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NORWEGIAN INVASION: NORSK DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE IS HAVING A MOMENT
TOUCHWOOD CHAIRS BY LARS BELLER FJETLAND. (COURTESY LARS BELLER FJETLAND)
When the words “Scandinavian Design” come up, most people quickly think about Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. But Norway is no slouch, either. Recently, the nation’s designers have been drumming up noise in the worlds of furniture, product design, and architecture. A string of exhibitions, a master plan for New York’s Times Square, and a robust program of roadside pavilions and viewing platforms highlight this Norsk moment.
A LONG-ABANDONED NEW YORK CITY AQUEDUCT REOPENS AS BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH
CITY OFFICIALS AT THE HIGH BRIDGE RIBBON CUTTING. (NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT)
After 45 years, New York City’s oldest standing bridge has been returned to its former glory. On Tuesday, city officials and local advocates cut the ribbon on the newly-revitalized, High Bridge, which stretches 1,450 feet across the Harlem River, from Upper Manhattan to the Bronx.
ON VIEW> THE MENIL COLLECTION PRESENTS “BARNETT NEWMAN: THE LATE COLLECTION”
(COURTESY MENIL COLLECTION)
Barnett Newman: The Late Collection
The Menil Collection
1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, Texas
Through August 2
The Menil Collection
1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, Texas
Through August 2
The Late Collection pays homage to Barnett Newman, an artist who came to define the spiritual aspirations of American painting in the mid-20th century by deviating from traditional concepts of figure and foreground in search of an experience of the sublime. The exhibition charts the technical and material transformations of the twilight period of Newman’s career, including his transition from oil to acrylic paint.
MISPLACED MONUMENTS: DESIGNERS TAKE TO PHOTOSHOP TO TRANSPLANT WORLD LANDMARKS IN NEW LOCATIONS
THE EIFFEL TOWER PLANTED ON THE BAVARIAN ALPS IN GERMANY WHERE THE NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE STANDS (COURTESY DESIGNCROWD.COM.AU)
When it comes to a famous landmark, to what extent does locale add to its majesty? An inventive design competition posted to Australian virtual design studio DesignCrowd explored this question with a challenge to designers to reposition the world’s most hyped monuments in all-new locations using high-resolution images.
CITY OF ATLANTA SEEKS DESIGNS FOR AN ARTISTIC PAVILION ALONG THE ATLANTA BELTLINE
THE HISTORIC FOURTH WARD PARK LOCATED ON THE ATLANTA BELTLINE (COURTESY ATLANTA BELTLINE INC.)
The City of Atlanta has announced a competition for the design of an outdoor cultural pavilion for prominent display on the Westside trail of the Atlanta BeltLine. The BeltLine is the most comprehensive transportation and economic development ever undertaken by the City of Atlanta, and among the largesturban redevelopment programs in the US, providing affordable workforce housing, brownfield remediation, public art, and historic preservation.
AN EXCLUSIVE: ANDRES JAQUE EXPLAINS WHY THIS YEAR’S YAP WINNER “COSMO” IS BEING BUILT IN SPAIN
COSMO BEING ASSEMBLED AT MOMA/PS1 IN NEW YORK. (MATT SHAW)
Each year, the MoMA/PS1 Young Architect’s Program features an exciting design by an up-and-coming architect in the courtyard for the Warm-Up series. This year Madrid- and New York-based Andres Jaque and his Office for Political Innovation will build a huge, roving sprinkler system called COSMO that will surely liven up the event. However, it is different from years past: It will be built in Spain and shipped over by boat. Why?
AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION OKAY, CLEVELAND IS SET TO INSTALL ITS FIRST POP-UP PARKLET
CITY TERRAIN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, MIDWEST, NEWS, TRANSPORTATION, URBANISM
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015
CHRIS BENTLEY.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015
CHRIS BENTLEY.
PLANS FOR CLEVELAND’S FIRST PARKLET. (HISTORIC GATEWAY NEIGHBORHOOD CORP.)
Parklets are coming to Cleveland. The urban planning tool remaking urban streetscapes from Los Angeles to Chicago got a nod from Cleveland’s Planning Commission last week, clearing the way for an outdoor living room to replace a parking space in front of the popular Noodlecat restaurant at 234 Euclid Avenue. READ MORE
MUNCHING ON AIR POLLUTANTS: WOULD YOU EAT THESE MERINGUES MADE FROM THE SMOG YOU BREATHE EVERY DAY?
(COURTESY THE CENTER FOR GENOMIC GASTRONOMY)
How do you coax city slickers to really take notice of air pollution? Start selling meringues, of course. At this year’s Ideas City festival in New York City, the Center for Genomic Gastronomy set up a “Smog Tasting” food cart introducing aeroir (a play on terroir for the atmospheric taste of place) meringues infused with recreated urban smog from four cities.
EAVESDROP> JERDE MUSIC: NOTED ARCHITECT GETS AN EXUBERANT FAREWELL AT LOS ANGELES’ UNION STATION
(ALI WADE / FLICKR)
One of Los Angeles‘ most influential architects, Jon Jerde, who recently passed away, was known for the ebullience and animation of his designs. So it was only fitting that his funeral be held at LA’s stunning Union Station, inside the Grand Concourse, accompanied by nothing less than a full Mariachi band. When Eavesdrop finally goes to the Page Six in the sky, this is exactly how we would like to go out.
WITH FOSTER REBUFFED, BJARKE INGELS REVEALS HIS PLANS FOR A STEPPED TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER
(COURTESY DBOX/BIG)
In late 2005, Norman Foster unveiled his design for Two World Trade Center—an 88-story tower capped in four diamonds to direct the eye down toward the 9/11 Memorial, which, at the time, was still years from completion. Then, the World Trade Center site was still in the design phase, and Bjarke Ingels was a little-known architect from Denmark.
PRODUCTS> CLEVER NEW DOOR HARDWARE
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(COURTESY HÄFELE)
Hinges, rollers, and locksets are the unheralded—and often hidden—components of a door’s design. Here’s a sampling of what’s new in functional hardware.
INFLATABLE MEDALLION BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT KEN SMITH DETERS EVIL SPIRITS FROM THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM
(COURTESY ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM)
An unmissable flower-power medallion on a gold chain now fronts the otherwise plain-though-historic facade of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum facing the Boston Fens. Featuring a whorl of psychedelic colors spiraling dizzyingly, the pop art–style inflatable installation riffs on the museum’s large wheel window, which forms a transect line between the museum and the installation.
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