Articles by Suzanne Stephens

Newsmaker: Playwright June Finfer

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Suzanne Stephens
August 16, 2010
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Photo © Patrick McMullan Co. Playwright June Finfer Some years back the Chicago-based playwright and filmmaker June Finfer discovered stories about architecture to be packed with drama, and increasingly focused on this topic in her work. Her play, The Glass House, a quasi-fictional account of the story behind Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, has been staged at various venues, including the terrace of the Farnsworth House. Most recently, the Resonance Ensemble company performed a short, sold-out run in New York City. Finfer hopes the play will be presented at other theaters across the U.S.; in the meantime, she’s
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Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (HEART)

Art Outpost: Steven Holl Architects allows art to have autonomy within a sculptural enclosure in Denmark’s Herning Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Suzanne Stephens
July 19, 2010
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In museum circles, curators and artists are well known for kvetching about architects who compete with the art on view by foisting major design statements onto willing clients.


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Steven Holl Architects Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (HEART) Project Portfolio

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Suzanne Stephens
July 19, 2010
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Project Specs Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (HEART) Denmark Steven Holl Architects << Return to article the People Architect Steven Holl Architects 450 West 31st street, 11th floor (212) 629-7262 (212) 629-7312 Steven Holl – design architect Noah Yaffe – associate in charge Chris McVoy – project advisor Associate architect: Kjaer and Richter – local architect Engineer(s): Niras – mechanical,structural Transsolar – mechanical Consultant(s) Landscape:  Schønherr Landskab Climate:  Transsolar General contractor:  C.C. Contractor, Herning Photographer(s) Iwan Baan Susan Wides   the Products Structural system: Concrete & Concrete floors: EMR Murer & entreprenør A/S, Nørre Snede Supply concrete: IBF, Ikast  Concrete
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Aqua

Studio Gang sets new heights for the Chicago skyscraper.
Suzanne-Stephens
Suzanne Stephens
May 19, 2010
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Chicago’s skyscrapers may be famous for their technical achievements and functional expression, but they are often short on pizzazz.


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John Carl Warnecke, Known for Contextualism and Charisma, Dies

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Suzanne Stephens
April 23, 2010
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Photo courtesy Margo Warnecke Merck John Carl Warnecke, c. 1975 John Carl (“Jack”) Warnecke, FAIA, died of pancreatic cancer at his ranch in Healdsburg, CA, on April 17. Warnecke, considered by those who knew him as a “larger than life” figure, was a tall, burly architect, known for his ebullient personality and his ability to win clients and friends. One of his best known works was the redesign of the Lafayette Square area in Washington, D.C. [RECORD, April 1968, page 147]. This urban development near the White House included not only the preservation of historic houses, but the construction of
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Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey

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Suzanne Stephens
April 1, 2010
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The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City A small, elegant exhibition on view at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey, has been attracting numerous visitors since it opened April 2, 2010. Organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (the RIBA) Trust, in London, in association with the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura (CISA) Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, and the Morgan, the exhibition includes thirty-one infrequently seen drawings by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) from the collections of the RIBA Trust. Supplementing the drawings are the RIBA’s rare books by Palladio,
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