Miniature Rooms
Remember the days and nights spend to finish up the model of your model. Model making requires a lot of hard work, sweat, and sleepless nights… If you know what I mean, you will appreciate Henry Kupjack’s Miniature Rooms. I had a chance to see, and appreciate his work in Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul, [...]
The Newseum
The Newseum is designed by Polshek Partnership Architects that features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces and visitor services. It will open on Friday, April 11, 2008. The building’s total area — including conference center, restaurant, offices and apartments — is 643,000 square feet.
The Getty Center
The Getty Center is more than a museum with its beautifully designed garden, and outdoor cafe, you can spend hours just to relax, read, and enjoy a cup of coffee. A couple weeks ago, I visited The Getty Center in a beautiful Sunday.
Shades of “off-white”
Yesterday afternoon, I was listening my favorite radio channel, KCRW, and the conversation was about the exterior paint color for Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York which has been under a major restoration project since 2005.
The Bloch Building – 2
In Arkitectrue, I have shared some information about Steven Holl’s design for Bloch Building. Recently, Time magazine published an article, Light at the Museum, by Richard Lacayo about Holl’s design. “… Beauty is an argument that doesn’t take no for an answer…” says in Time which I totally agree.
The Bloch Building
By day, light is reflected into galleries below. At night, gallery lights will glow softly through the mix of translucent and transparent glass panels, like Japanese lanterns illuminating the Sculpture Park. The interplay between the interior and exterior makes this one of the most captivating contemporary museum experiences since the opening of the Tate Modern, [...]
