Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS AUSTRIA THE UNKNOWN LOOS: WALTER Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna Until 22 May This exhibition is dedicated not to Adolf but to one of his younger colleagues and namesake: Walter (1905-1974), whose estate was entrusted to the Az W in 2003. Walter Loos was also an architect and a furniture designer, a Bohemian, and emigrated. www.azw.at THE NETHERLANDS THE WORLD OF ARCHITECT HENDRIK WIJDEVELD (1885-1987) Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam Until 21 May Often compared to visionaries such as Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (March 30,1890, Oak Park, Illinois – May 31, 1978, Santa Monica, California), commonly known as Lloyd Wright, was an American architect who did most of his work in Southern California. and Le Corbusier Le Corbusier (lə kôrbüzyā`), pseud. of Charles Édouard Jeanneret (shärl ādwär` zhänərā`), 1887–1965, French architect, b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. , and a central figure of the Amsterdam School The Amsterdam School (Dutch: Amsterdamse School) is a style of architecture that arose in the early part of the 20th Century in The Netherlands. Imbued with socialist ideals, it was applied to all manner of buildings, including homes and apartment blocks, and was , Hendrik Wijdeveld was perhaps the most fecundly imaginative designer in Dutch architectural history  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. , best illustrated by the tortuously curving facades of his 1925-26 Hoofdweg. www.nai.nl SWITZERLAND THE SCALES OF REALITY: CHRISTIAN KEREZ'S ARCHITECTURE Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne Until 26 April The models of Christian Kerez cover all stages of project and all scales from 1:500 to 1:1. EPFL EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (French: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland) EPFL Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, Maryland) EPFL European Professional Football Leagues use his models to illustrate the various ways of making architecture. www.enac.epfl.ch UK MODERNISM: DESIGNING A NEW WORLD Victoria & Albert Museum, London Until 23 July 2006 Blockbuster exhibition exploring Modernism in the designed world from a truly international perspective and in terms of all the arts. The aim is to offer a fundamental reassessment of the idea of Modernism. www.vam.ac.uk USA SYMMETRY MAK Mak Falstaffian figure; categorically maintains his innocence. [Br. Lit.: The Second Shepherds’ Play] See : Deceit Mak sheep stealer succeeds by waiting till the shepherds fall asleep. [Br. Lit. Center for Art and Architecture, LA Until 7 May Works by LA-based artists that use or relate to concepts of symmetry. Properties of the Schindler House The Schindler House, also known as the Kings Road House or Schindler Chace house, is a house in West Hollywood, California designed by architect Rudolf Schindler. The Schindler House is considered to be the first modern house built in the world. , the history of its residents, and the exhibition that it hosts, all reveal subtle formal symmetries that spin narratives of similarity and difference. www.makcenter.org Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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