Sentences with phrase «shaped by the architecture»

Each individual Hotel du Vin has its own unique character shaped by the architecture, history and sensitive conversion of the building.

Catherine Opie is engaged in issues of documentary photography and in how aspects of identity and collective behaviors are shaped by architecture.

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We are basically disputing over a piece of toast that has the crude image of Jesus burnt into it but we go it for free on ebay — the cross by no way is perfect and its shape is bound to happen based on the nature of how really tall building collapse and their architecture with many perpendicular angles.

Charles J. Chaput's declaration that the United States» formation «presumes a moral architecture shaped deeply by biblical thought» is vindicated by any study of legislative history.

Of architecture, Engles believes that there are even greater opportunities to shape the framework of human life by opening the doors to any imaginable possibility.

On the one side, it is possible for the church to let the rest of the world go by — and for the minister to concern himself mainly with his pulpit robe equipment, the shape of the baptistry, the architecture of the sanctuary, and perhaps the related facilities such as the educational rooms and the kitchens.

Khoshnevis believes that the varied shapes created by a miniature version of the contour crafter herald a revolution in architecture.

In architecture and design, similarly, he managed to show that the shapes people found most pleasing were those whose sides were related by the so - called golden ratio.

The renowned embryologist charted the intricate architecture of the developing nervous system, proving that its final structure is shaped not just by newborn cells but also by those that eventually die.

Her work is inspired by colors, shapes and patterns she finds in nature and architecture, woven and knitted textiles; eating and cooking; seasons and how they impact our customs and traditions; and family histories.

The outcome is a 3D hat inspired by the shapes / patterns / textures found in the art and architecture of Gaudi.

It is a rear - wheel drive concept coupe with mesh pattern of the spindle grille in 3D sculpture form, daytime running lights shaped like an «L», vertical front fog lamps in fading dot matrix pattern, glass roof with cantilevered pillar with a glass - to - glass juncture inspired by modern architecture, rear fog lamps, twin 12.3 - inch LCD screens provide information and navigation display, leather and suede interior upholstery with brushed metal trim and wood accents, race - inspired front seats are formed of multiple layers and repeat the interlacing curves that define the cabin interior, racing - style steering wheel upholstered in carbon fibre with integrated controls and start button.

Vmotion 2.0 takes the design a step further by forming an intelligent three - dimensional shape to create the volume and architecture of the vehicle.

Kurt Cyr, the Midcentury Modern architecture expert and food historian, offers a Palm Springs Mod Squad tour (which you can book year - round, not just during Modernism Week), a 90 - minute zip through historic neighborhoods to see groundbreaking architectural works by the six local architects who shaped the look of the city.

Her work is inspired by colors, shapes and patterns she finds in nature and architecture, woven and knitted textiles; eating and cooking; seasons and how they impact our customs and traditions; and family histories.

Watch Hill's character has been shaped by that land and seas, by the architecture and institutions of the place, and by the generations who have lived here.

So while you engage in a variety of missions, you get to meet a handful of historical figures like Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens and Florence Nightingale in order to «help» shape London to what it has become today by ferreting out the nefarious Templars who have imbedded themselves into the architecture of London itself.

There's nothing that grabs our attention like some really lovely architecture, so when we saw these photographs by Sebastian Weiss we were immediately struck by the bold shapes and wonderful use of light and shadow.

«This kit allows you to playfully shape your own avant - garde community with geometrical forms inspired by some of the most seminal examples of Russian constructivist architecture erected between early 1920s and mid-1930s, such as Melnikov House, Kirov Town Hall or Nikolaev «s House.»

Beyond the museums, villas, and grand urban plans that by the mid-20th century had become emblematic of a modern architecture, Giedion was concerned with the chairs, tables, beds, bathtubs, and kitchens — the objects that more immediately organized quotidian life and increasingly shaped the way humans engaged with the world.

Employing the materials, the geometric aesthetic and the neutral palette of audio technology, Jones explores how the experience of listening to recorded music is shaped by the equipment used and by the architecture in which it is installed.

These works and others will be on display as part of «125 Icons: A Celebration of Works by Pratt Alumni and Faculty 1887 - 2012,» an exhibition of works of art, design, and architecture that have shaped our world as voted on by the Pratt community.

«Kelly's visual vocabulary is drawn from observation of the world around him — shapes and colors found in plants, architecture, shadows on a wall or a lake — and has been shaped by his interest in the spaces between places and objects and between his work and its viewers.

In anticipation of the biomorphic art installation by Paul Henry Ramirez in Kemper Museum's atrium — and architecture both in Kansas City and around the world — campers will create artwork inspired by organic shapes and forms.

Holzfeind presents a new documentary film and installation on the Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments that consider how the social fabric of these buildings has been shaped over time by their architecture.

The beetle's dirt ball is also represented in Delicate Cycle by two D - shaped, life - size «washroom» structures, Hex - Washroom and D - Washroom, attached to the building's subterranean architecture by a system of pulleys and brackets.

«The architecture there is defined by a certain light - the minor permutations of that light give shape to the experience of being there,» says Schrieber, born in 1976 in Milwaukee.

From the mesmerizing replication of apartment windows in Andreas Gursky's Avenue of the Americas, 2001, which captures both the interconnectedness and the loneliness of city life; to an exploration of the way historical spaces are experienced by the contemporary public in Thomas Struth's Pergamon Museum I, Berlin, 2001; to a consideration of ubiquitous Stepford Wives - like housing estates as brilliantly conceived by James Casebere in Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) # 2, 2009, the collected photographs offer myriad ways of contemplating the shaping influence of architecture, and its photography.

Pousttchi draws our attention to the often invisible architectures that furnish and shape individual life — whether by capturing various international clocks at the same moment, or combining neon lights with the contorted guard rails used to organize crowds in public space.

When she isn't orchestrating content for her various audiences, Jaime is a talented, self - taught artist who loves to explore shape and colour, using layering as a guide, to create the most beautiful abstract paintings — inspired by her study of Japanese language, electronic music, sci - fi and architecture.

Its associated blog covers architecture, art, design, fashion, and travel, with a focus on how these fields shape, and are shaped by, contemporary culture.

The creators say the Truth project is «the resulting anamorphic abstraction [as it] relates to MEF's architecture throughout a common visual language shaped by minimalist geometric designs, as well as throughout the common fate which binds us to the museum: from abandoned factory to art.»

His most recent project for the Coachella Music Festival, Etherea, Tresoldi's biggest artwork to date and the largest to be featured in the festival, is an ephemeral public artwork comprising three aligned sculptures inspired by Neoclassical and Baroque architecture of identical shape but diminishing size, that invite visitors to re-calibrate reality as they progress through it.

Explaining further, Nonas describes himself as «fascinated by architecture but also upset by it» — fascinated by its power to shape space and thereby establish place, a fundamental concern of his own work, but upset by its frequent failure to make the most of this capacity.

In the muddy middle of the block, lay an 8000 - square - foot, L - shaped construction site, where a $ 4 million set of state of the art studios designed by Lee Ledbetter and Associates, one of New Orleans premier architecture firms, will soon rise.

This miniature world, which seems both ancient and futuristic, constructed and biomorphic, expresses what Lee describes as «the vision of a society exemplified by its architecture through transparency, lightness, and organic shapes».

To achieve the necessary union between exposed art and architecture, Wright decided to adopt a continuous, organic shape with a large central void encircled by a long uninterrupted exhibition path in the form of a descending ramp.

In architecture, we celebrate our command of materials and mastery of form by manipulating natural materials into engineered shapes, taking away the kinks, bends and knots that are not pleasing to the eye.

Influenced by the natural landscape, her girlhood home, and architecture, Erica Zoë Lostau creates site specific installations of repeated shapes on geometrically arranged lines of mono - filament seeking a sublime level of illusion and metaphor.

In keeping with the Solomon Guggenheim philosophy of harmonizing architecture and fine art - as reflected in the design for the Guggenheim Museum in New York by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959)- the Bilbao museum's avant - garde Deconstructivist design employs a novel mix of materials to create an extraordinary silhouette, juxtaposing strange organic shapes with huge glass walls and regular forms finished in stone and titanium.

The museum's in - depth exhibition catalogue features over 300 images, and includes essays by the Michener's chief curator Kristen M. Jensen, fashion and textile historian Nancy Diehl, independent curator Thomas Mellins, and curatoratorial fellow Kelsey Halliday Johnson that illuminate how Sheeler's work reinterpreted and shifted contemporary trends in architecture and fashion, and highlight the role of Condé Nast in shaping the era's culture.

His notable works include Double Negative (1969 - 70), a pair of trenches in the desert near Overton, Nevada, created by displacing 240,000 tons of rock, and City, an ongoing project in Lincoln County, Nevada, described by critic Michael Kimmelman as «a suite of giant, variously shaped abstract sculptures over an area that covers more than a mile end to end — modern art turned into monumental abstract architecture, with ancient ruins as the model.»

Orbit, based partially on tantric drawings used for meditation, includes an ellipse shape that appears frequently in Parisian architecture, and Ra, which references the venerated sun disk of ancient Egyptian theology, was also partially inspired by the city's famous, unique light.

The paintings in this series are named for the circular shaped cities that Stella visited on a trip to the Middle East, inspired by Persian architecture and art.

As a child, I was extremely inspired by the unique shapes, colorful patterns, and designs I would see in the Mexican textiles, architecture, and within the vivacious culture.

Influenced by Frank Stella and his shaped canvases, Ellsworth Kelly's hard - edge shapes and Keith Haring's motion lines, but also the Memphis furniture trend or Googie architecture, Sperling is constructing peculiar artwork that is challenging both aesthetically and production-wise.

If we accept the assertion that people's identity is inevitably not only physically shaped by the very architecture of their locale, but also...

I am a specialist in the histories of modern and contemporary sculpture, especially on its relationship to photography, design, and architecture, but am more broadly interested in the how art shapes, and is shaped by, the built environment.

His visual vocabulary was drawn from observation of the world around him — shapes and colors found in plants, architecture, shadows — and has been shaped by his interest in the spaces between places and objects, and between his work and its viewers: «In my work I don't want you to look at the surface; I want you to look at the form, the relationships.»

Van der Ploeg's paintings are characterized by their use of bold geometric shapes and patterns in vibrant, singular color arrangements, which are informed by a diverse array of art historical sources ranging from Italian Renaissance architecture to Maori weaving to Islamic tile design.