Tag Archives: Architecture

2106: Transitional Object

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

In 2016, Cornelia Parker installed this replica of the house from Hitchcock’s Psycho on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. It’s made from repurposed wood from a red barn; the title of the work … Continue reading →

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1990: Monte Carlo

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

Robert Bechtle: Working Proof 2 for Albany Monte Carlo (1990)

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2014: Starts With

Posted on March 3, 2018 by

Richard Meier: SINDA (2014) Italian words that start with “sinda“: sindaco, mayor sindacato, labor union sindacale, union sindacalista, union official, trade unionist sindacare, to judge sindacalismo, trade unionism sindacalizzarsi, to unionize

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1908: Dream of New York

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

Harry M. Pettit: Illustration for Moses King’s guidebook Views of New York (1908)

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1928: Holiday in Bangkok

Posted on December 9, 2017 by

    Map, frontispiece, and cover of the Royal State Railways’s Guide to Bangkok with Notes on Siam (1928); the frontispiece shows Wat Arun at night.  

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1867: Historical Monument of the American Republic

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

Erastus Salisbury Field: Historical Monument of the American Republic (c. 1867)

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1784: Cenotaph

Posted on November 3, 2017 by

Etienne-Louis Boullée: Cénotaphe de Newton (1784); for his proposal for a cenotaph for Isaac Newton, Boullée envisioned a 500-foot tall sphere encircled by plateaus containing hundreds of cypress trees. (source)

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