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The MET Museum Reveals Design of a New Wing in New York by Architect Frida Escobedo

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:30:00 +0000

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled the design for a new wing dedicated to its 20th- and 21st-century art collection. Architect Frida Escobedo, the first woman to design a Met wing, is leading the project. The Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing will increase gallery space by almost 50 percent, adding over 70,000 square feet. This expansion will address accessibility issues, improve infrastructure, and enhance the sustainability of the building. The opening of the new wing is anticipated in 2030.

The MET Opens Exhibition on the Diverse Career of Underrecognized Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph

Maria-Cristina Florian — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened a major exhibition focused on the diverse and innovative career of Paul Rudolph, a second-generation Modernist architect whose work stands alongside luminaries such as Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei. Titled "Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph," the exhibition is on display from September 30, 2024, to March 16, 2025, covering a wide spectrum of Rudolph's architectural contributions, from his experimental houses in Florida, through civic projects, to visionary urban megastructures and mixed-use skyscrapers.

Graham Foundation Reveals 2024 Grants for Organizations Researching Emerging Architectural Ideas

Maria-Cristina Florian — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

The Graham Foundation, based in Chicago, has allocated $390,000 in grants to support 33 innovative projects worldwide. These initiatives include exhibitions, publications, and presentations aimed at enriching the discourse in architecture and its role in society. The projects, undertaken by architects, artists, curators, and educators, span various cities such as Johannesburg, New York, Chicago, and others, reflecting a global perspective on contemporary architectural issues.

Tadao Ando Designs the Exhibition “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Maria-Cristina Florian — Fri, 05 May 2023 06:30:00 +0000

Architect Tadao Ando has been commissioned to design this year’s Costume Institute exhibition highlighting the work of Karl Lagerfeld. The opening of the exhibition titled “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” was marked by the world-renown Met Gala, a fundraising event attended by celebrities and personalities perceived to be culturally relevant in the fashion scene. Perceived as a thematic and conceptual essay on Lagerfeld’s work, rather than a traditional retrospective, the exhibition aims to illustrate the designer’s method of creative expression and its significance in the industry.

Kevin Roche, Celebrated Designer of Post-War America, Passes away at 96

Katherine Allen — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Kevin Roche, the Irish-American architect and Pritzker laureate known whose modernist sensibility transformed America’s post-war cultural and corporate institutions, has died of natural causes in his home in Guilford, Connecticut. News of Roche’s passing was first posted to the website of his office, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates late on 02 March. He was 96 years old.

This Week in Architecture: Reduce, Reuse, Rethink

Katherine Allen — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the massive production of architecture today. Scroll through ArchDaily for more than a minute and even we'd forgive you for losing track of it all. But what seems like an endless scroll of architectural production doesn't quite fit with the popular movements surrounding resource sharing and community.

History's Most Notorious Unfinished Buildings

Jack McManus — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:30:00 +0000

Both today and in centuries past, it is a reality of building that not every project is destined for success. Financial issues or unrealistic timetables can complicate a building’s construction but, while usually the final result eventually meets the initial expectations, other times the worst-case scenario of a building being abandoned during construction becomes a nightmare come true. Unfortunately, these failed projects have an extensive history. Economic factors are the most common cause of unfinished construction, but buildings have also been stranded in limbo by wars, geopolitical shifts, epidemics of disease and other unpredictable obstacles, leaving partial structures as haunting reminders of what might have been.

The Beautiful Drawings of Michelangelo Show Us Why Architects Should Be Polymaths, Not Specialists

Duo Dickinson — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published by Common Edge as "Michelangelo’s Lesson: Specialization in Architecture is Not The Only Way."

Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design Exhibition on "Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" for the Met

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:15:00 +0000

Update 11/9/17: We've added a gallery of items from the show to the post!

Art Jameel Announces New Serie-Designed Arts Center in Dubai

Sabrina Santos — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Non-profit organization Art Jameel have announced a new Serie-Architects-designed Arts Center in Dubai that will partner with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to acquire works by modern and contemporary artists from the Middle East.

Introducing GSAPP Conversations' Inaugural Episode: "Exhibition Models"

James Taylor-Foster — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:30:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce a new content partnership between ArchDaily and Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) in New York City.

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Releases 375,000 Images for Unrestricted Use

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:15:00 +0000

Looking to add a beautiful piece of art to your render to really sell your project? Look no further.

Step Into the Recently Renovated Met Breuer in This Facebook 360° Video

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:50:00 +0000

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released a 360° video of the recently renovated Met Breuer, the former home of the Whitney Museum designed by Marcel Breuer in 1966 that now houses sections of the Met’s modern and contemporary collections. The video takes you through several areas of the building including the entry, the lobby and the sunken garden courtyard. Orbit around the video to check out the unique apertures of the landmark facade and the finely detailed interiors, featuring the building’s iconic ceiling.

Immerse Yourself in This New 360º Video of The Met’s Great Hall

Eric Oh — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 08:00:00 +0000

The Metropolitan Museum released a 360º video of their iconic Great Hall on their Facebook page, allowing user to immerse themselves in the building. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt in 1902, the Met’s Great Hall greets over 6 million visitors to the museum each year with its neo-classical design.

Preview OMA's Installation for Met Museum Exhibition "Manus x Machina"

Vladimir Gintoff — Tue, 03 May 2016 16:00:00 +0000

With the conclusion of this year’s Met Gala, on Thursday the public will have their first look at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new spring show, "Manus x Machina". According to the museum, “[the exhibition] will explore [an] ongoing dichotomy, in which hand and machine are presented as discordant tools in the creative process, and question the relationship and distinction between haute couture and ready-to-wear.” Occurring in the museum’s Robert Lehman Wing, a 1975 expansion by Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo, the exhibition design has been developed by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA New York. Organized by Andrew Bolton, the Curator of The Costume Institute, the exhibition will feature over 100 samples of “haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, dating from an 1880s Worth gown to a 2015 Chanel suit.” Read on for a small preview of the exhibition, fashion, and spectacle of Manus x Machina, on view from May 5 - August 14.

The Met Breuer: A Loving Restoration of a Mid-Century Icon

Robert Landon — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:30:00 +0000

The New York art world let out a collective cry of grief when the Whitney Museum of American Art abandoned Marcel Breuer's iconic 1966 building on Madison Avenue at 75th Street. Whether New Yorkers loved, loved to hate, or hated to love the old Whitney, Breuer's building suddenly became the building that evoked more passion than any other.

OMA to Design Fashion and Technology Exhibition at the MET

Katie Watkins — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:04:00 +0000

Shohei Shigematsu, the Director of OMA New York, has been selected to lead the design of the exhibition space for the Costume Institute’s Spring 2016 Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Titled manus x machina: fashion in an age of technology, the exhibition will focus on the intersection of technology and fashion and “how designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear.” Organized by Andrew Bolton, the Curator of The Costume Institute, the exhibition will feature over 100 samples of “haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, dating from an 1880s Worth gown to a 2015 Chanel suit.”

David Chipperfield Chosen to Expand New York's Met Museum

Karissa Rosenfield — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:03:46 +0000

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has tapped British architect David Chipperfield to design its new Southwest Wing for modern and contemporary art. The commission, a result of an international competition, aims to increase gallery space, double the size of the museum’s popular roof garden, and establish accessible on-site storage. “The new design will also enhance gallery configuration and visitor navigation throughout the Southwest Wing, and support a more open dialogue between the Museum and Central Park,” says the architects.