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Tag Archives: architecture
New York City Green Revolution Building
Pretty to look at, this residential apartment building in Morningside Heights is about to be eaten alive by the English Ivy.
Placing Memory (Gal Cohen & Zac Hacmon)
Some photos of paintings by Gal Cohen and sculpture by Zac Hacmon from their recent and thoughtful two-person show downtown on the Lower East, Placing Memory. With Hadera, Israel as their critical touchstone, the paintings explore the evisceration of the … Continue reading
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Greening Architectural Models (Japan)
From Japan –different spatial organizations, green and no longer grid-like, with a spongy and serpentine organic look for the future, a new century. The models were on view a while back at MOMA.
Architecture & Auschwitz (Evidence Room)
Evidence Room is now showing at the Venice Architecture Biennal. It’s a small and simple room the center of which are reconstructions of objects from the gas chambers at Auschwitz. A work of art put together by historian Robert Jan van Pelt … Continue reading
Glass and Stone (New Ways Alongside Around St John the Divine)
I’ve been tracking this project since they broke ground. With people moving in, the new real estate alongside the north wall of St John the Divine proceeds apace. It looks like the space is about to open up in a … Continue reading
East Side Ziggurat
Walking up Lexington Avenue, I stumbled across this architectural marker, calling attention to this building at the corner of E. 81st Street. Cued by the landmark plaque, I looked up. You can already see low to the ground the start … Continue reading
Endless House (Frederick Kiesler)
I saw this the other week at the Endless House: Intersections of Art and Architecture exhibition at MOMA. Among the many models on exhibit, this one, Kiesler’s eponymous Endless House, stood out as the most simple and direct. There are … Continue reading
