MARGATE.- A record 14,000 people visited Turner Contemporary in Margate over the gallery’s opening weekend. The building was officially opened by Tracey Emin and Jools Holland on Saturday 16 April at 10 am. Several local businesses reported reco…
Neues Museum in Berlin by David Chipperfield Wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
BRUSSELS.- The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. The building is a reconstru…
Neues Museum in Berlin by David Chipperfield Wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
BRUSSELS.- The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. The building is a reconstru…
Inland Architect Image Database Now Available on Art Institute of Chicago Website
CHICAGO, IL.- The Ryerson and Burnham Archives of the Art Institute of Chicago announce the digitization of another major image collection: 5,000 plates from the venerable Chicago-based periodical Inland Architect and News Record. This exceedingly rich…
Inland Architect Image Database Now Available on Art Institute of Chicago Website
CHICAGO, IL.- The Ryerson and Burnham Archives of the Art Institute of Chicago announce the digitization of another major image collection: 5,000 plates from the venerable Chicago-based periodical Inland Architect and News Record. This exceedingly rich…
Architect and Urban Designer Alex Lehnerer Exhibits at Museum of Contemporary Art
CHICAGO, IL.- The April UBS 12 x 12 exhibition focuses on architecture as Chicago-based architect and urban designer Alex Lehnerer creates a three-dimensional relief along the gallery’s walls to form a constructed urban reality. Viewers enter the …
Exhibition of Limited Edition Furniture by Architect Jean Nouvel at Gagosian in Paris
PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents an exhibition of limited edition furniture by Jean Nouvel, presented in collaboration with Galerie Patrick Seguin. Like many of his modernist predecessors who worked across related disciplines, Nouvel describes h…
Milestone Reached in Dallas: Topping Out Held for Perot Museum of Nature & Science
DALLAS, TX.- Recalling the years when many dismissed the idea of a new science museum in Dallas, longtime board member David Corrigan led a celebratory toast as topping out ceremonies were held for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science. Hundreds cheere…
Topping Out Held for Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- Recalling the years when many dismissed the idea of a new science museum in Dallas, longtime board member David Corrigan led a celebratory toast as topping out ceremonies were held for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science. Hundreds cheere…
Frieze Announces London-Based Studio Carmody Groarke as New Architects for 2011
LONDON.- Frieze Art Fair directors Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, announced today the appointment of the London-based architectural studio Carmody Groarke as the new architects for Frieze Art Fair. In previous years the fair has employed a series o…