Contemporary Architecture News
- Zero carbon house plan rejected Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:51AMAN ambitious plan to build the first zero carbon ‘country seat’ in Britain has been dismissed on appeal.
- South First Fridays Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:45AMTHIS MONTH'S South First Friday gallery event in the SoFA District opens the floodgates on what promises to be the busiest September in years, what with the 01SJ Festival only a fortnight away.
- Fall arts guide 2010: Visual arts Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:19AMVisual art events happening all over Oregon this fall.
- Construction Complete at Terra Beachside 6000 Collins Condominium Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:06AMDeveloper BH III LLC today announced construction has been completed at Terra Beachside 6000 Collins, its 116-unit, six-story upscale condominium community in the heart of Miami Beach at 60th Street and Collins Avenue. Â The development received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the City of Miami Beach and will soon begin closings.
- Sculpted environment invites interaction Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:10AMBrazilian sculptor Ernesto Neto: Dancing Allowed is an environment created by the artist specifically for Contemporary Arts Center with a mission of engaging all the senses.
- Landmark New Sculpture by Acclaimed Artist Peter Randall-Page for Dulwich Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:03PMPeter Randall-Page has gained an international reputation through his sculpture, drawings and prints. Photo: Stuart Leech. LONDON.- On 14 September the Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a new, permanent sculpture in its grounds.
- 09/03/10 Art Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:11PMFIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS. 5-7 p.m. Visit participating galleries and venues the first Friday of each month. RUSSILLO'S ART ON THE BOARDWALK. First Friday of each month. Works by area artisans at Russillo's Pizza and Gelato at Track 29 mall. 509-453-0325.
- Architecture Month Highlights Industry’s Local History Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:11PMFrom “The Art of Architecture” exhibit that opens Thursday at 511 S. Main St. to the auction and finale happening on the last night of the month in th...
- Low-value biennial Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:50PMThe Soap Factory's lame Minnesota Biennial offers arty in-jokes but little perspective on contemporary Minnesota art.
- New View of Newcastle in Museum Exhibition Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:52AMA new view of Newcastle-under-Lyme will be on display at the Borough Museum and Art Gallery from this weekend.
- Palace 66 Retail Center Opens in Shenyang Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:48AMKohn Pedersen Fox Associates design echoes ancient tradition with modern style.
- San Diego Events: Chickens, Tchaikovsky, and the Cat in the Hat Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:15PMSee how Matthew Hebert repurposes technology to create art using Arduino controllers (programmable computer modules) during this final installment of the series. Grab a cocktail in the rotunda and interact with local emerging artists.
- Downtown News: BW's First Thursday Picks Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:18AMForever Never? For Neverever. by Tara Morgan The Boise State Department of Art has hit the ground running this semester. Not only is the Visual Arts Center is packed with radness--Francoise Duresse's "The Paper Bag Test" (see Picks Page 17) and Anika Smulovitz's "Contemporary Judaica"--but Department of Art professors are also branching out into the community to share their work.… [ Read more ...
- Thaniya plans green community mall Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:26PMThaniya Group, the developer of the Springfield Royal Country Club, has earmarked 1.5 billion baht to develop its first neighbourhood community mall next year on land it owns on Srinakarin Road in Bangkok.
- A metropolis with best of all worlds Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:25PMGreater Kuala Lumpur hopes to add to the lure of the nucleus city as talent -- and retirees -- search the globe for the most livable places. Shuhada Elis and Alang Bendahara report.
- Artist looks at arts institute from a different perspective Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:37PMAs Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its museum building, designed by famed architect Philip Johnson, sculptor Ann Reichlin is creating an installation in response to the structure that might offer viewers a new look at the 1960 building.
- MILAN: Superintendent says schools to open on schedule despite construction Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:57PMIt's been a busy summer for Milan Area Schools Superintendent Bryan Girbach.
- Jeremy Efroymson: philanthropist and grassroots arts activist Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:43PMEven if you are not familiar with the Efroymson name, you are more than likely familiar with a number of the institutions and organizations that the 127-million-dollar Efroymson Family Fund has endowed. by Dan Grossman It's 5:45 p.m. on a hot Friday evening in August and Jeremy Efroymson is touring the Re-Dome art exhibit at the Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) headquarters in Fountain Square ...
- International Design Festival Design Act 2010 Opens in Moscow Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:17PMA chandelier made of fishing floats by design studio 'Tweelink' of France during the International festival of design 'Design Act 2010' in Moscow, Russia, 31 August 2010. From 31 August to 05 September 2010 Moscow Centre for Contemporary Art WINZAVOD will hold the fourth International Design Festival Design Act 2010. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY.
- Onlineshoes.com Walks “tru” with Rockport Giveaway Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:00AMContest to award two lucky winners truWALK Rockport shoes from August 31 through September 13.
- A Three-Dimensional Portrait of the Sensibility of Contemporary German Architecture Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:48AMAs the central salon, the main room is surrounded by four theme cabinets that make for a stimulating tour. Photo: PK.Odessa. VENICE.- The German Pavilion’s theme of “desire” represents a fundamental emotional driving force of architectural activity.
- FEATURE Kapoor’s sculpture shines in Stata Cloud Gate’ artist’s piece is MIT’s latest Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:20AMBy Ana Lyons NEWS EDITOR What once was an empty lobby at the Vassar entrance of Stata — a large space, industrial white, washed with natural-light, but shrouded in concrete — is now filled with MIT’s newest addition to it’s public art collection. The new art piece, left untitled, is created by Anish Kapoor, a London-based artist who is most famous for his Chicago piece Cloud Gate (resembling a ...
- Eastport salmon fest to come early this year Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:25PMThis year's Eastport Salmon Festival has been moved up one week from its traditional date, and now is scheduled for Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-5.
- Blast From the Past: Hispanic Presence Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:28PMThis week, at the RCIA in my parish, I will be discussing the history of the Church in America. Ergo, this week I will use this space to highlight some of my favorite parts of that talk, especially the ones, like this one, which show the contemporary relevance of history:
- Finalists chosen for Songwriter of the Year comp Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:14AMThe next wave of New Zealand’s most talented songwriters and performers will be showcased at The University of Auckland’s Songwriter of the Year 2010 competition on 29 September.
- Emerging arts enclave in Barrio Logan Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:02PMA sculptor, Greg Brotherton possesses his breed’s X-ray vision, the rare ability to find the beautiful, polished art hidden inside some rough, unfinished material.
- Sequels to crime games are still lackluster Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:57AMEver since Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto III" became a cultural phenomenon in 2001, rival studios have been trying to compete with crime epics of their own.
- Officials consider moving Saginaw City Hall; preservationist says move would erode community's 'character' Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 4:30AMCity Manager Darnell Earley has a plan that could include abandoning the building that has housed city operations since 1937, leaving the property where the original City Hall stood when Grover Cleveland was president. That City Hall burned in 1935.
- Conceptual watercolors Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:46AMCanton art museum show has mix of abstract, representational work in Ohio society's annual juried event Watercolorists plan demos at museum
- Arts briefs Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:11AMThe Tombaugh Gallery of the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano Drive, will have its fourth annual juried all-media exhibition Sunday through Oct.
- Japanese architect Sejima’s people-oriented Biennale Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:30AMA woman admiring Canadian architect Philip Beesley’s project Hylozoic Ground at the Canadian pavilion at the Biennale Giardini in Venice, yesterday.
- New arts network Ovation is still standing Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:18AMSANTA MONICA, Calif. - Television may be a vast wasteland, but for the last four years a group of investors has been working to establish an oasis for Ovation, an independent channel devoted to art and contemporary culture.
- Russian watches from Germany Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:30PMThe roots of the German watch brand ‘Poljot International’ go back to a mass product watch factory in Soviet Moscow. The current success of the company, however, is inseparably linked with German quality and the ambitious Russian engineer Alexander Shorokhov.
- People make places, says architecture Biennale's curator Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:08PMVENICE: Kazuyo Sejima, Japan's Pritzker Prize-winning architect and the first woman to curate the prestigious Venice architecture show, says it should be all about people. "Of course form is very important, because form is one attitude for relating to the surroundings," Sejima said on Thursday after unveiling the 12th edition of the Biennale.
- The Beck Group’s Leadership is Growing Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:05PMDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Beck Group expands leadership group.
- The Beck Group's Leadership is Growing Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:58PMDALLAS----The Beck Group’s leadership team is growing to better position the firm for the future.
- Elemore Morgan, Jr. Visual Arts Endowment Announces First Grants, Governor Bobby Jindal to Proclaim Elemore Morgan, Jr ... Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:56PM Lafayette, LA- – The Elemore Morgan, Jr. Visual Arts Endowment, a fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana, announces its first grants to be awarded at a private reception held at Acadiana Center for the Arts (ACA) on September 11 th , 2010. Mayor Joey Durel will also proclaim September 18 th as Elemore Morgan, Jr. Day at the ACA reception. The Downtown Lafayette ...
- Sea inspires JMB design Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:11AMSALISBURY -- The new James M. Bennett High School takes its design cues from the land and the sea.
- "Greek Tourism Week" launched in Shanghai Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:42AMThe opening ceremony of "Greek Tourism Week" was held at the Shanghai Library on the afternoon of Aug. 27. The event, which was organized by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Greek National Tourism Organization, has been made possible with the support of the Greek Consulate General in Shanghai.
- Ever-Spring Hall, neglected Shanghai landmark, wrecked by rainstorm Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:37AMOh gosh, here's some really sad news. Remember Ever-spring Hall, which we featured a photo set of just a couple of days ago? The last couple of rainstorms were not kind to it - according to Shanghai Daily , its roof has completely caved in. The silver lining to this dark cloud is that its destruction may actually make way for its revival - it's unintended demolition-by-weather has reminded ...
- A celebration of dance in Norristown Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:22AM
- Eastday-Roof falls on neglected landmark Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:51PMEver-Spring Hall, which became Shanghai's first Catholic Church in 1640 but is now a desolate wreck, finally caught the Huangpu District government's attention after the roof over one of its rooms collapsed in Wednesday's heavy rain.
- ART EXHIBITIONS Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:02PM- ''20/20 (Twenty-Twenty)'' sees new works by 20 artists _ 14 Thai, four Japanese and two Vietnamese _ who are and will be working with Akko Art Gallery. The exhibition focuses on contemporary works that look into the past 20 years, now and into the future.
- This Is How You Physically Construct a Mirage [Architecture] Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:54AM# architecture A mirage —you know, like an imagined oasis when you're crawling through a never-ending desert. Or like the phantasmal barge, wrought from 32 tons of welded wire mesh, that's floating in the lagoons of Venice right now. More »
- Hebrew Manuscripts on View during High Holy Days at Metropolitan Museum Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:18PMLeaf from a Mahzor ke-Minhag Ashkenaz (Festival Prayer Book), Austria, about 1360. Tempera and gold leaf on vellum. From the Collection of Dr. David and Jemima Jeselsohn.
- Atlanta Fall arts preview: Classical music Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:50PMSome of the most intriguing events on Atlanta’s fall classical calendar come from visiting performers and are OTP -- outside the city’s perimeter highway, in the suburbs that continue to grow in population and sophistication.
- History in shadows: Exhibition in Turkey tells of Muslim world's contributions to science Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:40AMFor generations, the lore of "One Thousand and One Nights" helped shape Western notions about Muslim culture. The collection of tales described an exotic world of harems and flying carpets, Sinb...
- Accor to open it’s 100th Mercure hotel in Asia Pacific Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:18AMJean-Michel Casse, Senior Vice-President Operations for Accor India remarks “We are delighted with the reception that the first Mercure hotel for India when the hotel opened in Bangalore and anticipate these two newly built Mercure hotels to establish themselves just as quickly. The opening of Mercure Hyderabad Abids as the 100th Mercure in Asia is a milestone achievement. Mercure Lavasa will ...
- Eli Broad Picks Downtown Los Angeles Site for Art Museum to Showcase His Collection Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:02AMChief Curator Paul Schimmel (2nd R) gestures next to philanthropist Eli Broad during a media preview of the exhibit "Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years" at MOCA Grand Avenue in Los Angeles November 12, 2009. Brought back from the brink of financial ruin by a Broad's $30 million gift, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles celebrated its turnaround thas weekend with the most ambitious ...
- Los Angeles Times 08/24/10 Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:57PMThe Decision Is Made: Eli Broad's Museum Will Be in Downtown L.A.
