Go Back   Wired New York Forum > City Guide > Events, Groups, and Meetups

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old August 5th, 2006, 07:04 PM
lofter1's Avatar
lofter1 lofter1 is offline
Disgruntled Optimist
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: NYC - Downtown
Posts: 21,807
Default City of Culture: New Architecture for the Arts at AIA

City of Culture: New Architecture for the Arts

AIA / Center for Architure

535 La Guardia Place
Galleries: Gerald D. Hines Gallery, Street Gallery

July 19–September 7, 2006

From museums and concert halls to gardens and historic monuments, this exhibition focuses on cutting-edge designs commissioned by cultural institutions in New York.

Six projects—the New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Bowery, the renovation of the Bronx Zoo Lion House, the new Administrative and Visitors' Center at the Queens Botanical Garden, the Weeksville Heritage Center Education Building and Interpretive Landscapes, the restoration of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center Music Hall on Staten Island, and the transformation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts—are offered as case studies illustrating the influence of the arts industry and innovative architecture on the revitalization of institutions, neighborhoods and our City. (List of cultural organizations)

Exhibition organized by Brad Walters and Randall Bourscheidt, Alliance for the Arts, in partnership with the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter.

Visit the Alliance online gallery at architecture.nyc-arts.org

Exhibition Design: Caples Jefferson Architects

Graphic Design: Anthony McCall Associates

Exhibition Underwriters: FJ Sciame Construction, Sciame Development Inc.


New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Facility
Manhattan
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA



Queens Botanical Garden
Administrative & Visitors' Center
New Facility
Queens
BKSK Architects



Weeksville Heritage Center
New Facility
Brooklyn
Caples Jefferson Architects



Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Renovation
Manhattan
Diller Scofidio + Renfro



Bronx Zoo
Lion House
Renovation
Bronx
FXFOWLE Architects

rendering of renovated great hall:


view of building during construction:



Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Music Hall
Restoration
Staten Island
Rafael Viñoly Architects

View of façade before restoration:


View of façade after restoration:
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old August 7th, 2006, 01:11 PM
bubdanose bubdanose is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 27
Default Thank you

Loved this thread, the pics were great....I come to the city each year for about 2 weeks....will check out these places for sure...
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
City College of New York South Campus Development Kris New York Skyscrapers and Architecture 33 October 6th, 2009 10:23 PM
Pill Culture Pops Edward Anything Goes 3 November 21st, 2005 03:08 PM
Architecture in the city Alonzo-ny New York Skyscrapers and Architecture 10 July 19th, 2005 10:09 AM
Meeting a new culture Siddartha New York City Guide For Visitors 8 September 13th, 2004 01:51 AM
Chinatown's Gang Culture - Gone Kris New York City Guide For New Yorkers 5 July 29th, 2003 05:22 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:36 PM.




Edward's photos on Flickr - Wired New York on Flickr - In Queens - In Red Hook - Bryant Park - SQL Backup Software



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.