The new Aspen Art Museum by Shigeru Ban Architects. The 12,500 square foot space will be his first US museum and along with exhibition space and galleries includes a roof deck sculpture garden, book and museum shop, café as well as administration and storage space.
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Jean Nouvel‘s edition of the 10th annual summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery in London paints the town red.
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Two cities, two parks, two revitalized urban centers: a pair of recent projects from landscape architects Thomas Balsley Associates in Dallas and Tampa, bringing neglected downtown areas in both cities back to life.
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One of our favorite stops in Milan, La Triennale di Milano announced that it will open Triennale New York, a multi-disciplinary space dedicated to Italian culture and creativity, at 40 West 53rd Street in New York City in September 2010.
Triennale New York will establish a permanent space in the United States for world-class exhibitions by the renowned Italian Foundation, La Triennale di Milano, making it one of the few international visual arts institutions of its kind to have a presence in New York. The core of the 18,067 sf. space will devoted to the exhibition area, occupying more than half of the space. In addition, the building will include a restaurant, a bookstore, a shop and an espresso bar.
The new space was designed by Italian architects Michele De Lucchi and Pierluigi Cerri, in collaboration with New York Studio CUH2a. An open-slat iron staircase will serve as the main artery of the building, connecting the various levels to each other and providing access to the 9,000 sf exhibition gallery located on the lower level. The entire space has been designed to be flexible and will utilize the latest interactive information and exhibition technologies in order to accommodate artistic programs, meet high-quality museum standards, and host a series of talks, special programs, and social and cultural events.
Triennale New York exhibitions will be expressly conceived for a New York audience by La Triennale di Milano curatorial team, under the direction of President Davide Rampello. It will inaugurate the new space with The Expression of Gio Ponti an exhibition of architectural models, drawings, writings, and personal objects belonging to one of Italy’s most well-known 20th century architects and designers. Curated by one of the members of La Triennale scientific committee, Germano Celant, the exhibition will pull from the Gio Ponti Archives of Milan to explore the relationship the theorist, critic and architect—one of the first truly global architects of the 20th century—had with the U.S., and will be enriched by a diverse program of panel discussions, a catalogue, and ancillary events.
