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Visual Arts: Net-Zero architecture, urban art and rocking drums
Thu, 24 May 2012 12:57:25 -0700
Visual Arts: Net-Zero architecture, urban art and rocking drums Published May 24, 2012 01:49PM MDT Zero in 10 David Brems, the lead architect for many of the state’s sustainable structures, will discuss Net Zero architecture. His lecture launches an new exhibit of 16 architectural projects including the Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval, one of the first LEED-certified buildings in the nation; and ...
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Place des Arts inaugurates its Salon urbain
Thu, 24 May 2012 13:30:00 -0700
MONTREAL , May 24, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - In the very heart of Place des Arts, a great room opens to the public—a meeting point before or after a show, or a place to hold a social event related, or not, to ...
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Going artsMAD at Arts Village again
Thu, 10 May 2012 21:22:05 -0700
Rotorua District Council (RDC) is presenting its second 'artsMAD' (arts, media, architecture and design) evening this year at Rotorua Arts Village next week.
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A different “Shades of Gray” but definitely for young readers
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:43:09 -0700
Ruta Sepetys’ “Between Shades of Gray” has the peculiar coincidence of a title that’s going to be easily confused with “50 Shades of Grey,” the mommy-porn novel about a malleable young girl initiated by an older man who seduces her into an S&M relationship. (And if you don’t know what S&M is, then you’re the [...]
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Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:11:37 -0700
Medellín, Colombia, once famed for murder and cocaine, is now drawing notice for its ambitious urban projects, many aimed at easing life in the city’s slums.
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Gilbert Lang Mathews, Lighting Industry Pioneer, Receives Honorary Architectural Designation
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:17:05 -0700
Inspired to create better lighting sources and to support architecture and the arts, Gilbert Lang Mathews built an influential lighting company and sponsors major lecture series. This year Mathews earns Honorary AIA designation from the American Institute of Architects.San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 The maker of precision-engineered architectural lighting fixtures, Lucifer Lighting Company ...
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Concurrent Rhythms in a small space
Wed, 23 May 2012 04:08:40 -0700
Keeping an eye on ambitious gallery by Barbara Schreiber Since its August 2011 opening, the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte's Center City Building has presented a dizzying array of stuff: a temporary mural by local artists, a cross-disciplinary performance/installation by faculty members, a video project by an international artist, the crowd-pleasing Violins of Hope, and now Concurrent ...
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What are you ... ? with Ken Busby executive director and CEO of the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa
Thu, 24 May 2012 00:33:58 -0700
"I'm kidded about my nametags - but I really like wearing them," says Ken Busby, executive director and CEO of the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa. He's currently juggling about eight tags, looking over his calendar each day to determine which ones will be appropriate.
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Lor and Ed Calma: Opposite personalities, but the same modern vision
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:58:52 -0700
In Philippine design and architecture, the name “Calma” is synonymous with a powerful aesthetic impact on the environment. Think Lorenzo “Lor” Calma’s sculptural planes, whose flatness is interrupted by cuts and folds, or Ed Calma’s stark-white College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts building with its irregular form and all-glass backside set against an old, grayish district in Manila.
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Architecture: 7 Things to Know About the Restoration of John Lautner's Rainbow-Shaped Garcia House
Thu, 24 May 2012 21:05:32 -0700
Image via the Wall Street Journal Today the Wall Street Journal takes a look at the magnificent restoration of the 1962 Garcia House, designed by John Lautner and perched in all its rainbow-shaped beauty above Mulholland Drive near Nichols...
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