ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 393
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Aug 22 13:54:07 PDT 2008
Dear ArchitectureWeek Readers,
ArchitectureWeek No. 393 is now available on the Web, with these
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NEW YORK NEW MUSEUM
by Michael J. Crosbie
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As you make your way east on Prince Street from Sixth
Avenue in lower Manhattan, a pile of shimmering cubes
rises at the end of Prince as it dead-ends at the
Bowery. What is it? There are no windows in sight. A
puffy white cloud slowly passes behind it and the
silvery tower seems to disappear inside the cumulus
skycraft.
The tower seems scaleless, flat, and texture-starved
from the vantage of several blocks. But as you move
nearer, you start to pick up the play of shadows as they
jump from box to box, and then the glimmering visual hum
of the aluminum mesh that wraps the entire pile.
From behind a tree on Prince Street emerges a bright,
colorful plastic rainbow mounted to the front of the
museum, proclaiming "HELL, YES!" (a work by artist Ugo
Rondinone). Another half block and you see inside the
ground floor, which appears to be an open extension of
the sidewalk.
You have arrived at the New Museum, New York's answer to
the question: How do you design a museum that challenges
every staid expectation of what an art museum is
supposed to be? The New Museum is it.
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Beijing Bird's Nest - Architecture
by Brian Libby
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This is the first part of a two-part series about
Beijing National Stadium. Part one looks at the stadium
from the architects' perspective, part two from the
engineers'.
In the weeks and months leading up to the 2008 Summer
Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese government faced a
range of complications, from polluted skies to Tibet
protests.
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Gresham, Smith and Partners in Shanghai, China - WWCOT
in Woodland Hills, USA - RTKL in Washington, D.C., USA
- H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture in Brooklyn, New
York - CetraRuddy in New York, New York - Montroy
Andersen DeMarco in New York, New York - HGA in Winona,
Minnesota - Ratcliff in Emeryville, California - OMA,
with Arup and ECADI in Beijing, China...
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