WHITHER the Whitney? Yes, it’s got a swell building designed by Renzo Piano under way in the meatpacking district, to be finished in 2015. But what about its structure at 75th and Madison, where Jacqueline Kennedy attended the ribbon-cutting in 1966…
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Jacqueline Kennedy attended the opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1966. Image by Jack Manning
Imagine the situation that you are in the modern metropolis, where you are not a local resident, and you have not booked a hotel. It is not comfortable situation, because in the modern, aggressive cities there are no opportunity to rest and relax.…
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On Tuesday we mentioned the opening of the interesting exhibition
"I + D + VS: future of social housing in 7 cities"
Ivan sent us this video they have made of the exposure.
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Brazil’s new Museum of Modern Art designed by Metro Arquitetos Associados and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Officially opened last month, the museum is visually shocking as the gigantic volume seems to be hovering over an open gathering space. Metal…
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The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 have added a third partner to their jointly run annual Young Architects Program. The two museums will collaborate with MAXXI, the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, in this year’s competition to…
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A decorative element, normally used indoor, is building an irritating and at the same time fascinating facade. , full_html
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Speaking of gifts, a façade remodel and a curious. Photograph © Kurt Hörbst
The house as a body, the body inhabited. , full_html
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Rafael Vargas is a photographer from Barcelona who has shown us his recent work with the images inside the temple of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, are truly spectacular. The works have been growing and in recent years have continued to progress…
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Sagrada Familia. Photography © Rafael Vargas
Swedish architect Jagnefalt Milton have proposed architectural locomotion for Åndalsnes, a town in Norway. A series of buildings would be built atop existing rail tracks in the city and could house various uses ranging from a rolling hotel to a…
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BUILDINGS ROLLING ON TRACKS
Moriyama House is located in a traditional part of Tokyo where daily life continues in a typical urban structure. There are more than ten volumes on the site each accommodating different requirements. , full_html
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Ryue Nishizawa, Moriyama House, Tokyo, Japan, 2005