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Culture plan emphasizes arts in schools But funding an open question Mark Caro and Heather Gillers, Chicago Tribune, 15 October 2012
CHICAGO, IL - "Flanked by arts superstars Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming and Damian Woetzel at a Pilsen elementary school, Mayor Rahm Emanuel placed the Chicago Public Schools at the forefront of the long-awaited Chicago Cultural Plan 2012, unveiled Monday. As had been discussed in drafts and numerous community meetings that began in February, the Cultural Plan, the city's first since the Harold Washington administration's from 1986-87, emphasizes boosting the arts in the city's neighborhoods. But the No. 1 initiative among 10 laid out in the plan is "Reinvigorating arts education and creating new opportunities for lifelong learning."[see also Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 - Strengthen the City's Arts, Off Broadway In Chicago, 16 October 2012; and Launches & Releases: a finalized Cultural Plan, by Ian Spula, Curbed Chicago, 15 October 15, 2012]; New Cultural Plan a nice wish list, but city should focus on must-haves, by Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, 19 October 2012; DCASE Annual Report, 7 October 2012]
Profile of Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord Building a shrine to human rights or revitalizing a city's cultural footprint? Marc Weisblott, Lifestyles Magazine, Winter 2012
NEW YORK, USA - "Cultural capital is a concept that was first articulated four decades ago by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu who explained how people benefited from direct access to stimulating ideas. The key to making them come alive often involves the development of galleries, museums, and other facilities that contribute to the fabric of the places thay exist. And today, even as an infinite amount of information can be digitally accessed anywhere in the world, the demand is on the rise for cultural capital to define a geographical area. "
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Under a golden canopy, the Louvre offers a French view of the art of the Middle East (and thereabouts) Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper, October 2012
PARIS, FRANCE - "The Louvre’s dramatic new Islamic galleries opened on 22 September, just as we went to press. How they compare with other Islamic art departments at leading museums in Berlin, London and New York will be a point of debate among specialists in the field. Sophie Makariou, the director of the Louvre’s Islamic art department, says: “The narrative differs from that told by other museums in that we present and consider things in a very French way, that is deeply sensitive to the mainframe of history.” The Louvre’s director describes the motivation behind the project in similarly candid terms. Henri Loyrette told Apollo magazine: “[The new wing] is also a political gesture because in these times it is important to show the luminous side of Islam, to show how, since the seventh century, there have been links between the West and this aspect of the faith.”" [see also The Louvre’s New Islamic Galleries Honor Rich Artistic History, by Tracy McNicoll, The Daily Beast, 1 October 2012]
By People / In Cities : Phnom Penh | interview with Maria Fernandez Sabau Sali Sasaki, culture360.org, 21 August 2012
CAMBODIA / SPAIN - "The first interview for By People / In Cities: Phnom Penh invites Maria Fernandez Sabau to share her views on Cambodian art and culture. She is a culture expert currently working as an advisor to UNESCO on the development of cultural policies in Cambodia.
Guggenheim Lab to open in Mumbai Gayatri Jayaraman, Live MInt & The Wall Street Journal, 23 October 2012
MUMBAI, INDIA - "Mumbai-based urban transport designer Trupti Vaitla is creating a public interactive competition to see if she can get people to view traffic junctions differently. “I am currently working on an open space in M ward, Mumbai—Lotus Nagar, in which 200,000 people share 1,300 sq meters of open space—a per capita ratio of almost zero; just to give you an idea of the kind of issues this city faces,” she says. Vaitla, who also works with the Rachana Sansad’s Urban Design Cell (RSUDC) and the Mumbai Environmental Social Network (MESN), is one of the four-team members of the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a mobile think tank and interactive public laboratory on urban innovation that will travel to nine cities in six years, and which opens in Mumbai on 9 December." [see also Le BMW Guggenheim Lab fait escale à Bombay, Connaissance des Arts, 23 octobre 2012]
Clark Art Expansion Project Beginning to Take Shape Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff, 22 October 2012
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA — "The site is noisy and cluttered with construction materials, equipment, trucks and crews. It's hard to visualize architect Tadao Ando's proposed epiphany of art and nature in balance. At least until you walk into the nascent lobby, look past the concrete forms for the reflecting pool, through the space where a wall of windows will frame the view. That's where Ando's vision lies — in the russet mountains, the grazing cows, the blue sky. The $145 million expansion at the Clark Art Institute is at about the halfway mark in adding some 44,000 square feet including more than 10,000 square feet of gallery space, parking, walking trails, areas for rest and reflection, conferencing, cafeteria, and other features."
Museum of Civilization finally acquires Empress of Ireland collection Don Butler, The Ottawa Citizen, 29 October 2012
OTTAWA, ON — "When Heritage Minister James Moore revealed last week that the Canadian Museum of Civilization was being renamed the Canadian Museum of History, a large ship’s bell was among the artifacts arrayed around him at the gala announcement. Had anyone looked closely, they would have noticed the name Empress of Ireland engraved on its polished surface. The decision to display the brass bell was the museum’s understated way of signalling what curator John Willis calls “the single most important 20th Century acquisition that we’ve made” — a collection of nearly 500 artifacts recovered from the site of the largest maritime disaster in Canadian history. In the early hours of May 29, 1914, the Empress of Ireland, an eight-year-old, 170-metre-long ocean liner owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co., capsized and sank in less than 15 minutes after she was rammed broadside by the reinforced steel bow of the Storstad, a Norwegian coal carrier."
Ottawa to create new network of history museums, rename Museum of Civilization Daniel Leblanc, The Globe and Mail, 15 October 2012
OTTAWA, ON - "The Harper government is planning to create a new network of history museums across the country as part of its rebranding and refocusing of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in the national capital region. A news conference is expected on Tuesday morning to announce that the major cultural institution will be renamed the Canadian Museum of History." [see also New Museum of History consultations off to slow start, Don Butler, The Ottawa Citizen, 27 October 2012; Au Canada aussi le nouveau musée d’histoire fait débat, Le Journal des Arts, 18 octobre 2012]
Aqui !, 18 octobre 2012
MONTIGNAC, FRANCE – "Le projet Lascaux IV avance et ce malgré le désengagement -partiel- de l'État sur sa participation financière. Ce jeudi, ce dossier évalué à 50 millions d'euros, a franchi une nouvelle étape avec la désignation de l'équipe d'architectes et de scénographes qui va travailler sur le projet. Le jury, regroupant des représentants de la Région, du Conseil général de la Dordogne, et de l'Etat ont désigné l'équipe de Snohetta, originaire d'Oslo. On lui doit notamment l'Opéra national de Norvège, la bibliothèque d'Alexandrie en Egypte." [see also L’Etat financera finalement Lascaux 4, Le Journal des Arts, 23 octobre 2012; Le grand voyage de Lascaux, Le Figaro, 14 octobre 2012; Lascaux 4 obtiendra quatre millions d'euros de l'Etat et pourrait ouvrir "fin 2015", Le Nouvel Observateur, 10 octobre 2012]
Le centre d'exposition "BMW Welt" de Munich bat tous les records de visite La Tribune, 20 octobre 2012
MUNICH, ALLEMAGNE – "Le 'BMW Welt' reçoit plus de 2 millions de visiteurs par an. Près de 20.000 clients du constructeur auto bavarois viennent même y prendre possession de leur nouveau véhicule. Un immense temple de la consommation qui emploie 400 personnes et a nécessité un demi-milliard d'euros d'investissement."
Toronto’s Casa Loma could serve as a museum of the city Tara Walton, Toronto Star, 8 October 2012
TORONTO, ON - "Casa Loma would be the perfect place to showcase Toronto's 100,000 historic and cultural artifacts. Problem One: Casa Loma is a majestic urban castle, complete with towers, secret passages and a 240-metre tunnel, but it’s also an underused money pit needing $20 million in renovations. The sprawling building is a burden on a cash-strapped city. Problem Two: Toronto owns 100,000 items of historic and cultural interest — including Stone Age artifacts, War of 1812 memorabilia and objects of everyday use from the Victorian era — but most of this collection languishes in warehouses because there’s no place to display it. Obvious solution: Turn part of Casa Loma into a museum showcasing Toronto’s history. It would provide a much-needed home for the city’s collection while complementing the existing building, attracting high-profile donors, boosting interest in local history and providing display space for travelling art and historical exhibits."
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland to open permanent home after 44 years on the move Steven Litt, Cleveland.com, 7 October 2012
CLEVELAND, OH - " You might call it the tale of the wandering museum. Or, with apologies to John Milton, "Paradise Regained." The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, which opened in a tiny storefront on Euclid Avenue in University Circle 44 years ago and then left in search of more space, has finally come back to its roots. From 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, MOCA Cleveland will open to the general public its spectacular new building on the prow of the triangular intersection of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road. (Admission is free, but timed tickets are recommended. Regular hours begin Wednesday.) The $27.2 million, 34,000-square-foot structure is a seductively mysterious four-story gemstone sheathed in reflective panels of black stainless steel. It was designed by architect Farshid Moussavi of London, a native of Iran and an up-and-coming international star. The building is both her first museum and her first assignment in the United States." [see also Angling for attention, World Architecture News, 10 October 2012]
Art gallery proposed as new home for museum Library cheaper to build: Report Doug Schmidt, The Windsor Star, 3 October 2012
WINDSOR, ON - "A consultant's report recommends spending up to $3.3 million to create a new community museum on the ground floor of the Art Gallery of Windsor. But such a plan would mean city council either has to scrap its agreement with the Windsor Library Board to move the central branch currently on Ouellette Avenue to that location, expand the existing building or build a new library in the vicinity as part of a downtown "cultural cluster," according to the report by Lord Cultural Resources." [see also Museum-site proposal goes to council, The Windsor Star, 11 October 2012]
RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE OPENS WITH A FLOURISH INAUGURAL EXHIBITIONS NOW ON VIEW TO THE PUBLIC. Ryerson.ca, 1 October 2012
TORONTO, ON - "The Ryerson Image Centre officially opened to the public with a spectacular display of light, colour, and photography-related art. On Saturday night, more than 3,500 people came to see the Ryerson Image Centre's inaugural exhibitions and program the lights on the exterior of the building from their smart phones."
Museums
Bientôt un nouveau musée Skoda Challenges, 31 octobre 2012
MLADA BOLESLAV, REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE – "Les marques allemandes ne sont pas les seules à valoriser leur patrimoine. Skoda s'apprête à inaugurer à Mladá Boleslav en République Tchèque un musée flambant neuf retraçant son histoire."
Exhibits That Only Researchers Usually See JOHN SCHWARTZ, The New York Times, 26 October 2012
NEW YORK, NY - "George Amato climbs a step and lifts the lid on a shiny stainless steel vessel that is basically a tall, portly thermos bottle. Clouds swirl off liquid nitrogen inside, making the tank look like a high-tech witch’s caldron. This vessel and the others in the room hold some of the least-imposing exhibits in the American Museum of Natural History, the sprawling, 143-year-old complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Inside the vessels are tall racks that hold small boxes; each box contains dozens of plastic vials; each vial contains a tissue sample, and all of it is preserved at minus 160 degrees Celsius. The museum has collected 70,000 of these vials from 40,000 animal species since the Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection opened in 2001."
Once on Fringe, Performance Art Is Embraced ROBIN POGREBIN, The New York Times, 26 October 2012
NEW YORK, NY - "WHEN visitors to the Museum of Modern Art enter the second-floor atrium later next month, they may feel as if they’ve made a wrong turn. The space will be taken over by Martha Rosler’s “Meta-Monumental Garage Sale,” which is quite literally just that: a large-scale version of the classic American yard sale, in which people not only can browse but actually buy everyday, secondhand objects organized and displayed by the artist. The goods have been donated by Ms. Rosler, the museum’s staff and the general public. Haggling is expected and encouraged."
Italy's top bank turns vaults into Milan art museum Lisa Jucca, Reuters, 26 October 2012
MILAN, ITALY - "Italy's biggest retail bank has turned its historic headquarters in Milan's central La Scala square into a majestic modern art museum displaying Italian post-war works from the likes of Lucio Fontana and Renato Guttuso. Palazzo Beltrami, a superb Milanese building which blends Neoclassical style with eclectic features, was built in 1911 as a prestigious new head office for Banca Commerciale Italiana, now part of domestic bank giant IntesaSanpaolo."
Pompidou, "premier musée nomade au monde" poursuit son voyage en France Le Journal des Arts, 26 octobre 2012
LIBOURNE, FRANCE – "Le "Centre Pompidou Mobile" inaugure cette semaine sa deuxième tournée en France, avec un accrochage consacré aux "Cercles et Carrés", aux sources de l'art abstrait, présenté à Libourne (Gironde) pour la première fois."
Is China building too many museums too fast? ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN, The Globe and Mail, 25 October 2012
CHINA - "The new speed record for setting up a major contemporary art museum belongs to the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened this month in a former power plant after less than a year of planning and construction. The museum opened with one of Asia’s biggest art events: the Shanghai Biennale, also organized at warp speed. In Beijing, the days are ticking down until the official word is given on the architect chosen to build the massive National Art Museum of China, a contemporary art museum that will rise next to the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium and cover an area the size of London’s Tate Modern. The short list includes Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Moshe Safdie, though a leak to the architectural press in August suggested that the plum will go to French architect Jean Nouvel."
Musée des Confluences : après le dérapage du chantier, l'explosion des coûts de fonctionnement ? Lyon Capitale, 25 octobre 2012
LYON, FRANCE – "Alors que le chantier pourrait ne plus réserver de surprises, ce sont à présent les dépenses de fonctionnement qui sont pointées du doigt par les élus de gauche. L'exécutif avance un chiffre de 16 à 17 millions d'euros par an tandis que Thierry Philip compare la rentabilité du musée des Confluences à celle du musée du quai Branly ou du Guggenheim de Bilbao. Se pose aussi la question du statut de l'établissement. "
New York : le Art Parrish Museum rouvre ses portes Le Journal des Arts, 25 octobre 2012
WATER MILL, ETATS-UNIS – "Le Art Parrish Museum – désormais situé sur 14 hectares à Water Mill (New York) - réouvrira ses portes le 10 novembre 2012, avec en guise d’exposition inaugurale : « Malcolm Morley : Painting, Paper, Process ». Dessiné par le couple d’architectes suisses Herzog & de Meuron, le nouvel espace triple la surface d’exposition de l’institution."
Polish Jews museum to have world impact: minister Google/AFP, 23 October 2012
NEW YORK, NY — "Poland is on course to open a long-delayed museum dedicated to its near vanished Jewish minority next year, [the Polish] Culture Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski said Tuesday, lauding the project's global impact. "It will be an important institution not only in Europe, but in the world," Zdrojewski said at a presentation for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in New York. "Five years ago, almost nobody believed there'd be a positive ending," he said, referring to the museum's difficult gestation. "We are close to completing the construction part. In March next year we are starting the installations." The museum is being built in Warsaw on the site of the World War II Jewish Ghetto that became a symbol of resistance to Nazi Germany's efforts to eradicate 1,000 years of Jewish presence in the country." [see also Poland's Jewish Museum Nears Completion, The Wall Street Journal (blog), 17 October 2012; Poland's new Jewish Museum presented in Big Apple, Polish Radio English Service, 24 October 2012; Museum of the History of Polish Jews – one year to go, Polish Radio English Service, 11 October 2012 ]
New York gets first museum on famed magician Harry Houdini Jacob E. Osterhout, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 23 October 2012
NEW YORK, NY - "Leave it to legendary magician Harry Houdini to make a museum suddenly appear in a midtown magic shop 86 years after his death. The Houdini Museum of New York opens Tuesday in the Fantasma Magic Shop across from Penn Station, boasting more than 200 items, including the magician’s metamorphosis trunk. Also on display are Houdini’s performance table, a massive selection of handcuffs and promotional posters and even the bust from his Machpelah Cemetery gravestone in Queens."
Le Figaro, 23 octobre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Le nouveau Terminal de l'aéroport Paris-Roissy Charles de Gaulle va être doté d'un espace muséal unique au monde."
V&A to open new gallery in London The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London will open its new permanent Dr Susan Weber Gallery in December 2012, which is designed by Glasgow-based Nord Architecture. worldinteriordesignnetwork.com, 22 October 2012
LONDON, UK - "Being the first ever V&A gallery dedicated to furniture, the space will tell the story of the process of making each furniture piece and the people are behind it. The gallery will display more than 200 British and European furniture pieces from the Middle Ages to the present day. It will also exhibit the examples of American and Asian furniture and will examine in detail the range of materials and techniques employed for each piece. Designed as part of the V&A’s Future Plan to transform the Museum through new galleries and redisplay of its collections, the new furniture gallery will showcase the furniture pieces, which have not been on display for more than 30 years including chairs, stools, tables, bureaux, chests, cabinets and wardrobes to clocks, mirrors and screens."
Le Musée Van Gogh ferme ses portes et s’expose à l’Hermitage Amsterdam La Tribune de l’Art, 22 octobre 2012
AMSTERDAM, PAYS-BAS – "Plus de 1,6 millions de visiteurs se sont pressés au Van Gogh Museum d’Amsterdam au cours de l’année 2011. Ils trouveront porte close ces prochains mois puisque le musée ferme du 24 septembre 2012 au 1er mai 2013, pour rénovation."
Grenoble ouvre son musée Stendhal Connaissance des Arts, 18 octobre 2012
GRENOBLE, FRANCE – "Le musée Stendhal à Grenoble, ville natale de l’écrivain, est constitué d’une collection et de divers lieux."
Connaissance des Arts, 18 octobre 2012
LIMOGES, FRANCE – "Après le musée municipal des Beaux-Arts, entièrement rénové en 2009-2010, le musée national des Arts céramiques et du verre Adrien Du bouché, désormais lié à la Cité de la Céramique de Sèvres, vient de bénéficier de deux années de travaux."
Cité de la gastronomie. Plus que cinq villes candidates Ouest France, 15 octobre 2012
FRANCE – "Lyon, Dijon, Tours, Beaune, Rungis, qui accueillera la future Cité de la gastronomie ? Versailles s'est retirée."
In Shanghai, a Burst of Masterworks XHINGYU CHEN, The New York Times, 10 October 2012
SHANGHAI, CHINA — "Anticipation was high before the Oct. 1 National Day holiday in Shanghai as the Chinese art world prepared for the opening of two major institutions, both reusing structures from the 2010 World Expo: The China Art Palace, housed in the former China Pavilion, and the Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, in a former thermal power plant that was the site of the “Pavilion of the Future.” Even before the World Expo opened in 2010, there was talk that the huge China Pavilion would later be used as a museum. Last year, officials announced that it would become the new site of the Shanghai Art Museum and, under the name of the China Art Palace, house the world’s biggest collection of modern Chinese art, as well as visiting collections from international museums." [see also Shanghai se dote de deux nouveaux musées, Le Journal des Arts, 03 octobre 2012]
Suburban Kansas Dream: Museum of Suburbia Plan for Exhibits on Bowling, Lawn Furniture Inspires Neighborhood Spat; Faux Fence JIM CARLTON, The Wall Street Journal, 10 October 2012
OVERLAND PARK, KS — "More than half of America lives in the suburbs. The others, too, will be able to savor suburbia by coming to this Kansas City, Mo., suburb if local planners have their way. Museum officials in Johnson County, Kan., propose spending $34 million to create the National Museum of Suburbia, a faux suburb where visitors could wander through a model ranch-style home, wonder at an exhibit of lawn furniture and topple pins on a re-created bowling lane. Among envisioned exhibits, to be built inside a cavernous former bowling alley and skating rink: a backyard fence with peepholes that let museum visitors spy on fake suburban neighbors played by actors in period suburban clothing."
Lagos Begins Construction Of Fela Museum PM News, 10 October 2012
LAGOS, NIGERIA - "The Lagos State Government has begun the construction of a museum in honour of the late Afro beat king, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The reconstruction of the shrine is part of government’s plan to immortalise Fela who contributed immensely to the development of music in the country. Governor Babatunde Fashola disclosed this on Monday at the opening of the Nigerian-South African Week tagged “A Tale of Two African Cities” at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria."
Facing Eviction, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Searching for New Toronto Home ArtInfo, 9 October 2012
TORONTO, ON - "While Canada’s leading contemporary art institution, the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, plots its first major expansion in decades, Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is faced with the prospect of homelessness. The group of real estate developers who recently bought the property on coveted Queen Street that has housed MOCCA since 2005 wants the museum out so it can build condos. The institution’s landlords have set a March 2014 ultimatum, precipitating a more urgent search than MOCCA’s leaders had planned for a new home, the Globe and Mail reports. Its current lease was set to expire the following year."
Fermeture définitive du Musée national de Bosnie Le Journal des Arts, 8 octobre 2012
SARAJEVO, BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE – "Le soutien financier très insuffisant de l’Etat bosniaque entraîne la fermeture de nombreux établissements culturels en Bosnie. Malgré le soutien de la population et l’indignation du personnel, le Musée national a dû se résoudre à fermer ses portes."
Abba museum to open in Stockholm A museum dedicated to Swedish pop group Abba is to open next year in Stockholm. BBC News, 4 October 2012
SWEDEN - "The museum, backed by former member Bjorn Ulvaeus, will feature some of the band's glitzy stage costumes, instruments and other mementos. Visitors will also be able to sing along to Abba songs alongside life-size holograms of the group. Ulvaeus said he hoped all four members would attend the museum's opening set for next spring, but ruled out any chance of a stage comeback. "It is a strength for Abba that you remember those young, ambitious, energetic people during the 70s, rather than some feeble old folks who feel compelled to get up and play all the time," he said."
Lights, Music and Art Marks the Inauguration of the Maya World Museum The Yucatan Times, 1 October 2012
YUCATAN, MEXICO - "On a modern stage full of carvings, murals, artwork, and high-tech services, the Museum of Mayan Culture opens its doors, the new architectural symbol of this civilization will be a key place to understand the evolution of this millennial culture. “This museum is the clearest expression of my government, that our ancient identity is one of the best legacies to face the challenges of the future. It was [the museum] debt with our Mayan ancestors, our culture, with this land and to ourself “, said the Governor."
Des musées fleurissent un peu partout dans le monde Libération, 2 octobre 2012
WORLD - "Une enquête prévoit l'ouverture de plus de 9 000 musées, centres d’art, fondations sur les cinq prochaines années dans le monde."
Repenser les musées pour le XXIe siècle La Presse, 1 octobre 2012
CANADA - Repenser les musées des beaux-arts et leur manière de diffuser l'art et la culture. En redéfinir le rôle, notamment économique, au sein de la communauté dans laquelle ils s'inscrivent. Valoriser l'expérience multisensorielle de voir une oeuvre en tête à tête, et non pas seulement sur un écran de téléphone intelligent ou d'ordinateur. Voilà quelques-uns des enjeux et défis auxquels font face les directeurs des institutions muséales d'aujourd'hui.
Architecture
The M-shed - New Community Museum for Bristol A unique structure, beautifully adapted to its utilitarian purpose World Architecture News, 29 October 2012
BRISTOL, UK - "The M-shed, the new community museum for Bristol, is housed in a refurbished 1951 steel-framed shed on Bristol's Floating Harbour. Originally a transit shed for storing goods being loaded on and off ships, is a two storey 190 metre long building. A unique structure, beautifully adapted to its utilitarian purpose - but not for a brief that called for a modern close-controlled museum environment on a tight budget. The challenge for LAB was how to create a modern museum experience of the present, whilst preserving the character of the existing building."
Reinterpretation of traditional Arabic architecture using new technologies and modern materials World Architecture News, 28 October 2012
MADRID, SPAIN - "The original house is part of a neighborhood in Madrid first developed as an enclave for notable artists and writers at the turn of the 20th century. The use of regional styles reflects the tendencies and tastes of that era and the influence of Moorish culture on Spanish architecture. Inspired by the courtyards at the Alhambra, a simple concept developed for a continuous public space defined by its surrounding rooms. The decision to focus the design to the interior eliminated the need for unnecessary alterations at the façade addressing the local code requirements for its preservation. The new public space unifies the house and serves as an internal courtyard (wast-al-dar)."
Video of Rio 2016 Olympic Park Breathtaking images released of AECOM's Masterplan for the Brazil 2016 Olympics World Architecture News, 27 October 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "These dramatic masterplan shots and supporting video have been released for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park 2016 Masterplan by international firm AECOM. The Holborn, London-based practice was also responsible for the masterplanning of the London 2012 Olympic Games and was credited for its significant role in overseeing the smooth construction and running of the major sporting competition. Set in over 300 acres of partially developed land in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympic Park will boast 34 sports venues when completed which will host 15 Olympic and 11 Paralympic sports."
JANE L. LEVERE, The New York Times, 26 October 2012
NEW HAVEN, CT - "One shrine of the architect Louis Kahn is the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. Completed in 1977, three years after Kahn’s death, it achieves its distinction “by modest and subtle means,” says Jules David Prown, the center’s first director: “perfect proportions, sensitively matched materials, honest expression of structure.” Evidently, the American Institute of Architects agrees. In 2005 it bestowed its Twenty-Five Year Award on the Yale Center, given to a 25- to 35-year-old project that continued to “perform its original function with perfection” and possessed “an enduring design excellence.” And now, even though it is less than four decades old, it is the focus of a concerted preservation effort — a campaign some at Yale hope will inspire stewards of other recent museums and buildings."
Ile Seguin : les habitants seront consultés Le Parisien, 20 octobre 2012
BOULOGNE, FRANCE – "Le maire de Boulogne a annoncé que la population choisira, mi-décembre, l’un des trois projets d’aménagement proposés prochainement par l’architecte Jean Nouvel."
Larry Gagosian ouvre au Bourget avec un champs de blé d'Anselm Kiefer Artinfo, 17 octobre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – " Le méga-marchand Larry Gagosian ouvre aujourd'hui sa 12ème galerie mondiale au bord de l'aéroport Le Bourget avec une exposition d'Anselm Kiefer - un espace pour l'art grande-échelle, visant les clients jet set autant que le public."
Fumihiko Maki to design Cultural Center and University in London Karissa Rosenfield, Arch Daily, 15 October 2012
LONDON, UK - " Japanese modernist Fumihiko Maki has been chosen to design a cultural and university complex on a 67-acre Kings Cross development in London. As reported by the Evening Standard, the 84-year-old, Pritzker Prize-winning architect will design two buildings for the Aga Khan Development Network – an organization who leads the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims. The two projects are among five, totaling a half million square feet, that are being commissioned by the Network at Kings Cross. It is unsaid of who will design the other three buildings. However, preliminary designs studies are under way and formal appointments will be announced shortly." [see also Aga Khan has designs on King’s Cross, London Evening Standard, 11 October 2012]
Le Figaro, 9 octobre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – " Ne résistant pas au plaisir de voir toujours plus loin - soit un quart de siècle en avant -, le Figaroscope a demandé aux architectes les plus prometteurs du moment de plancher sur le Paris de 2037."
The Architecture of James Bond WAN celebrates the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise with a selection of the best architecture in the series World Architecture News, 5 October 2012
LONDON, UK - "Today (Friday, 5th October 2012) is Global James Bond Day in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise. In acknowledgement of this, WAN brings you a selection of some of the most impressive architectural achievements in the James Bond series. Let us know what your favourite building or structure in the 50-year series is in the ‘Your Comments’ section to the left.
Gehry unveils skyline-defining arts project World Architecture News, 3 October 2012
TORONTO, ON - "Frank Gehry yesterday unveiled conceptual designs that will transform Toronto’s King Street Entertainment District and radically change the city’s skyline. The multi-phase, multi-year project is the largest and most significant urban project for the Toronto-born architect, bringing new cultural, residential and retail spaces to a site adjacent to the Royal Alexandra Theatre, creating a new visual identity for the city’s premiere arts district. It is a special project for Gehry who grew up in the King Street West neighborhood. The project is the vision of David Mirvish, the founder of Mirvish Productions, who through his family’s support of the arts has helped make Toronto a major international arts destination. The project, which is bordered by many of Toronto’s leading cultural institutions, will have as its center the new Mirvish Collection museum, a 60,000 sq ft gallery dedicated to abstract art and a new facility for OCAD University."
Un nouvel écrin pour l'art moderne à Amsterdam Le Figaro, 1 octobre 2012
AMSTERDAM, PAYS-BAS – "Les musées de la ville font peau neuve. Le Stedelijk vient de rouvrir après neuf ans de travaux. Spectaculaire."
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