Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opened in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2009 in a four-story building designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta. It's no surprise then that the museum is celebrating the architect with the major exhibition Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory.[Photo: Gary O’Brien, via...

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Today's archidose #748

Here are some photos of SEB Bank and Pension Headquarters (2011) in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, photographed by Ximo Michavila.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos a...

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Today's archidose #747

Here are two chapels this Sunday one week before Easter.The Bishop Edward King Chapel (2013) at Ripon Theological College, Oxfordshire, UK, by Niall McLaughlin Architects, photographed by Iqbal Aalam:The MIT Chapel (1955) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Eero Saarinen, photographed by Hassan Bagheri:To...

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The Sci-Fi Drawings of Lebbeus Woods

On Thursday Lebbeus Woods, Architect is opening at the Drawing Center. I'll post about the show next week, but in anticipation of the exhibition I pulled out a book from 1983 that features illustrations by Woods:The book collects a number of Arthur C. Clarke's short stories that are accompanied by Woods's...

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Allan Wexler: Breaking Ground

If you haven't been to Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (31 Mercer Street) to see Allan Wexler: Breaking Ground, you have until May 3 to do so. I stopped by on the way to work this morning and can't recommend it enough.[All photos by John Hill]The works, which I'd posted about in March, are much larger than...

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2014 Boat Tours

Yesterday evening I hitched a ride on the AIANY/Classic Harbor Line cruise as they were celebrating their fifth year of offering architectural boat tours. In addition to the Around Manhattan Architecture Tour that I wrote about previously, the AIANY and Classic Harbor Line are holding other tours:Lower...

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LEGO House in LEGO Form

In what might be best described as "LEGO imitating architecture imitating LEGO," BIG's design for the LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, is for sale as a special edition kit:[Photo: Hamid/Flickr][Photo: Hamid/Flickr]I'm not sure how much the limited-edition set goes for, or where it's even available, but...

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