous government. A story that should be on the front page of every newspaper, but has remained unreported! This amazingly selfless lady has studied British Constitution in great depth
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Blog from First Drafts - The Prospect magazine blog - 06/16/2009
“Streets and towns that dance”: when government quangos get lyrical
Ian McMillan: the "Shirley Bassey of performance poetry" ... of architect Will Alsop’s rebranding of Barnsley as a Tuscan village. The bard’s former posts include poet
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Blog from The UrbanWire - 06/16/2009
Desmond Kon- of Pots and Poets
Desmond Kon “A writer with a day job” is how Desmond Kon likes to frame his life. The vocations he has embarked on reveal his love affair with words and design. A former journalist with an entertainment weekly, supplement writer for a newspaper and editorial freelancer and stylist, he lectured at the School of Film & Media Studies (
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Blog from archiCentral - 06/14/2009
The Belvedere // London // UK // Fashion Architecture Taste
This project by architects Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT) is a design for a 19-storey residential tower beside Mile End Park in London ... Wandsworth Council Has Turned Down Two ‘Overbearing’ Skyscrapers By Will Alsop London Bridge Tower
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News from The Art Newspaper - 06/14/2009
Future of Midlands arts centre in doubt
LONDON. The future of The Public in West Bromwich is under threat, with the Arts Council facing a ...
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News from The Art Newspaper - 06/14/2009
Arts Council-funded £60m gallery closes after two days
LONDON. The Public Gallery in West Bromwich closed just two days after its grand opening in June ...
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News from The Art Newspaper - 06/14/2009
New arts centre has cost taxpayer £57m but theres not much art (and no theatre)
LONDON. The Midlands arts centre known as The Public is scheduled to open in West Bromwich, five ...
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News from Daily Telegraph - 06/13/2009
Prince Charles sparks a row over modern architecture
The Prince of Wales has provoked a debate among architects and politicians by intervening to block a £3 billion modernist housing development.
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Blog from Chicken Fat - 06/12/2009
My Petty Genealogy part 3
I like these little undocumented stories handed down through the generations. It seems the Petty line has its share. Also, it appears that my claim to fame is that my ancestor Elizabeth Marshall, wife of Zachariah Petty, was sister to John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I still haven't figured out to cash-in on that connection
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Blog from ArchDaily - 06/12/2009
The 10 Most Creative People in Architecture
Cliff Kuang from Fast Company has ranked the 10 most creative people in architecture ... . 1. Will Alsop, ALSOP Architects 2. Yansong Ma , MAD Architects - ( projects on AD
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News from BBC News - 06/12/2009
Chelsea barracks plan withdrawn
Developers of the £1bn Chelsea Barracks in west London withdraw their planning application for the site.
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News from BBC News - 06/12/2009
Developers withdraw barracks plan
Developers of the £1bn Chelsea Barracks in west London withdraw their planning application for the site.
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Blog from Aural States - 06/10/2009
Live Review: Hilary Hahn Burns Blue in New Concerto at the BSO (2009. 06.04)
The Hypergiant of Higdon's Universe Whatever extraordinary things you’ve heard about Baltimore-native Hilary Hahn ( Wiki ) are true ... -commission of Higdon’s Violin Concerto — is the savviest treat that conductor Alsop has dangled before ... of unproved new music, we will add our applause to the ovations that rallied and rang as Marin Al
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News from Fast Company Magazine - 06/09/2009
The 10 Most Creative People in Architecture
1. Will Alsop , ALSOP Architects Few architects have been so dedicated to such an unusual design aesthetic as maximalist Will Alsop. And fewer still have been as successful at building their designs. His nearly completed "Chips" building was inspired by piled french fries; his recent extension for the Ontario College of Art and Design is one of the strangest, most exciting buildings in recent ...
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Blog from Ionarts - 06/08/2009
BSO and Hahn Present New Higdon Concerto
Composer Jennifer Higdon (photo by Candace DiCarlo)The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra brought the penultimate program of its regular season to the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday night. One of Marin Alsop's most alluring programs ... director through 2015. It is good news in that Alsop's tenure has already proven a bracing tonic
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Blog from Majority Post - 06/08/2009
WMC News Brief: Lee and Ling, Paid Leave, Arab-Israelis
North Korea Sentences U.S. Journalists 6/8/09 Wall Street Journal: North Korea ordered two American journalists to spend 12 years in prison labor camps after convicting them of illegally entering the country, a harsh penalty following a closed trial and mysterious arrest that underlined its reputation for injustice and its hostile relationship
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Blog from We English - 06/08/2009
ART AS SPECTATOR SPORT?
For the second year running I have two framed pieces included in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London ... Academicians Will Alsop, Ann Christopher and Eileen Cooper. The theme this year is Making Space. © John
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