General view of the New Acropolis Museum
The new Acropolis Museum will open today. It is located 300 meters from the famous ruins, and cost $181 million to build.
Greek President Dimitrios Pandermalis wrote: “The new Acropolis Museum was designed with two objectives: the first to offer the best conditions for the exhibition of its exhibits and [...]
The wild, delirious ride that architecture has been on for the last decade looks as if it’s finally coming to an end. And after a visit to the Chanel Pavilion that opened Monday in Central Park, you may think it hasn’t come soon enough.
Designed to display artworks that were inspired by Chanel’s 2.55, a quilted [...]
Not all architects embrace the idea of evolution. Some, fixated on the 20th-century notion of the avant-garde, view their work as a divine revelation, as if history began with them. Others pine for the Middle Ages.
But if you want reaffirmation that human history is an upward spiral rather than a descent into darkness, head to [...]
La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, inaugurates the 11th International Architecture Exhibition titled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, and directed by Aaron Betsky. The Exhibition will take place from Sunday September 14th through Sunday November 23rd 2008.
According to Aaron Betsky – for six years director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam, [...]
In the early 1990s the architect Lebbeus Woods, left, produced a series of dark and moody renderings that made him a cult figure among students and academics. While most of his friends and colleagues have abandoned their imaginary cities to chase lucrative commissions, Mr. Woods has shown little interest in building.
Instead, he continues to work [...]
Designs for the HL23 tower in Chelsea.
N.Y. Times. The HL23 tower, planned for a site on 23rd Street in Chelsea, is the kind of commission Neil Denari has being waiting for his entire working life. Mr. Denari, a Los Angeles architect who once ran the Southern California Institute of Architecture, has labored on the profession’s [...]
Frank Gehry, Canadian architect of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, stands outside the music facility in downtown Los Angeles.