Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FINLAND EERO SAARINEN Noun 1. Eero Saarinen - United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) Saarinen : SHAPING THE FUTURE Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki Until 6 December The first retrospective to explore the complete career of this remarkable prolific and controversial architect. Works by Saarinen include the monumental St Louis Gateway Arch to his TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there Terminal in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Washington's Dulles International Airport Terminal, as well as his furniture designs and masterplans for civic centres and universities. www.mfa.fi NETHERLANDS NEW FACES IN EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE: Netherlands Architecture Institute, Maastricht Until 14 January The opening exhibition for NAI See Network Associates. Maastricht aims to reveal how a new generation of European architects (David Adjaye, Jurgen Mayer H, PLOT=BIG+JDS See Java Desktop System. , SeARCH) is using the basic parameters of modern public architecture (form, space, image and shape) as building blocks for our complex society. www.naimaastricht.nl UK LEONARDO DA VINCI Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. : EXPERIENCE, EXPERIMENT AND DESIGN Victoria & Albert Museum, London Until 7 January 2007 For the first time, the V & A explores Leonardo's role as a scientist, technician and designer through his incredible legacy of manuscripts and drawings. These rare artefacts are featured alongside sophisticated animation techniques that bring Leonardo's unique vision to life. www.vam.ac.uk USA OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. IN BEIJING Museum of Modern Art, New York 15 November 2006-26 February 2007 Scheduled to open for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the China Central Television Headquarters by Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas comprises three buildings and a media park east of the Forbidden City. It embodies a proposal for social and urban change through a rethinking of the tall building. www.moma.org MULTICULTURAL MODERNISM: THE WORK OF STEVEN EHRLICH ARCHITECTS Palm Springs Art Museum, California 11 November 2006-15 April 2007 An in-depth look at the LA-based architectural firm explores 'Multicultural Modernism', the firm's distinctive design philosophy for creating meaningful architecture for the 21st century. www.psmuseum.org Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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