May 2013
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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.
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Book Signing & Reception | Art Parks
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.
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Five Things | William L. Bird, Jr.
This week we asked William L. Bird, Jr., author of the recently released Souvenir Nation, to share Five Things.
1. John Baeder’s “Gas, Food, and Lodging” The painter John Baeder collected real-photo and linen paper postcards of gas stations, restaurants and motels at a time when other collectors ignored them as worthy subjects. Such was Baeder’s interest that postcard dealers...
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‘Sign Painters’ co-author Sam Macon on NPR’s Talk... →
Before the age of computers and vinyl printers, sign painters worked by hand to illustrate storefronts, billboards and banners. Sign Painters, a new book and documentary by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, captures the work of artists around the country who are keeping the art alive.
We’re delighted to find that so many people are so passionate about sign painting! Feast your eyes on the...
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NYC's beloved Hugh Hardy
Hugh Hardy is the quintessential New York architect. During his long and illustrious career, his contributions to some of the city’s most iconic and beloved cultural institutions have been indelible: Radio City Music Hall, Bryant Park, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the New Amsterdam and New Victory Theaters on 42nd Street, and the New York Botanical Garden. It would be difficult to pin him to a...
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NPR: How One Family Built America's Public Palaces →
Rafael Guastavino and his talented family are finally getting the attention they deserve. NPR just posted an excellent story about the remarkable built legacy of the Guastavino clan on the occasion of the opening of the National Building Museum’s new exhibition Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces. It’s curated by MIT professor John Ochsendorf,...
April 2013
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