Summer is almost here, get your weekend (A-frame) house ready! Leisure House, Mill Valley, California, 1953, from the book A-frame by Chad Randl.
Q: This cake was served at FDR’s 52nd birthday, an event that also served as a fund-raiser for which charitable organization?
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Q. Even before he came to work for the Smithsonian in 1858 John Varden collected locks of hair from 14 heads of state. Name 2 of them.
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Q. This towel was used as an improvised flag of truce and carried between opposing lines by Captain Robert Moorman Sims, effectively ending which war?
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Artist Eero Saarinen’s list of his wife’s good qualities, ca. 1954, from the Lists, to-dos and illustrated inventories of great artists.
First he recognized that she was very clever. Makes you wonder what first impression you make.
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Q: This pin became a symbol for which civil rights movement?
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A peek inside designer Lotta Jansdotter’s studio, from Brooklyn Makers. Photographs by Jennifer Causey.
This video vignette by Kontent Partners is a trailer for the Tom Kundig hardware line produced in partnership between 12th Avenue Iron and Olson Kundig Architects. Warning: It may whet your appetite for some Kundig houses. Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered.
Thursday, May 23, 5:30 – 7:15 pm
Rizzoli Bookstore
31 West 57th Street, New York City
Just in time for summer, Francesca Cigola introduces us to the best sculpture parks across the United States. Join us for a book signing and celebration!
Francesca Cigola is an Italian architect and writer based in New York City.
Sampler by Kiki Smith. Poems by Emily Dickinson. Letterpress, thread-embroidered cover, leather binding. Hand-stamped in gold. 7.25 x 11.25 in. Edition of 400; Arion Press, San Francisco, California. 2007
From PAPress’s The Book as Art by Krystyna Wasserman, Johanna Drucker, and Audrey Niffenegger. Available in paperback here.
This facade treatment on the Brandhorst Museum, comprised of thousands of colorful ceramic rods, will be featured in the upcoming Materials for Design 2. The newly expanded and revised edition adds Masonry to the original five chapters: Glass, Concrete, Wood, Metals, and Plastics. Featuring all new case studies, MFD2 will make a beautiful and useful companion to your Materials for Design (2006).
Love this one - Ruscha’s homage to J.G. Ballard - The Music From The Balconies…, 1984. Oil on canvas, 99 x 81 in. Quote is from the amazing novel High-Rise, published in 1975.
Elliman encouraged 25 students and friends to explore the written, spoken, and associative qualities of language by each interpreting one of the letters.
Don’t miss Geoff Manaugh’s fascinating 2007 interview with and moving 2012 remembrance of Lebbeus Woods on BLDG BLOG.
Theater of Architecture Discussion
Hugh Hardy, Jim Houghton, Charles Renfro, Michael Sorkin
Introduced by Joe Melillo
A discussion on the occasion of the publication of Hugh Hardy’s book Theater of Architecture, which uses a variety of his projects to explore his thesis that the profession of architecture’s “true strength lies in the building of communities… by enhancing experience.” This panel will use the experiential aspects of theater design as a starting point for a discussion of architecture in the broadest sense, particularly the use of public space.
Hugh Hardy is the founder of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture.
Jim Houghton is the founding artistic director of Signature Theatre Company in New York.
Charles Renfro is a principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Michael Sorkin is a critic, author, and founder of Michael Sorkin Studio. Sorkin is also the Director of the Graduate Urban Design Program at the City College of New York.
Joe Melillo is the executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Thursday, May 16, at 7:00 pm
BAM Fisher Hillman Studio
321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn
Tickets available here.
(pictured: Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture; photo: Durston Saylor)
