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By Anulfo BaezNovember 14, 2012 0

Cityscapes of Boston, Robert Campbell & Peter Vanderwarker at the BPL

Robert Campbell doesn’t lecture very often, but when he does, he packs the house. Boston’s own Pulitzer-winning architecture critic delighted and mesmerized the audience during a lecture held at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday November 13. Campbell joined notable…

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By Anulfo BaezOctober 25, 2012 0

H.H. Richardson’s Warder House portal and fireplace to be auctioned in Maryland

The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC is set to auction artifacts from the Benjamin Warder House designed by 19th century Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Rumors of the possible auction were circulating throughout various preservation and architectural history…

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By Paul FitzgeraldOctober 24, 2012 0

Artful Adventures: Frank Lloyd Wright in New Hampshire

Wright Next Door: New Hampshire Part One Behind a woodland canopy of yew and birch and hemlock on an unassuming street in the hillside city of Manchester, New Hampshire lays a rare and hidden treasure that awaits your eminent arrival;…

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By Brian Christopher GlaserOctober 19, 2012 0

Platforms of Power: paintings by Daniel Rich at the MFA

In 1986, the Westin Stamford Hotel in Singapore became the newly crowned “world’s tallest hotel.” Sensing an opportunity to attract Western investors into their market and a chance to appear competitive within the growing world economy, North Korea began construction…

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By Aaron WilletteOctober 15, 2012 0

An Appropriation of Means: The Advent of Installation as a Critical Tool of Architecture

The idea that there is a privileged relationship between the relatively young medium of installation art and the ancient practice of architecture is far from revolutionary. For decades artists and architects have explored shared interests through the medium of installation;…

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By Brian SirmanOctober 15, 2012 0

Reviled Architecture: The Buildings We Love to Hate

For the past two years, I have taught a course on Reviled Architecture at Boston University. The class explored a variety of buildings that frequently incite people’s ire, and my students found no lack of published sources on the subject.…

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By BR&SOctober 11, 2012 0

Preview: Reviled Architecture

By The Editors October 11, 2012 We’ve all seen Boston’s city hall, and we’ve all got an opinion about it. The haters believe that it’s a symbol of Boston city government’s insanity, and the lovers think that it’s a…

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By BR&SOctober 9, 2012 0

Preview: An Appropriation of Means: The Advent of Installation as a Critical Tool of Architecture

By The Editors October 09, 2012 Chances are you or a loved one went to an art school for undergrad. If you did, it’s also probable that you went through a foundations course your first year. This “painters…

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By BR&SSeptember 15, 2012 0

Capture, Map, and Explore the World of Vintage Typography

Do you like typography, architecture and vintage signs? Do you find yourself wishing there was a way to document and archive unique type and signage from all over the world? There’s an app for that and it’s called Fontly. Fontly…

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By Anulfo BaezSeptember 2, 2012 0

The Movement to Save an Ugly Duckling with Ties to Boston

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve heard of the campaign to save the “old” Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago. The movement to save from demolition one of modernism’s boldest, most unusual and least understood concrete buildings gains momentum…

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By Anulfo BaezSeptember 2, 2012 0

Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile

According to John Ochsendorf author of Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile, “Rafael Guastavino was one of the greatest American architects you’ve never heard of. (1)” An immigrant from Spain, Rafael Guastavino Sr. arrived to America in 1881 with…

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By Brian Christopher GlaserAugust 28, 2012 0

Tectonic Visions between Land and Sea: Works of Kiyonori Kikutake at Harvard GSD

A new exhibit at the Harvard Graduate School of Design pays tribute to the work of visionary Japanese architect, Kiyonori Kikutake (1928-2011). In Kikutake’s first solo North American show the focus is on the architect’s commitment to the principals of…

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