Archive for January, 2005
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"Scent of a Meuron"
31 Jan 2005According to Aric Chen of The Architect’s Newspaper, uber-hip starchitects Herzog & de Meuron have decided to do for scent…
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Home Is Where The Harp Is
31 Jan 2005The Wege House, on the shores of Northern Lake Michigan, is a collaboration between architect David Hanawalt and “sonic installation…
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Philip Johnson Remembered…Differently
31 Jan 2005For a glimpse of the darker side of Philip Johnson, read this article, “Form Follows Fascism,” from today’s New York…
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Philip Johnson Remembered
31 Jan 2005ARCspace honors Philip Johnson with a brief biography and photos by Michael Moran.
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"Let Them Eat cake Starck!"
28 Jan 2005With products by Phillipe Starck and Michael Graves among others, retail chain Target has become much more Design savvy over…
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The Sun Never Sets on the Tate Empire
28 Jan 2005Yesterday, Tate Modern Director, Nicholas Serota, announced that Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron have been commisioned to design the…
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Philip Johnson Dies
26 Jan 2005Love him or hate him, Philip Johnson was…well, Philip Johnson. He died today at age 98. “I am a whore…
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LOT-EK LECT-URE
26 Jan 2005Thanks to Sara’s Blog for reminding me what I did two nights ago. This past Monday night, I attended a…
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What Happens in Vegas…
25 Jan 2005Vegas is dead. Long live the new “family-friendly” Vegas. Architectural Record briefly mentions a new “urban oasis” that may soon…
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I’m Not a Building, But I Play One on T.V.
21 Jan 2005“Los Angeles Plays Itself,” is a new documentary examining the manner in which Los Angeles portrays itself in movies. According…
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Where there’s a Will, (Alsop) There’s a uh…giant Teddy Bear
20 Jan 2005In the wake of winning the Stirling Prize, Will Alsop seems to be everywhere these days. His exhibition “Supercities,” opening…
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Rock-star Architects thrown down in Tribeca!
19 Jan 2005Times like this, I wish I would’ve moved to New York… Last night in Manhattan, there was an “architecture duel”…
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That Vienna is so hot right now!
18 Jan 2005A couple recent articles on Vienna and its architects: ICON interviews Viennese architect Hans Hollein The Times praises Vienna as…
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Modern Living: 70 Years Later
18 Jan 2005Another trip to the suburban hillside lead us to this… Behold! The Werkbund Siedlung Exhibition of 1932! As you can…
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Gettin’ Drunk: Loos Style
17 Jan 2005Textbook-style photos of Loos’ American Bar. As you can see, the exterior of the American Bar is ugly as hell.…
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"Ornament is a Crime." (as is photography, apparently)
13 Jan 2005Adolf Loos’ Villa Moller. If you should ever visit this icon of modernism, whatever you do, don’t take a picture!…