(joevare– flickr/creative commons license) Frank Gehry designed the Center for Visual Arts at the Toledo TMA in 1992, more recently updated by SANAA architects. It contains the museum’s administration and office space, as well as studio and classroom locations for …
Month: September 2015
(ｐｒｋｂｋｒ– flickr/creative commons license) Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA designed this addition to Frank Gehry’s Visual Arts Center at the TMA in Toledo. It opened in 2006. Front Inc. contributed to the practical solution for a dynamic exterior …
(shannonpatrick17– flickr/creative commons license) BCDM Architects designed the Holy Family Shrine church in Gretna Nebraska. Similar to the Thorn Crown ChapelLocated off interstate 80, the Catholic chapel overlooks the Platte River valley and incorporates its surroundings with minimal yet striking …
(KimonBerlin– flickr/creative commons license) Benedetta Tagliabue for EMBT led the design team for the España en Shanghai for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. An organic steel structure is covered by 8,000 hand-weaved wicker panels out of China’s Shandong Province. The …
(DoNotLick– flickr/creative commons license) Sir Roy Grounds designed the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Southbank in 1968, and it was redesigned by Mario Bellini. LAB Architecture designed the gallery in Federation Square. The Leonard French ceiling of suspended stained …
(rjhuttondfw– flickr/creative commons license) Phillip Johnson and engineer John Burgee designed the Water Gardens fountain near the Fort Worth convention center. It was completed in 1974. The landscape descends into three oasis pools and a knoll that blocks a noisy …
(vincentq– flickr/creative commons license) James Gross of Bligh Voller Nield of BVN architects designed the Myer’s national office in Melbourne, Australia. It was completed in 2010 at 800 Collins Street, Docklands, next to the ANZ Centre. This and other Myer …
George Bellows (1882-1925) New York (1911) American, oil John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Repose (1911) American, oil Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924) Salem Cove (1916) American, oil Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) (1876) American, oil Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Right …
(lydia_x_liu– flickr/creative commons license) The Lincoln Center was established by John D. Rockefeller under an urban renewal program by Robert Moses. The 16 acre complex replaced the homes of 7,000 families, at a cost of $184.5 million. It opened in …
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license) OMA designed the MOA at SNU in Seoul, Korea. OMA’s typical rigorous design strategy began with a pedestrian path linking the university and the local community. A minimalist block of building is sliced by …