Sentences with phrase «on architectural histories»

She has used wallpaper as a medium throughout her career to intervene and comment on architectural histories.

These seemingly mobile metal and textile structures comment directly on the architectural history of Tramway as they are designed specifically to fit within the tram tracks that still remain in the floor.

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Chernihiv's architectural monuments chronicle two most flourishing periods in the city's history - those of Kievan Rus» (11th and 12th centuries) and of A guide to river cruises in Russia on the Volga, Dnieper, Don and Neva, including information on key stops such as Moscow and St Petersburg, tour operator

Plainspoken and witty, it qualifies as social history, film theory, personal reverie, architectural history and criticism, a bittersweet meditation on automotive transport, a critical history of mass transit in southern California, a wisecracking compilation of local folklore, «a city symphony in reverse,» and a song of nostalgia for lost neighborhoods such as Bunker Hill and unchronicled lifestyles such as those of locals who walk or take buses.

The design builds on the site's history as a farm, with an informal typology to deliver a series of distinct yet coherent architectural components echoing the school's agricultural past.

Architectural histories of the city told me what styles predominated in the 1850s, when the boarding house on O'Farrell was supposedly built.

Not only is the town steeped in architectural history but it also has plenty of delicious wine and magnificent vineyards that you can visit, all which ensure it is a popular stop on the Cape Winelands route.

On the banks of the Spree, Berlin stretches in an architectural maelstrom inherited from its rich and unique history.

The Cannon Beach Cottage & Garden Tour focuses on architectural design, unique history, and the interior style quintessential to Cannon Beach.

From the remnants of Delhi Sultanate and Mughal dynasty in Delhi, the splendour of Rajputana history at Jaipur and the majestic architectural wonder on the Agra tour, the tour encompasses India's rich cultural heritage in a nutshell.

There are two tours for those who want to learn more about the station — the self - guided audio tour which focuses on the architectural highlights and history of the station, with interesting facts and little - known bits of information, plus the grand tour, which is a guided walking tour that teaches you about the station's state - of - the - art design and construction.

Explore the rich history and architectural treasures of proud Charleston when you vacation on one of her nearby resort islands on Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island or Isle of Palms.

Discover Manila's rich history, cultural heritage and architectural grandeur on this full - day tour.

Overflowing with cultural and architectural detail, the tapestries contain a social history of Essex and modern Britain that reflects Firstsite's year - long focus on contemporary identity.

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.»

Punctuating the DAM's upcoming North Building revitalization project, Then, Now, Next: Evolution of an Architectural Icon is an exhibition on the renowned modernist building, its history, and its future.

Enjoy wine and light hors d'oeuvres at a free opening reception on Friday at the gallery from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.. Also enjoy a talk by John Howey, architect and author of The Sarasota School of Architecture, about the city's rich architectural history.

Class # 2 (10 a.m. — 12 noon): The Skyscraper: The Sky's the Limit With a focus on the great architectural skyline of Chicago, campers will learn about the history and design of modern high rise buildings.

By extension of Modernist architectural history — specifically that of the eras of Russian Constructivist and Brutalist architecture and their influence on American urbanism — Andrade conjures the legacy of the town square as a place of hybrid activity involving intellectual dialogue, contemplation, political ideology, commerce, protest, civic duty, celebration, violence and more.

Martin Hartung is a doctoral fellow at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he researches the exhibition history of architectural projects on the art History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he researches the exhibition history of architectural projects on the art history of architectural projects on the art market.

For this commission, on view through Aug. 19, the artist developed a multi-channel sound installation of compositions that subtly examine the material history of the two sites and their acoustic qualities, using everyday objects and acoustic environments unique to each site, and drawing on his practices of focused listening and architectural acoustics.

These five porch - like structures are interconnected and urge viewers to consider their position on the porch, the history and role of this architectural structure in their own lives.

The exhibition focuses on the early, «radical moment» of Postmodernism, which it reveals to be one of the most inventive periods in British architectural history — a moment when the architectural past came alive with new possibilities for the future.

Including sound, sculptural and text - based works that have existed as early prototypes or sketches but never produced on the architectural scale for which they were initially intended, Gillick's choreography of spaces, objects and ideas poetically addresses themes of time, as history and duration, and the visual and spatial codes of the social.

The result is simple but revealing, touching on concerns ranging from architectural history to subculture and class: the house, in fact, belonged to a band member's parents, and chances are if there was a Cuisinart in it, it was in working order.

She taught architectural history at the University of Central Florida and is an Expert Member on the 20th - Century Heritage Committee for the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and the president of DOCOMOMO - US / Florida.1 Articles

During its duration, the actual structures or containers intrigued me — the physical boxes holding the archive and the various architectural spaces that the centre had occupied over its history; it had moved 5 times.The piece I included in the final exhibition of our investigations was a one - to - one scale photograph compiled of all the sides (inside and outside views) of one of the programming boxes, mounted on the gallery floor.

Across the former Soviet Union there are a series of architectural and physical nostalgias connecting citizens who share the same socialist history — part four of the programme reflects on these shared values and routines for citizens today.

Shedding light on persuasive, performative and often duplicitous identities, as well as on architectural objects and history, the work explores the relationship between man and monument as they coexist in the landscape as representations of one another.

Drawing on my own practice as an artist, I was especially excited to delve into the archives of Whiteleys's history, where I discovered old architectural plans that revealed William Whiteley's unrealised dream of building a botanical garden on top of the shopping centre.

In 2012, Joo started a blog, Architectural Afterlife, where he features his work and writes reflections on his explorations and the history of the all - but - forgotten locations.

In this book «The Projective Cast» (1995) completed shortly before his death, the architect, teacher and historian Robin Evans, explores the idea of the relationship between geometry and architecture, drawing on mathematics, engineering, art history, and aesthetics to uncover processes in the imagining and realizing of architectural form.

While prior shows focused on emerging artists, according to press notes the 2015 edition plans to «examin [e] key points of connection and intersection between emerging and more established artists across New York, while also exploring aspects of earlier histories of the city itself, and its changing political, social, and architectural fabric.»

In addition, he headed the institution's «critical reconstruction», which reversed structural changes that had been carried out in the context of architectural denazification after the Second World War, to provide a perspective on the venue's origins and to facilitate a discourse about its history.

Firelei Báez's installation will recall the sedimentary architectural history of colonial structures, indigenous and occupying cultures layered on the walls.

In the citation for the award, Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem (and currently working with the architect on an expansion project for the museum), describes Adjaye as «one of the great architectural visionaries of our time,» and lauds his work as «deeply rooted in both the present moment and the complex context of history.»

The exhibition's focus on pieces about California nicely distills the broad range, ambition, and history of the couple's work in various media (including maps, architectural drawings, installation, and video).

As a student of architectural history, I took the Bechers artistically for granted on happening to walk into their first museum show, Industrial Building 1830 — 1930: A Photographic Documentation, at the State Museum for Applied Art in Munich in 1967, approaching their work (first published in architectural journals) from the standpoint of J. M. Richards's The Functional Tradition in Early Industrial Buildings (1958), with Eric de Maré's photographs.

The result is an affordably priced piece that epitomizes the rigorous order that the architect imposed on this voluminous knowledge of architectural history.

The project will take as its departure point the abandoned movie theaters on Mission Street, looking at their histories, revisiting their architectural transformations over the years, and finally reflecting upon their current conditions.

A history of his work will be on view at the Evergreen Cultural Centre and an in - depth survey of his paintings of domestic architectural spaces will constitute the exhibition at the SFU Gallery in Burnaby.

As well as its superb collection of paintings, sculpture and drawings, The Courtauld has two photographic libraries - the Lord Martin Conway library, embracing architectural drawings, sculpture and illuminated manuscripts; and the Robert Witt library, covering paintings, drawings and engravings, with over 2 million reproductions of works by more than 70,000 artists - and a Book Library, which contains one of the UK's largest archives of works on the history of art.

'' 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.

As I said in my earlier post on the development of Toronto, the convention centre encapsulates the history of development of Toronto's waterfront, how entrenched interests and architectural compromises create really lousy results, and you will feel it every time you get on an escalator.

Create Resume Janine Roberts 100 Main Street, Cityplace, CA, 91019 (C)[phone] [email protected] Professional Summary I first discovered my passion for environmental policy and Illinois history while working for Shoreline Sightseeing's architectural tours on the Chicago River.

Just a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, this townhouse is situated on Queen Anne's Gate and is a brilliant example of early Queen Anne style, a brief period in architectural history prior to the mass development of the Georgian Age.