Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS CANADA SUPER CITY Until 20 November Canadian Centre for Architecture The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an architecture museum and research centre located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The architect Phyllis Lambert is the founder and director. , Montreal Curated by Douglas Coupland, the prophet of 'Generation X', this show explores ideals of the contemporary city as played out through construction kits for children. His thesis is that childhood experiences and visions of the world condition adult choices; clearly some architects were allowed to play with Meccano longer than might reasonably be thought healthy. www.cca/qc THE NETHERLANDS A ROYAL EXHIBITION Until 23 October Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam Patriotic show of contemporary Dutch architecture to coincide with and celebrate the silver jubilee of Queen Beatrix. Includes work by Koen van Velsen, Sjoerd Soeters, Wiel Arets and Atelier Pro, among others. www.nai.nl SWITZERLAND ZAHA HADID Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها حديد) CBE (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad, Iraq) is a notable Iraqi-British deconstructivist architect. Biography Born october 31 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. ARCHITECTURE Until 13 November Architekturmuseum, Basel Timely Hadid exposition on the back of her winning the competition for the Neues Stadt-Casino in Basel in 2004. Current favourites include the Ordrupgaard Museum extension, Copenhagen (p38), the Contemporary Arts Center The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a pioneering contemporary art museum located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The CAC is a non-collecting museum that focuses on new developments in painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, performance art and new media. , Cincinnati and the Wolfsburg Science Centre. www.architekturmuseum.ch UNITED KINGDOM EILEEN GRAY Kathleen Eileen Moray Gray (August 9, 1878 – October 31, 1976) was an Irish furniture designer and architect and a pioneer of the International Style aesthetic. Biography Until 8 January 2006 Design Museum, London Major retrospective of the Irish designer who infused the industrial aesthetic of Modernism with opulence and sensuality. Her Bibendum chair and E-1017 table--designed for her sister to enjoy breakfast in bed--are among the most enduring examples of early twentieth century furniture. www.designmuseum.org UNITED STATES United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. JULIUS SHULMAN Julius Shulman, (born October 10, 1910) is an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph "Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect." The house is also known as The Stahl House. , MODERNITY AND THE METROPOLIS 11 October 2005-22 January 2006 Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. , Los Angeles Exhibition celebrating Shulman's 95th birthday and announcing the Getty Research Institute's acquisition of his archive consisting of more than 260 000 prints, negatives and transparencies, a stunning visual record of modern architecture and Los Angeles. www.getty.edu Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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