Hew Locke, Magna Carta, Antony Gormley, Florence, Kakudai Faucets, BNKR Arquitectura, Chapel, James Turrell, Freyja Bardell and Brian Howe, Mammoth, Taiwan Bent Mailboxes, Chinese Cloud Gate, Cai Guoqiang, Fireworks, Botanico Culiacan. Project posted at facebook/glennweiss.100. … [Read more...]
Projects on Facebook at glennweiss.100 in first week of August 2015
Projects on Facebook at glennweiss.100 . Friend me. Travis Threlkel of Obscura Digital, Lee Jae-Hyo, Arte Sella, Javier Corvalán Arquitectura, Rudy Ricciotti Architecte, Ben Eine, Alejandro Duran, Os Gemeos, Kwang Young Chun. The building by Javier Corvalan tilts to open and close with a hand cranked wench. … [Read more...]
Mirror, Mirror on the Ceiling. Why? Foster, Eliasson, MVRDV and others.
Mirrors on the walls have been popular since the unveiling of great hall of mirrors at Versailles in 1678. Adds to the sparkle and apparent size of the room. Exterior walls of mirror glass begins in the early 1970s in the USA by architects like Cesar Pelli and I.M. Pei. Reduces the scale on the street and skyline. Merge with the sky. But mirrors on the ceiling?? The first reference is the … [Read more...]
The Narrow Pyramid Returns to Jerusalem and Paris
A week after posting about the narrow pyramids, the shape is making new appearances in Jerusalem and Paris. Both designed approved in the summer of 2015. San Francisco has a little competition. Studio Libeskind has won planning permission to build a 105-metre-high pointed skyscraper in the centre of Jerusalem – set to become the city's second-tallest building. Called the Pyramid … [Read more...]
Steel maze at Belgium coal mine by Gijs – Van Vaerenbergh
From DesignBoom, With a focus on the experience of space, gijs van vaerenbergh — a collaboration of belgian architects and artists pieterjan gijs and arnout van vaerenbergh — have realized an immersive labyrinth at the central square of C-mine Art Centre in Genk, Belgium. a one kilometer maze of steel corridors, with walls that tower 5 meters above the earth, surrounds installation visitors, … [Read more...]
Flickr Copyright Free Images from Books
Flickr has posted 2.6 million copyright free images from books. The searches result in a strange sets - not perfect. You need to go to the book page link to find the title to image. Link Here https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/ Value: 1. Find great etchings of destroyed art and architecture, 2. sculptures valued in the 19th century and early 20th century and 3. … [Read more...]
2 Girls Building
Within melbourne’s urban center, the ‘2 girls building’ by australian photographer samantha everton in collaboration with local practice KUD architects http://www.designboom.com/art/2-girls-building-melbourne-samantha-everton-kud-architects-04-02-2015/ … [Read more...]
Mass Extinction, David Adjaye, FL Wright, Brodsky & Utkin
During November 2014, A ground-breaking ceremony took place for the Mass Extinction Memorial Observatory (MEMO), a 30-metre-high stone spiral that will house an information and exhibition centre for the 860 species identified as extinct since the demise of the dodo in the 17th century. The memorial to extinct species of the present and future is designed by David Adjaye for the Isle of Portland, … [Read more...]
New and Old Glass Ceilings
With Spencer Finch's new ceiling in Seattle, I was reminded of some others by Carl Cheng and Seyed Alavi. Unfortunately, none of them compare well the late 19th century and early 20th. At least the architects at the new Amazon.com office building created a space for the work with the illusion of extra height. The Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, between San Francisco and … [Read more...]
Weekly Posts on Public Art Worldwide
Public Art posted at facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100 : Spencer Finch, Frank Gehry, Jimmie Durham, Anish Kapoor, SPY, ICY & SOT, Tomasz Domanski, Jacob Hashimoto, Dorothy Cross, Ai Wei Wei … [Read more...]
Weekly Public Art Posts on Facebook glenn.weiss.100
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's quote on public art: “Public art installations allow Chicagoans to be active participants in arts and culture, and as part of the Chicago Cultural Plan, we’ve made progress on a number of fronts to bring the arts directly to Chicago neighborhoods,” said Mayor Emanuel. “From Sculpture on the Boulevards to art installations on the lake front to more than 1,000 events … [Read more...]
Kara Walker Tangent: Romancing Sugar on Vacation
So I took a four day cruise to the Bahamas. Only one 60 minute session of smartphone use permitted. Laptop left at home. But I took my new sugar baby brain with me to the Bahamas. Of the 319,000 people, 85% are dissidents of African slaves that were brought to the Caribbean for sugar production. But not directly to the Bahamas. The Bahamas were semi abandoned until British loyalist arrived … [Read more...]