Sentences with phrase «making architectural history»
They all have one thing in common: they are setting an example today for the new standards of tomorrow, and making architectural history.
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But though it lacks the storied history and thrilling architectural tapestry of other regional capitals, there's plenty here to encourage you to linger awhile before making...
Palenque's monumental stone temples are famed for their architectural sophistication and fine sculptures, and are made even more interesting by the detailed knowledge of its history that archaeologists have recovered from its inscriptions.
DAVID ADJAYE, «Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye» @ The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago «Making Place» is the first comprehensive museum survey of global architect David Adjaye «s portfolio of more than 50 built projects, which includes the forthcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. His approach to design is unique: «Rather than advancing a signature architectural style, Adjaye's structures address local concerns and conditions through both a historical understanding of context and a global understanding of modernism.»
The rest of the gallery has paintings made of grids filled with images of architectural fragments and symbols from history, various religions or perhaps dreams.
In painting and print, she layers architectural plans, maps and other schemata to invoke the histories of cities and civilizations, while heightening our awareness of how we make sense of the world.
The theme of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, «Make New History,» (borrowed from the title of a limited - edition book by artist Ed Ruscha) encourages the 100 - plus participating firms and artists to frame new ideas by architectural precedence.
After Some Twisted Lines lays bare the problematic of making artwork within Art History; locating materiality within semiotics; inhabiting the intimacy of interior within architectural countenance; and recognizing beauty within a network culture that numbers it a scarce resource.
Mining the legacy of abstraction within both the fine and applied arts, Crowner creates new patterns and makes subtle associations among her works, their architectural surroundings, and the history of art.
MAP open in venues chosen for their architectural history, making something more of the art experience by bringing to the fore place and design.
Typical, recent examples of his artworks thoughtfully list medium and / or displayed interior contents, as if listed by border security agents: «custom made perspex 1U format box, server PSU & switch, server case fans, AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence, by Daniel Crevier (book), PDLC switchable privacy film, cables, generic unpainted architectural 1:100 scale model figures, dust, sebum [an oily secretion of the sebaceous glands], digital timers, travel power adapter...»
The photographer keeps an Instagram account dedicated the the intricate beauty of centuries - old mosques in Iran (as ancient as 900 years old), making for an architectural history lesson of sorts.
This work continues Thomasos» interest In making paintings that evoke architecture, and / or work in conjunction with a specific architectural setting, to give visual form to the representation of African American culture and history.
Utilizing a vocabulary of architectural motifs, Ouadahi makes large - scale paintings that borrow from the history of modernist grid painting and traditional Islamic aesthetics, while tackling the difficult and timely topic of human migration.
Scully has said that the series is a love letter to Greece: «I wanted to celebrate what Greece had given us, to humanity, and tried to make an architectural metaphor, in which I tried to include, in a sense, the history of romantic painting.
'' Centered on his intriguing synthesis of the American republic's architectural and democratic traditions, Allan Greenberg's essay moves across geography and through history as the renowned architect and scholar makes the case that America's architectural tradition and political ideals are deeply connected.
«I might make some fun architectural alterations, but I don't think I would change the major pieces because they have a history — there's a story behind them.»