Is Richard Serra’s Legacy Crushing His Brilliance?

Is Richard Serra’s Legacy Crushing His Brilliance?

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"In case you don’t already know it, Richard Serra is a very famous sculptor.

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Off to market: Museum of London shows off its new Smithfield site

Off to market: Museum of London shows off its new Smithfield site

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There are already more than 6m objects in the Museum of London, the largest urban history collection in the world, but its director, Sharon Ament, is acquiring a few more: a row of derelict shops, several tonnes of salt, a giant Edwardian gas burner, an entire street, and a working train line.

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First look: inside the Switch House – Tate Modern's power pyramid

First look: inside the Switch House – Tate Modern's power pyramid

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"Among the shafts of luxury flats sprouting up along the south bank of the Thames, from Battersea to Bermondsey, there is one new tower unlike the others. It is made of brick, not glass, and stands as a squat, truncated pyramid, twisting as it rises.

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Venice architecture biennale 2016 – ideas for real world problems

Venice architecture biennale 2016 – ideas for real world problems

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Architects are insecure about their usefulness. They work with buildings, which are generally large, expensive, long-lived and important to life, but it’s not always obvious what is significant about the specifically architectural aspect of their work – the refinements and rearrangements to the functional object that might otherwise come into being without architects’ help.

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JR makes Louvre pyramid disappear

JR makes Louvre pyramid disappear

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"The French artist JR has created an anamorphosis of the Musée du Louvre's pyramid by entirely covering one of its glass sides with a black-and-white photograph. The image of the museum buildings behind is intended to give the illusion that I.M.Pei's pyramid has temporarily disappeared.

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Sustainable high-rise keeps cool in sultry Singapore with passive design and green roofs

Sustainable high-rise keeps cool in sultry Singapore with passive design and green roofs

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Designing comfortable housing that doesn't require a ton of energy in equatorial Singapore is a challenging feat, but group8asia have risen to the task by creating an eco-friendly high-rise complete with passive ventilation and luscious green roofs. Incorporating vintage design with modern curves, Punggol Waterway Terraces offer both sustainable living and one heck of a view.

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Design unveiled for the new Rubenstein Forum

Design unveiled for the new Rubenstein Forum

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The University of Chicago has approved a preliminary architectural design by New York-based international firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) for the David M. Rubenstein Forum, a new hub for convening and scholarly collaboration to be located at the southeast corner of Woodlawn Avenue and 60th Street.

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Success For The Sotheby's Paris Design Sale

Success For The Sotheby's Paris Design Sale

Highest Total For A Design Sale In France Since 2001

Sotheby’s Paris Design sale achieved a final total of €7.8 million, the highest total for any auction in this field since the market opened in France. International buyers, many of them from Asia, attended the event in force, eager to discover fresh-to-the-market pieces with perfect provenance.

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Le Corbusier’s Convent de la Tourette

Le Corbusier’s Convent de la Tourette

One of the most significant buildings of the late modernist style, Le Corbusier’s Convent de la Tourette exemplifies the architect’s style and sensibilities in the latter end of his career. Built between 1956 and 1960 on a hillside near Lyon, France, the priory dominates the landscape, with its strict, geometric form.

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Against the Tide: Chile’s Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale

Against the Tide: Chile’s Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale

Interior Architecture and Design

Curated by Juan Román and José Luis Uribe, Chile’s pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale will present 15 architecture projects that aim to transform the daily life of people living in rural areas of the country.

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Design Masterworks Auction at Wright

Design Masterworks Auction at Wright

19 May '16

A showcase for exceptional objects, Wright presents Design Masterworks, a tightly curated sale featuring seminal works by the most innovative and influential artists and designers of the 20th and 21st centuries at auction on May 19th.

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Art/Talking.... A Monthly Project Led by Artist and Art Educator Nadia Berri

Art/Talking.... Contemporary art galleries around Clerkenwell

Next visit 'art/talking' Friday June 2nd 2pm to 4pm

'art/talking' is a venue based, monthly project, aimed at exploring the variety and depth of the London Contemporary Art Scene as well key themes in current contemporary art practice.

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1968: Radical Italian Furniture: Photographs by Maurizio Cattelan & Pieropaolo Ferrari

1968: Radical Italian Furniture: Photographs by Maurizio Cattelan & Pieropaolo Ferrari

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1968: Radical Italian Design, the newest project from Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari's Toilet Paper in collaboration with the Deste Foundation in Athens, offers an unorthodox, kaleidoscopic walk through the Dakis Joannou collection of Italian Radical Design furniture.

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Riba Announces 30 Buildings In Contention For New International Prize For Architecture

Riba Announces 30 Buildings In Contention For New International Prize For Architecture

The RIBA is delighted to announce the 30 buildings it has selected to be visited by the RIBA awards committee this summer under consideration for the inaugural RIBA International Prize. These will be whittled down to 20 of the best buildings, after which six finalists will be chosen and visited by the Grand Jury this autumn.

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Frieze New York 2016 Draws Record Attendance – Driving Major Sales Across the Fair’s International Galleries and Curated Section

Frieze New York 2016 Draws Record Attendance

Driving Major Sales Across the Fair’s International Galleries and Curated Sections

The fifth edition of Frieze New York closed on Sunday, May 8, with ambitious presentations from galleries from around the globe that generated exceptional sales and fostered meaningful dialogue with collectors, curators and art enthusiasts.

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