Chicago Biennial 2019 will create “common ground” for all, says artistic director

February 6, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 Artistic Director Yesomi Umolu

The third Chicago Architecture Biennial will forego a single theme in order to push the architecture profession to “think more meaningfully” about a host of contemporary issues, according to artistic director Yesomi Umolu. Titled “…And Other Such Stories”, the biennial will be broadly structured around “four guiding curatorial frames” – established by Umolu and her team

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2 Cool Home Interiors With Art That Pops On Concrete

February 6, 2019 HD Staff 0

If you’d like to showcase some art around your home but are not quite sure what pieces will work, or how best to display them, then you’ve come to the right place. These two modern home interiors use cool concrete decor as a backdrop for vibrant wall art. We’re not sure whether the art has […]

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Ecumenical Center / Carolina Maluhy

February 6, 2019 Matheus Pereira 0

A space for contemplation. The Boa Vista Hacienda is a residential and hotel complex located on a property of 12 million square meters 100 km from São Paulo, Brazil. In addition to the hotel, the complex has private residences, a spa, facilities for children’s recreation, an equestrian center, a sports center, two 18-hole golf courses, a golf venue, a swimming pool and an area of 242 hectares of native forest, punctuated by numerous lakes. 

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Foster’s Norton Museum Expansion Celebrates Grand Opening

February 6, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

The new Norton Museum of Art expansion by Foster + Partners will celebrate its grand opening this weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida. Two years after the ceremonial groundbreaking, the museum will open its doors to the public and showcase a new street frontage with a transparent entrance lobby. The plan preserves the institution’s original 1941 east wing and the logic of architect Marion Sims Wyeth’s initial plan. The project aimed to transform the existing buildings into a world-class cultural destination within a sub-tropical garden.