When
an architectural study showed that the mansion could not handle a third expansion without costly structural work, the City Council, library board and Park District hammered out a land swap in which the Park District gave the city and library 27,000 square feet of land at Prospect Street near the Elmhurst Art Museum in exchange for 52,000 square feet of land on the north and south sides of the mansion.
Not exact matches
Amphibians are not necessarily known for their
architectural acumen, but a new
study shows that during the driest parts of the year some frogs take advantage the moist habitat offered by a ball of elephant poop.
His
shows are always an example of
architectural fashion and volumes much
studied.
Two
Studies for Tenayuca (ca. 1938), for instance,
show Albers riffing on what looks almost like a three - axis
architectural drawing of some sculptural form.
Sixty vintage geltain prints of
architectural models taken by VKhUTEMAS students will be
shown in Model
Studies courtesy of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
The
architectural study which initially was coupled with the programmatic
study, brought to light the underlying paradox of this project: to
show what is hidden, to reveal a fading image, to anchor the ephemeral, to put the unspoken into words, to reveal a history which has not had the time to leave a mental imprint; a history that is a present in flight, an energy in action.
Her works range from conceptual to commercial and
show a particular interest in using dialectical methods to create
studies of
architectural forms - be that in lines of the human body, manmade structures, or natural scenes - as well as on dynamics between the social and the private, gender rolls and body language.