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Lecture by Jorge Otero-Pailos

orge Otero-Pailos is an architect, artist, and theorist specialized in experimental preservation. He leads an award-winning international practice devoted to advancing preservation as a forward-looking creative field, and has received many distinctions including UNESCO’s Prominent Professional Award. He contributes broad expert knowledge in, and strategic thinking on, all aspects and scales of preservation, and collaborates with […]

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Nicholas Fox Weber and Toshiko Mori, “Josef Albers: Minimal Means, Maximum Effect”

Nicholas Fox Weber, director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, will evoke the personality and sensibilities of Josef Albers, the Bauhaus faculty member, through reflections on his personal acquaintance with Albers at Yale as well as descriptions of recent projects by the Albers Foundation that affirm the Bauhaus spirit of design and continue its […]

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Roche Scholarship Winner Taylor Holloway

Taylor Holloway is the recipient of the 2013 AIA Chicago Martin Roche Travel Fellowship and a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Martin Roche Fellowship offers architectural students studying in Chicago the opportunity to conduct independent research abroad on a topic of their choosing. Ms. Holloway’s project, Design Better […]

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Marc Newson’s London

Award-winning Australian designer Marc Newson takes a tour of London and describes how it continues to inspire his work.

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Lecture by Katie Hudnall

Katie Hudnall has been in many publications and exhibitions, including Fine Woodworking’s Design Book Eight, Lark Books’ 500 Cabinets, the Society for Contemporary Craft’s Transformation 7: Raphael Prize Finalist Exhibition, Studio Furniture: The Next Generation, and Crafting A Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft. In 2007, Hudnall was awarded a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, […]

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An Architect in Support of an Artist – Ross Asselstine

Temporary architecture can be defined as any space that is mobile or intended only to be used for a short period of time before it is either dismantled or relocated. The effects of temporary architecture can be measured by the effect they have on the community they enter, e.g. post by academyofartu Temporary architecture is often […]

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From Steam Fitting to Museum Fittings (2 videos)

It’s not unusual for artists to be inspired by architecture. Less common is for an artist to be inspired by the infrastructure of a building. But that’s the case with Dannielle Tegeder, a painter whose work is informed by the intricate system of steam fitting (the mechanical parts of a building, like insulation, piping, heating, […]

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A building that is a play – TAAT

HALL01 is the first in the series of 32 sub projects that work towards the building that is a theatre play and the theatre play that is a building (HALL03). HALL01 is presented at the SAM decorfabriek, a large industrial space once used by Mosa, a tile producing company, which also served as the setting […]

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Didier Fiuza Faustino

El trabajo del “Bureau des Mésarchitectures” mutuamente evoca el arte de la arquitectura y la arquitectura del arte, utilizando indistintamente los géneros de un modo tal modo que resume una actitud ética y política sobre las condiciones para la construcción de un lugar en el tejido sociocultural de la ciudad. by obsmurcia by  citysoninfo

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The Oneness of Creation – Art and Architecture of Indian monuments

This film depicts the ancient Buddhist sites of India. The story of the Buddha and the development of Buddhism are traced through the art and architecture of ancient monuments. post by Indiandiplomacy The film undertakes a visual journey through the life of the Buddha; to the places of his birth, enlightenment, first sermon and final renunciation. […]

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Architect’s All-Concrete Home In Vermont

Architect David Sellers‘ all-concrete home in the woods of Vermont is designed for both beauty and longevity, built to last for thousands of years. by plumtv

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“Moroccan” Mountain Villa In Colorado

Owners Isa Catto Shaw and Daniel Shaw give us a tour of their unique Colorado mountain live/work villa, inspired by Moroccan design. by plumtv

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