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Two Projects.
Not that anyone is interested in what the other project is. Christo and Jeanne-Claude lecture at the Met (which is featuring an ongoing exhibit). But that damn internet fails again. No info on the Met site to confirm. 212-535-7710 if yer really interested. 6:00, if my source is to be believed. And if you want […]
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Road to Nowhere.
The Downtown Express reports that the remaining $1 billion of post-9/11 aid money has been earmarked for a Downtown to JFK rail link (additional details on the scope of funds and community reaction can be found here). One curious aspect to this allocation is the among the available LMDC documents, even though regional commuter transit […]
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WTC PATH Station.
In November, a temporary PATH station was opened to replace what was destroyed in 2001. In approximately two years, a new station (which is also expected to be a full transit hub, though typically the only aspect touted is the entry hall), designed by Santiago Calatrava, is to open. There seems to be more of […]
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Rheumy.
Slate’s Christopher Hawthorne offers a so-so slide show and commentary on Rem Koolhaas. (Via Maud). His sharpest point is that the deft economy that provided compelling and original solutions (or at least the impression of deft economy, since there is not an example of any truly modest projects in his portfolio; there may be small […]
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Coughing Up the Moon.
Eric Owen Moss, who is currently working on an addition to the Queens Museum in Flushing Park (his drawings here) lectures tonight, sponsored by the Architectural League. I will admit upfront I am no fan of Moss, and even as I don’t know his position on the matter, I could not but think ‘What ever […]
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Gandelsonas lecture, maybe.
The Pratt Calendar System denies it, but Mario Gandelsonas lectures today. Somewhere in Brooklyn, likely this evening.
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Renzo Piano, who is currently working on two high profile New York projects: the New York Times tower (photos here) near Times Square, and the Morgan Library expansion, lectures tonight. Wood Auditorium, Columbia, 6:30.
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The coolest $60 million house ever.
Once again, we are minded how great an architect Gehry is: if you give him $10 million dollars, he will design you a really great house. Jeff Kipnis is screening and lecturing on his film on the Peter Lewis House. Wood Auditorium, Columbia, 6:30.
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Maybe looking at all the photos of Asia inspired him.
The Loft Cube is what happens when you take a designer that does a lot of showrooms and slather him in DuPont money: A rooftop experiment made of a lot of Corian. It’s a nice idea, mostly in the execution of a small space. But, lacking manufacturing costs (the ‘estimated’ 55,000 Euros doesn’t mention if […]
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What, they have that many different topics to cover?