Artists create for crowds at ArtWorks in Melbourne Nov 20, 2009
And the Brevard Art Museum school will host a special art project ... The juror will be Bonnie Bernau, director of education at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art on the University of Florida campus. (Florida Today)
Irving Kriesberg, painter of dreamlike landscapes; 90 Nov 20, 2009
Mr. Kriesberg s work, which also includes sculpture, is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Jewish Museum, all in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington ... Mr. Kriesberg came to wide attention in 1952 with his inclusion in the major exhibition Fifteen Americans at the Museum of Modern Art. (Boston Globe)
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Light-filled labyrinth of a museum Nov 20, 2009
n paper, Zaha Hadid's drawings for Rome's new museum of 21st-century arts looked like a surreal motorway intersection imagined by J.G. Ballard or the wiring diagram of a palace for esoteric giants. The British Iraqi architect's floor plans were some of the most mesmerising and challenging since Frank Lloyd Wright unveiled his seemingly improbable designs for New York's Guggenheim Museum more than 50 years ago ... The walls of Hadid's museum, which has been unveiled to the public this month, not... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Our views: Honoring volunteers Nov 20, 2009
Theyve enthusiastically supported the Brevard Art Museum. Florida Tech has also been the recipient of their generosity, through an annual scholarship. (Florida Today)
Surfer magazine celebrates 50 years with tri... Nov 20, 2009
Where: California Surf Museum, 312 Pier View Way, Oceanside ... California Surf Museum President Jim Kempton, who also works as the director of media for Billabong USA, was editor and publisher of Surfer from 1978 to 1986 ... A VIP reception with dinner and drinks kicks off the festivities at Oceansides California Surf Museum, followed by a historical presentation that includes vintage film footage and photography. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Schrimpf photo rises to top of Discover Mag contest Nov 20, 2009
Among other exhibitions he has won ribbons at the Iowa State Fair, has done shows at the Phoenix Trinity Cathedral Art Museum, Hilltop Art Gallery and currently has a black-and-white exhibition at the Crossroads Mission in Nogales. His work has been published in newspapers and on-line. (Nogales International, AZ)
Museum store offers unique selection for holiday gifts Nov 20, 2009
located on the campus of the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum on Sandy Pond Road, stocks not only the expected art supplies and books, but also distinctive products that evoke the contemporary art exhibited by its namesake. Museums [tend] to sell things that relate to their mission, said Director of Retail Operations David Duddy ... A visit to the store is designed to be an extension of the museum experience, although admission to the museum is not required to visit the store. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
'Room of Their Own': Mills College Art Museum Nov 20, 2009
Room of Their Own': Mills College Art Museum ... Room of Their Own': Mills College Art Museum ... "A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections," lovingly installed at the Mills College Art Museum, provides a spotty survey - but the best we may see for a long time to come - of the output of the roving cohort to which the Stephen sisters first gave a magnetic address in 1904. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
JOHN CHAPPELL: North Notes: Big Weekend on Tap for Local Pottery Lovers Nov 20, 2009
A rivalry sprang up between the N.C. Museum of Traditional Pottery and potters who live and work up and down the Pottery Highway ... " The Celebration of Seagrove Potters festival runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 at the door, and food is available on site from a number of vendors. A Broader Tent Over at the school, and in the big white tent on the grounds, the admission fee is $6 for the Seagrove Pottery Festival, which runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both... (The Pilot Newspaper)
Bodies of work Nov 20, 2009
Professor Harry I. Naar, director of the Rider University Art Gallery, calls the current exhibit "a real coup. "These are really important artists," he says of husband and wife Charles Cajori and Barbara Grossman, whose two-person exhibition is drawing a lot of attention. Barbara Grossman is a founding member of Bowery Gallery in New York. She has taught as an adjunct at Yale University, the New York Studio School, University of Pennsylvania, Brandeis University and American University. Her... (NJ.com -- Times)
EXHIBITION OPENING TODAY-Black River - photographs by Coreen Simpson Nov 20, 2009
Dear friends: The Phillips Museum invites you to attend an artist's reception and Gallery talk Thursday, November 19 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rothman Gallery of the Phillips Museum of Art Black River Retrospective Photographs by Coreen Simpson photograph of Coreen Simpson George Mingo ROTHMAN Gallery First Fridays - November 6 and December 4 until 6:30 pm Gallery Talk November 19, 4:30 p.m. Coreen Simpson is a forerunner in contemporary American photography ... Her work is in the permanent... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Last call for guest list: Feminality Group Show this Saturday in Los Angeles Nov 20, 2009
Last call for guest list: Feminality Group Show this Saturday in Los Angeles - absolutearts. Feminality An All Female Traveling Art Exhibition Launch show at The Hive Gallery. (AbsoluteArts.com)
An Art Walk Shake Up Nov 20, 2009
We are a museum without walls and were entirely dependent on the community around us, Hernand said ... Kim Cooper wrote on Nov 16, 2009 9:31 AM:" As one of the founding Art Walk Board members and full-time volunteer managers who resigned last Monday, there are a few corrections and observations that I'd like to share with the community and this newspaper.Russell Brown's claims that he did not have a good working relationship with my husband Richard, and that the Art Walk Board was not... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
The MOCA Makeover Nov 20, 2009
Downtown Museum Comes Back From the Brink and Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary With a 500-Piece Show ... Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:00 PM PST DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Museum of Contemporary Arts new exhibit features hundreds of paintings, sculptures, photographs and other works by big names like Jackson Pollock, Ed Ruscha and Jean-Michel Basquiat ... But its not just size and star power that make The Collection: MOCAs First Thirty Years stand out the exhibit marks both... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
China's Terracotta Warriors in Washington, D.C. Nov 20, 2009
It is the largest group of the warriors ever to be displayed in the United States, said museum director Susan Norton. The statues, which include infantrymen, a chariot driver, archers and a cavalryman, are around six feet (1. (Newsmax)
Salisbury Point hosts Railway Express Christmas Train Show Nov 20, 2009
The Amesbury Hat Museum, which is also housed in the train museum, will also be open, presenting its unique collection of Merrimac Hats with videos showing the hat-making process. The Salisbury Point Railroad Historical Society, Inc. is a nonprofit organization, established for the purpose of preserving and making available information pertaining to the history of the Amesbury branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad, the Boston & Maine Railroad itself, its predecessors and related materials... (Amesbury News, MA)
The case of the missing noose Nov 20, 2009
It used to be in Fort Caspar Museum, but it's not there any more ... You're right, it was definitely in the Fort Caspar Museum, but disappeared sometime before 1981 ... According to Rick Young, who's run the museum for a couple of decades, an "object card" is on file at the museum for the noose. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Renowned Architects Design For Guan... Nov 20, 2009
The Guangdong Museum. Hong Kong-based Rocco Yim s company, Rocco Design Architects Ltd designed theGuangdong Museum, coveringan area of 40,000 m2 and costing RMB 455 million. (Suite101.com)
Perot Museum of Nature & Science Breaks Ground on $185-Million Museum in Dallas Nov 20, 2009
Perot Museum of Nature & Science Breaks Ground on $185-Million Museum in Dallas - Yahoo ... Perot Museum of Nature & Science Breaks Ground on $185-Million Museum in Dallas ... Source: Museum of Nature & Science. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Gallery Glimpses Nov 20, 2009
On view at Davis Museum & Cultural Center. This fall, the Davis Museum & Cultural Center at Wellesley College will have four diverse offerings: two new exhibitions, Cell Tango and 21 Etchings and Poems (through Dec. 13); and two new installations Christine Hiebert s Reconnaissance: Three Wall Drawings ; and Michael Singer s Ritual Series/Retelling, (both on view through summer 2010) ... The Davis Museum reopens the light-filled architectural space of the Tanner Gallery with Christine Hiebert s... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Family holiday party at museum Nov 20, 2009
Begin your holiday festivities at the Cape Cod Museum of Art s annual family holiday party 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 ... The museum galleries will be closed to the public at 1 p.m. The Artful Hand Gallery will be open until 5 p.m. Cape Cod Museum of Art is off Route 6A, 60 Hope Lane, on the grounds of Cape Cod Center for the Arts, Dennis. (Cape Codder, MA)
The Audacity of First and Hope Nov 20, 2009
Terry Brewer (left) and Parker Martin are working on a new comfort-food establishment for a restaurant space at First and Hope streets. The interior will feature a modern twist on Art Deco. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Moodys rates Art Museum bonds A1 Nov 20, 2009
Moodys rates Art Museum bonds A1 - St. Louis Business Journal ... Moodys rates Art Museum bonds A1 ... In a report on the bonds, Moody s noted the art museum s sound operational oversight and prudent multiyear financial planning and strong operating performance. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
La Posada Hotel, Winslow Nov 19, 2009
Part hotel, part museum, the building is a link to Arizona's past. Reach the reporter at 602-444-4847 or. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Read more... Nov 19, 2009
Eli Broad Ready to Commit $200 Million to Endow Museum :: PNNOnline. Eli Broad Ready to Commit $200 Million to Endow Museum Posted by: philcrosby on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 ... Billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and art collector Eli Broad is ready to commit $200 million to endow the contemporary art museum he hopes to build in Southern California and is eager to cut through any red tape in order to get the museum built relatively quickly, the Los Angeles Times reports. (PNN Online)
Philanthropist Yao Ming Partners With the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on the 2010 Yao Ming Foundation Gala Nov 19, 2009
Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ... The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery will open to the public in the summer of 2010 as part of the museum's expanding suite of galleries dedicated to Asian art ... The new gallery, together with education programs designed specifically for it, will introduce Chinese art to new and wider audiences, promoting cultural understanding among the millions of school aged children, youth, and adults who visit the museum each year. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
2 comment(s) Nov 19, 2009
Shayan Rostam wrote on Oct 19, 2009 10:41 PM:" I have been looking for an article or blog for quite some time now that focuses on exactly what your article, The Audacity of First and Hope, is about. As a student residing in Los Angeles and interested in one day opening my own restaurant, I really enjoy reading the story of two partners with the passion to overcome the hurdles towards success that other restaurants could not. This article successfully illustrates the broad spectrum of... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Whitney Hires Renzo Piano to Design Its Expansion Nov 19, 2009
The Italian architect Renzo Piano has been hired by the Whitney Museum of American Art to design an expansion for its permanent collection and for much-needed public and educational space ... Most important, museum officials said, they hope the design will not have a roofline higher than the Whitney's existing home, the 1966 cantilevered granite fortress designed by Marcel Breuer on Madison Avenue at 75th Street ... "We knew we needed to hire an architect who could get a museum building built,"... (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
Palo Alto fights downtown vacancies Nov 19, 2009
Palo Alto Online News. Uploaded: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 9:54 AM. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
What Happens to a Nation's Culture When Its Jews Are Killed? Nov 19, 2009
His name and face are everywhere, and a new Kafka-themed museum recently opened near the Charles Bridge ... There, he was going to establish a "Museum to an Extinct Race." ... Next door is the Pinkas Synagogue, built in 1535, which is now the city's Holocaust museum. (Slate)
ASU names Knox director of its art museum Nov 19, 2009
ASU names Gordon Knox as director of its art museum - Phoenix Business Journal ... ASU names Gordon Knox as director of its art museum ... Gordon Knox has been named the new director of the Art Museum. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
UC Berkeley must scale back on downtown museum Nov 19, 2009
A shortage of funds has prompted UC Berkeley to abandon its plan to construct a new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown ... The building, a distinctive and innovative design by Tokyo architect Toyo Ito estimated to cost $143 million, was to replace the museum's present, seismically endangered quarters on Bancroft Way, completed in 1970 ... "While the architectural plans will change," Cal Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau said after the announcement, "what will not change is our... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Bargain Hunter: Early holiday deals Nov 19, 2009
The company's imported teas, teapots, ceramics and rosewood products are staples on shelves of fine department, specialty, gift, gourmet and museum stores throughout the United States and Europe. Its ceramics are presented in traditional fabric-covered boxes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Austin's Cottam Hargrave Exhibits Work in EAST Tours, AIA Architects + Artisans Panel Nov 19, 2009
Hargrave taught at the University of Texas School of Architecture, lectures at Continuing Education classes at the local AIA, and has been invited to join the Austin Museum of Art's Board of Advisors. Hargrave stated, "To conceptualize and realize an object is an intrinsically gratifying process. The ability to share the creative process with others in the world is an amazing gift.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease Nov 19, 2009
The research started when two physicians, one American and one Egyptian, saw a sign on a mummy at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo, saying that the pharaoh on display had atherosclerosis ... Twenty-two mummies were selected for CT (computed tomography) imaging scans on a machine kept in a truck behind the museum but seldom used. (MEDLINEplus)
Exhibit brings to life Horace Walpole’s castle of ideas Nov 19, 2009
A collaboration between Yale University s Lewis Walpole Library, the Yale Center for British Art, and London s Victoria and Albert Museum, this landmark exhibition is the outcome of years of research ... Strawberry Hill, like Isabella Stewart Gardner s Fenway Court, was much more than a museum ... Like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (a Venetian palazzo in Boston), Strawberry Hill - a Gothic castle outside 18th-century London - had something theatrical and fake about it. (Boston Globe)
American artist Irving Kriesberg dies at 90 Nov 19, 2009
Kriesberg's works appear in major museums, including New York's Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Design Museum Dieter Rams Less ... Nov 19, 2009
Design Museum Dieter Rams Less and More. Design Museum Dieter Rams Less and More ... Dieter Rams Less and More The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams is currently on show at London s Design Museum. (Suite101.com)
Museum snaps up links with Cook's Polynesian passenger Nov 19, 2009
Omai joined Cook's second voyage of Pacific discovery at Huahine, the modern-day Society Islands - which explains why the Australian National Maritime Museum has paid $622,750 for three objects he took to the northern hemisphere with him ... The Government contributed $100,000 towards the new museum exhibits from its national cultural heritage account ... The museum's curator, Stephen Gapps, said the carved Maori patu was acquired in November, 1773, by Captain Tobias Furneaux after the murder of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dillon artist's work exhibited in Helena Nov 19, 2009
Helena's Holter Museum shows Cathy Weber art ... Works by Dillon artist Cathy Weber are on exhibit throughout November and December at the Holter Museum of Art, 12 E. Lawrence, Helena ... Hours at the wheelchair-accessible museum are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Call 442-6400 or visit. (Montana Standard, MT)
Press Release: Wild Arts and Crafts at the Museum Nov 19, 2009
278 Nancy Kirkwood, Museum Educator (909) 307-2669 ext ... Wild Arts and Crafts at the Museum ... Visit the San Bernardino County Museum this Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22 for a wild weekend of arts and crafts in the 27th annual Wildlife Art Festival. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Drawing-Sculpture Workshop for Elementary School Children Nov 19, 2009
On the occasion of the exhibitionfrom 27/11/2009 until 24/4/2010,the Herakleidon Museum organizes adrawing-sculpture workshopfor elementary school children,based on the art of Edgar Degas ... in the Museums educational room ... - Jancar Jones Gallery - National Museums Liverpool - Singapore Art Museum - Jewish Museum - GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art - Warsaw State Gallery - TEST - Galerie Port-Maurice - EE Fine Art - Sin Sin Fine Art, Annex - Royal Watercolour Society. (AbsoluteArts.com)
The Audacity of First and Hope Nov 19, 2009
Terry Brewer (left) and Parker Martin are working on a new comfort-food establishment for a restaurant space at First and Hope streets. The interior will feature a modern twist on Art Deco. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
An Art Walk Shake Up Nov 19, 2009
We are a museum without walls and were entirely dependent on the community around us, Hernand said ... Kim Cooper wrote on Nov 16, 2009 9:31 AM:" As one of the founding Art Walk Board members and full-time volunteer managers who resigned last Monday, there are a few corrections and observations that I'd like to share with the community and this newspaper.Russell Brown's claims that he did not have a good working relationship with my husband Richard, and that the Art Walk Board was not... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Artists inhabit Marietta warehouse Nov 18, 2009
Freitas makes everything from dinosaurs for museum exhibits (including the dinosaurs at the Fernbank) to World Wrestling Federation costumes. Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
The Museum of Modern Art New Phot... Nov 18, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art New Photography 2009. The Museum of Modern Art New Photography 2009 ... The Museum of Modern Art's annual fall showcase of recent contemporary photography seeks to represent the most interesting accomplishments in the medium. (Suite101.com)
* A stairway to the future Nov 18, 2009
With its swooping curves, impossible angles and haunting views, Zaha Hadids new museum of 21st-century art is her best work yet ... Maxxi, Italys new national museum for contemporary arts and architecture, is scheduled to launch next spring ... The US$223 million museum was designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born architect who was the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cornhill groups push for block grant dollars Nov 18, 2009
They included the likes of Kay Lanaux, chairwoman of the NIA Group of Utica Inc., who said her organization needs the money to begin a business incubator for minorities and women, a multicultural art and history museum dedicated to the city's adversity and youth, child and senior programs. It would be difficult to achieve our goals without the CDBG funds, Lanaux said. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Dillon artist's work exhibited in Helena Nov 18, 2009
Helena's Holter Museum shows Cathy Weber art ... Works by Dillon artist Cathy Weber are on exhibit throughout November and December at the Holter Museum of Art, 12 E. Lawrence, Helena ... Hours at the wheelchair-accessible museum are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Call 442-6400 or visit. (Montana Standard, MT)
New approach may aid prospects for optional tax Nov 18, 2009
Facilities that were either constructed or completely renovated with significant investment from the optional tax include Casper's fire stations and police station, the Casper Recreation Center, Casper City Hall, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Metro Animal Shelter and the Central Wyoming Senior Center, to name just a few. We encourage residents to become involved in the process to select the next projects the optional 1-cent tax will fund. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
The Space is the place for fun learning Nov 18, 2009
It s designed to be like a children s museum, Bulrice said. One wall of The Space is covered in a mural of outer space complete with Saturn, Jupiter, stars and more covering the celestial section. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
The BECA Foundation Announces Its BECA Fundraiser + Art Auction Nov 18, 2009
BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art. 527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Modernism & the Global Diaspora, a discussion with David Ross, Thelma Golden and others at SVA on 12/1 Nov 18, 2009
Moderated by SVA faculty member David Ross, former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the panel includes: Thelma Golden, executive director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Hou Hanru, director of exhibitions and public programs at the San Francisco Art Institute; Susan Hefuna, an artist based in Egypt and Germany; and Vasif Kortun, director of the Platform Garanti Contemporary Arts Center in Istanbul ... "Octet" was previously... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Marina Abramovic gets analyzed at the Rubin Museum of Art Nov 18, 2009
Performance artist Marina Abramovic on stage at the Rubin Museum of Artas part of "The Red Book Dialogues" seriesWHENThursday, December 3, 2009, 7:00 pmPrice: $25 ... 50WHERERubin Museum of Art150 W. 17th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)WHATNew York-based Serbian performance artist, Marina Abramovic, paired with Jungian psychoanalyst Lee Robbins, will be invited to free-associate on stage about her dreams and memories using a folio from Jung's Red Book as a starting point ... GENERAL INFO$25... (AbsoluteArts.com)
International Artists Exhibition Galway City Museum, Ireland Nov 18, 2009
"A MESSAGE FROM THE FIRING LINE.....about PLACE." Exhibition runs until December31 at The Galway City Museum, Ireland NATALIE BALL. ISABELA BASOMBRIO HOBAN.JOHN HOBAN. SHIMON SAKAKIBARA.This exhibition features the work of an artists/musician collective from Ireland, Japan, Peru, and (Native) North America ... Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway ... - Jancar Jones Gallery - National Museums Liverpool - Singapore Art Museum - Jewish Museum - GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art - Warsaw... (AbsoluteArts.com)
A major retrospective of acclaimed UK Graphic Designer to comes to Manchester in 2010 Nov 18, 2009
uk: Gallery Opening hours: Monday - Friday 12:00 5:30, Saturday 12:00 -5:00 Design Museum The Design Museum is one of the worlds leading museums devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design ... - Jancar Jones Gallery - National Museums Liverpool - Singapore Art Museum - Jewish Museum - GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art - Warsaw State Gallery - TEST - Galerie Port-Maurice - EE Fine Art - Sin Sin Fine Art, Annex - Royal Watercolour... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Neale Martin Bearden, 90, amateur artist Nov 18, 2009
She supported, among others, the Piedmont Park Conservancy, Atlanta Ballet, High Museum of Art and The Atlanta History Center with her time and resources. Besides the arts, Mrs. Bearden liked to travel and read. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Nicolas Cage Sued by Former Money Manager Nov 18, 2009
Jessica Alba at Museum Opening; Plus, Ev Mendez, Christina Ricci and Daniel Craig. A Glimpse at the Day's News as Seen through a Camera Lens. (CBS News)
Art and cultural packages, from $169 per night Nov 18, 2009
For a limited time only, the de Young Museum in charming is showcasing the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit a magnificent collection of over 130 artifacts and works of art taken right out of the boy-kings tomb ... The classic European city of has quite an artistic flare, with more than 100 art galleries and museums ... Although visiting individual museums can be considerably expensive, the Hotel Opera is offering a tempting package until December 31 that will allow... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Brady’s an iron man Nov 18, 2009
Rogers, who ll be feted in London next month, is the third museum directors to earn the title, following Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky and Metropolitan Museum director Philippe de Montebello. Past winners include Lord Rothschild, the Aga Khan, and Ernst van de Wetering. (Boston Globe)
Lord's could be renamed under revamp: report Nov 18, 2009
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns Lord's in northwest London, is considering the revamp which is designed to increase seating by about 7,500 and create an underground cricket academy, a brasserie and a bigger museum. The redevelopment, the biggest in the 195-year history of the ground, would be funded partly by selling luxury flats around its periphery for up to 1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Stucco garage in S.F. is a work of art Nov 18, 2009
Though WRNS is best-known for its brief stint on the Fisher family's ill-fated Presidio museum, the local firm has carved a niche for itself working on the types of infrastructure too often taken for granted ... Except for the circulation tower, which rises at the northeast corner like a stucco-cloaked Polynesian figurine, they're cloaked in a perforated aluminum scrim manufactured by A. Zahner, the firm that did the blue steel of the cube that pops from the Contemporary Jewish Museum (WRNS... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Whitney Hires Renzo Piano to Design Its Expansion Nov 18, 2009
The Italian architect Renzo Piano has been hired by the Whitney Museum of American Art to design an expansion for its permanent collection and for much-needed public and educational space ... Most important, museum officials said, they hope the design will not have a roofline higher than the Whitney's existing home, the 1966 cantilevered granite fortress designed by Marcel Breuer on Madison Avenue at 75th Street ... "We knew we needed to hire an architect who could get a museum building built,"... (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
Archive Architecture: Setting the Spin in Stone Nov 18, 2009
Polshek Partnership Architects of New York designed the museum in the shape of a bridge ... Its floor-to-ceiling windows will be visible not only from the grounds of the museum but from downtown Little Rock (and from the condo of two Friends of Bill, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, across the freeway). (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
