Sentences with phrase «vernacular architecture of»

The foundations of modern Scandinavian design are seen in the vernacular architecture of the region.

Until 1949, when O'Keeffe moved permanently to New Mexico, the Northeast — particularly Lake George — and the Southwest were the primary places in which O'Keeffe worked — where she saw, absorbed, and responded to her natural surroundings, the varying and variable landscapes, and the vernacular architecture of the regions; where she reinterpreted these subjects in her work; and through which she defined the first decades of her career.

The striking composition was inspired by local metalworkers working on drain gutters, and resonates with Dakar's vernacular architecture of wrought iron window bars and doors.

The exhibition includes landscape and cityscape paintings — specifically Rice's signature images, representing the details of the vernacular architecture of Georgia and South Carolina.

It's also embodied in «Beverly Buchanan — Ruins and Rituals» at the Brooklyn Museum, a full - career look at an artist who invested much of her energy in reconstituting, in miniature, African - American vernacular architecture of the Carolinas and Georgia, where she grew up.

In the Courtyard, Street's Portrait of a Barn: 1840 - 2015 (2015) reconstructs the facade of a found image of an Appalachian cantilevered barn typical of the vernacular architecture of her childhood region of Virginia.

However, Purifoy's peers in the community of Black artists in Los Angeles, such as Powell, identify influences in his work ranging from George Washington Carver to vernacular architectures of the Deep South to Congolese fetish sculptures.

Not exact matches

Celebrating the vernacular: Certain regions of the country have a distinct tradition of church architecture, and congregations often want to tie their new building to that tradition.

In his two - page letter to the town, Krattinger called the Vanderbilt House «an exceptional example of Dutch vernacular architecture in Rockland County,» noting «and it has survived, perhaps somewhat remarkably, with its original floor plan and the bulk of its interior features intact.»

The low - status rural settlements showed how indigenous communities coexisted with Roman invaders, by keeping much of their vernacular architecture, but furnishing their homes with Roman manufactured goods.

Dating from the 1860's, this original homestead is a classic of Australian vernacular architecture.

The Mission Revival style of architecture, and subsequent Spanish Colonial Revival style, have historical, narrative — nostalgic, cultural — environmental associations, and climate appropriateness that have made for a predominant historical regional vernacular architecture style in the Southwestern United States, especially in California.

Vernacular architecture can be contrasted against polite architecture which is characterized by stylistic elements of design intentionally incorporated for aesthetic purposes which go beyond a building's functional requirements.

An exhibition of modern architecture and Caribbeanesque vernaculars, the private enclave offers the serenity of understated elegance with contemporary luxuries.

Works in various scale create dynamic spatial relationships: a metal structure covered with accumulated bottles sits on the floor, informed by vernacular architecture as well as the cotillion, a social dance originating in France in the 18th century and further developed by African Americans in the United States; and a chandelier of oversized cowrie shells hangs dramatically within a large and site - specific yurt - like structure.

The new ceramic pieces are presented on customised plinths of stacked walnut - veneered box - section, perforated steel sheeting and smoked glass that assimilate the visual vernaculars and architectures of high - finance and corporate culture.

The video Present Perfect reflects the origins and results of these inspirations through a journey that captures folklore impulses observed in Japanese landscape, gardens and vernacular architecture to present a contemporary reinterpretation of their fundamental values found not only in Metabolism but also in Tokyo's metropolitan manifestation.

Blades conjoins the spiritual with the vernacular in an intense «architecture of objects.»

Although criticized by some for the poverty reflected in the shacks, Ms. Buchanan believes her work to be a true reflection of the Southern vernacular architecture and the reality of current places and their surrounding landscape.

Many of his site - specific installations, like the façade of the Los Angeles» MTA Customer Center, referenced the vernacular solution of transforming out - of - date architecture into a dialogue within the community.

He juxtaposes modernist architecture with structures common in Latin America — favela shacks, adobe and vernacular buildings — and he incorporates aspects of the do - it - yourself economy to find practical solutions when resources are scarce.

The introduction establishes the importance of Black artisans in colonial New Orleans and references the emergence of iconic cultural forms including jazz, vernacular architecture, politically significant moments in New Orleans history (Plessy v. Ferguson), and food.

Cleaned and label - free, the bottles are presented as an archive of the community's consumption (and the fascinating history of cognac within the African American community), using a display form inspired by Puerto Rican vernacular architecture that combines decoration, comfort and security.

The work of Arturo is deeply influenced by vernacular architectures and construction techniques that reflect processes of assimilation and resistance to colonial and post-colonial processes.

With more than 100,000 images, nearly all photos taken by Mr. Satterthwaite, the Slide Collection offers an expansive view of land uses, the built environment, and vernacular architecture primarily in North America.

Tapping the traditions of documentary and conceptual photography, Leonard's project, which she developed during a residency at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, is positioned within the genealogy of the grand visual archives that extend from Eugène Atget's Paris «then and now,» to August Sander's Face of Our Time, to Bernd and Hilla Becher's typologies of vernacular architecture.

The houses and outbuildings she paints are characterized by the plainspoken vernacular of American architecture, which reinforces the poet John Yau's argument, in a catalogue essay, that she is an heir to Edward Hopper.

About the project, Curator Albert Stabler writes, «Even more than colonial and modern styles, vernacular architecture shows the full breadth of [Puerto Rico's] historical influences, from before, during, and after colonialism.

His works often call into question issues of police violence and authoritarianism exercised against youth and communities of color, as well as highlight vernacular language, architecture, and food culture associated with the urban lexicon.

Drawing inspiration from such sources as local architecture, amateur photographs, and state fair banners, their work runs the aesthetic spectrum from sleek to handcrafted, underscoring the diverse manifestations of the vernacular within our lived environment and its impact on artists working today.

Michael Wolf's focus lies within mega cities, capturing the monumental architecture and vernacular culture of the metropolis.

With a broad range of materials including ceramics, Duke creates representational and abstract compositions and installations that use patterns, shapes, and structures from American vernacular architecture and the tools and objects of industry.

Arriving in Seattle from Amsterdam shortly after World War II, he began photographing a newly discovered landscape of billboards, vernacular architecture, and neon signs.

Titled «While We Wait,» the exhibition investigated the possibility of erecting a meditation space combining innovative stone design and evoking the vernacular architecture in the Cremisan Valley, a lush patch of land wedged between the West Bank and Jerusalem.

She has published over 50 articles on contemporary art, sound, indigeneity, native economies, and vernacular architecture and is co-editor of two books.

These include his relationship with education, his links with modernist architecture, his view of the tradition of painting and of American literature, and his approach to the vernacular, popular culture, youthful initiatory rites and styles of musical subcultures.

Her writings on history, Indigenous art, and vernacular architecture have been published by MIT Press, BlackDog Publishing, Revolver Press, New York University, The Fillip Review, Canadian Art Magazine and the National Museum of the American Indian, among others.

Her writings on history, art, and vernacular architecture have been published by MIT Press, BlackDog Publishing, Revolver Press, New York University, the Fillip Review and the National Museum of the American Indian, among others.

This London - based solo exhibition records an ongoing concern with the notion of architecture as an environment for recreation, in a new body of work that contrasts the modernism of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Brohm's study of vernacular German allotment buildings of the late 1970s, Typology.

They include vernacular architecture, remote landscapes, urban elements and the beauty of random juxtapositions.

These enigmatic structures were captured over years of travel throughout America, and reveal a love for obscure vernacular architecture.

Artist Statement: Though the image of the heroic American agrarian has been obscured by an industrial model, the «human interface» — and the implied connection to the land — remains an icon, along with pastoral vistas, vernacular architecture, and the family farm.

Recognized throughout his career with honors and awards, Blackwell received a 2012 AIA National Honor Award and the 2012 Architecture Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a unique use of design strategies that draw upon vernaculars and contradictions of place to transgress conventional boundaries for architecture.

Using personal photographs of southern vernacular architecture, namely from Georgia (where the artist was raised) and Hale County, Alabama (a location associated with much of Walker Evans» depression - era photographs), Poor's -LSB-...]

The masonry - framed windows of Harlem's vernacular architecture nd an echo in the rhythmic composition of the facade, with its textured, precast concrete and windows of varying proportions.

Voisine's works are imbued with the elegant vernacular of architecture to delineate boundaries, expose points of access or exit, and enable his viewers to interact with his defined spaces.

Drawing on the visual language of architecture and functional design, Djordjadze creates sculptural environments that foreground the lasting legacy of Modernism while evoking the vernacular and folk traditions native to the Caucasus region in the Republic of Georgia.

«Hyperlocalization of Architecture: Contemporary Sustainable Archetypes» is a beautiful written and visual source guide for contemporary vernacular architecture across the globe.

From this starting point, «Hyperlocalization of Architecture: Contemporary Sustainable Archetypes» launches into a global journey to seek out contemporary vernacular architecture.

While embracing traditional farmstead design made it trickier for this new build home in the Scottish Highlands to meet the coveted passive house standard, mixing modern standards of super-insulation with vernacular farmhouse architecture ultimately led to the creation of a very special home for proprietors Jeanette and Jon Fenwick — one that picked up a coveted UK Passivhaus Award in 2016.