Move the Lucas Museum?

As most people probably know by now, on Monday MAD Architects released its design of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, planned for a site on Chicago's lakefront between Soldier Field and McCormick Place.Here is one of the three renderings released:The proposed site plan, with Lucas Museum as #5:Not...

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CLOG : Unpublished Panel Discussion

For those in NYC, there is a panel discussion on architectural publishing taking place at McNally Jackson Books on Monday. Details are below.On Monday, November 10, 2014, CLOG will be moderating a panel discussion based on CLOG : Unpublished, which is a critical analysis of the architectural publishing...

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Today's archidose #793

Here are some photos of Kronstad DPS (2013) in Bergen Norway, by Origo Arkitektgruppe, photographed by Sindre Ellingsen.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just::: Tag your photos...

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Lucas Museum - Chicago Tonight Roundtable

Last night, one day after MAD Architects' Ma Yansong unveiled his conceptual design for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Chicago Tonight hosted a panel with Lynn Becker, Peter Exley and Edward Keegan to get some feedback on the design and its next steps. Below is an embed of the 12-minute video, but it can also be watched on WTTW11's website.With only three renderings made public, and as many reservations...

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Book Review: Constructing Europe

Constructing Europe: 25 Years of Architecture edited by Diane Gray, Fundació Mies van der Rohe Actar Publishers, 2013Hardcover, 308 pagesIn 2013 the Mies van der Rohe Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. Twenty-five...

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Today's archidose #792

Here are some photos of the Fo Shou villa (2012) at the Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing, China, by Mansilla & Tuñón, photographed by Trevor Patt.With David Adjaye's Light Box in the distance:To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To...

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Book Review: Architectural Drawing

Architectural Drawing by David DernieLaurence King Publishing, 2014, Second EditionPaperback, 208 pagesIn addition to the author's own drawings, the first 30 pages of David Dernie's inspirational and practical guide to architectural drawing features a watercolor by Steven Holl, a computer rendering...

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