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Deal moves Longview arboretum project closer to reality
The under-construction Longview Arboretum and Nature Center could open within a year after a recent property deal moved up the timetable and brought a potential savings of about $1.5 million.
Directors for the charity backing the arboretum purchased a former day care facility on West Cotton Street that is targeted as the park's administrative and cultural center.
Rs 397cr OK’d for Science City Project
The state cabinet on Tuesday allotted Rs 397 crore for the ambitious Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Science City project.
The science city, which will come up near Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Rajendra Nagar, is expected to be inaugurated in June 2019. The facility is intended to be completed in all respects, including testing and commissioning of all components, by early 2019.
Patkau Architects Elevates Metal-clad Audain Art Museum in Whistler, Canada
Patkau Architects has designed a private museum in Canada, which houses the personal art collection of home-builder and philanthropist Michael Audain. Located in Whistler, a resort town north of Vancouver, the 56,000 square foot institution traces a visual record of British Columbia from the late 18th century to the present day. The Audain Art Museum includes a globally recognized selection of old first nation masks, a collection of emily carr paintings, and works by significant post-war Canadian artists as well as internationally regarded contemporary creatives.
Joy Bailey-Bryant Addresses B’nai B’rith Real Estate
Joy Baily Bryant, Managing Director of the U.S. Office of Lord Cultural Resources, recently spoke on "Investing in Soft Power: Creating The National September 11 Memorial, The Museum of American Jewish Heritage and New York Values" at a B'nai B'rith Real Estate Unit luncheon at The Cornell Club.
Read MoreImagine Greater Louisville 2020 arts plan unveiled
After nearly 18 months filled with meetings, sending out surveys and poring over data, a group of arts, philanthropic and business leaders has unveiled what they are calling Imagine Greater Louisville 2020 – a long-term plan for the role arts, culture and creativity can play in a strong future.
Read MoreRemembering pioneer Barry Lord, who invented the museum planning profession
Barry Lord, who died on March 9 at the age of 77, was a true pioneer of Canada’s cultural scene – and one of its most colourful rebels.
Early on in life, Lord perceived the need for a systematic approach to this country’s arts world. As explained in the announcement of his death from Lord Cultural Resources, the company he co-founded: “Museum planning as a profession didn’t exist, so he invented it.”
Read MoreEvery plant tells a story
Assiniboine Park's new Diversity Gardens to be a collection of flora from around the world.
How do we celebrate diversity through biodiversity? That was the question at the heart of Canada’s Diversity Gardens, the centrepiece of Assiniboine Park’s $200-million redevelopment campaign. Consisting of three new exterior gardens, as well as an interior hub called The Leaf, the new site — which has an anticipated opening date of late 2019 — will replace the conservatory.
Read MorePritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki: we remain optimistic about India
As we congratulate Architectural Digest India on their fifth anniversary, we in Tokyo are also marking the fifth anniversary of Maki and Associates’ professional engagement with the country. At the end of 2011, Maki and Associates was announced as the winner of an international competition for designing the Bihar Museum in central Patna. At the end of 2016, the museum was racing towards completion. At around the same time, we endured an unjustified removal as the master architects for the Amaravati Capital Complex in Andhra Pradesh—despite winning an international competition for the same in March 2016. These two experiences offer contrasting insights and lessons about the Indian architectural profession as it faces new challenges to its identity within the context of global practices.
Read MoreHCM City to build Natural History Museum
Việt Nam’s first natural history museum will be built in HCM City on an area of 23.9 hectares inside the Historical and Cultural Park in District 9.
The construction will include a 20-ha botanical garden and museum which will display over 20,000 species of flora and fauna of Việt Nam. It will also have a research centre as well as facility to preserve gene resources.
Lê Dũng, general director of the Science Technology and Production Corp (PTC), which is in charge of developing the project, said: “The museum is the first large-scale complex of culture and science in Việt Nam. Through exhibitions, publications and special programmes, the museum will introduce Việt Nam’s natural history and environment to locals and foreigners.”
Structures: On Legacy, History and Influence
In light of the recent passing of writer, arts advocate and former editor of artscanadaBarry Lord, senior editor Bryne McLaughlin reflects on the intersecting paths of our publication's history, and the theme of our spring issue.
In late January, I emailed the former editor of artscanada, Barry Lord. It was a simple fact-checking query to verify his tenure at the magazine in the late 1960s, the details of which, based on our office archive of artscanada issues and an online search, remained vague, even contradictory. His reply, for the record: “I took over at Canadian Art, published by the Society for Art Publications (directed by designer Paul Arthur) in September 1966. At the same meeting where I was appointed Editor, the Society decided to change the name of Canada’s national art publication to artscanada, and adopt the mag-in-a-bag format, including the discs [more on that to come], and much else besides. The first issue I edited appeared in January 1967.”
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