Articles by Wendy Moonan

The New Old House: Historic and Modern Architecture Combined

By Marc Kristal

May 1, 2017

Former filmmaker Marc Kristal is a natural storyteller, which enlivens his 18 case studies about adding contemporary additions to old houses.

Union Square Café by the Rockwell Group

New York City

Wendy Moonan

April 1, 2017

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An acclaimed chef and his unlikely designer reinvent a classic New York eatery in a new space.

Michigan Modern: Designed That Shaped America

Edited by Amy L. Arnold and Brian D. Conway

Wendy Moonan

March 1, 2017

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This book, edited by Amy L. Arnold and Brian D. Conway, makes the case that Modernist architecture and design was developed in Michigan, not imported from Europe.

Just Connect at Design Miami 2016

Wendy Moonan

December 5, 2016

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Collectible pieces may be the focus of Design Miami 2015, but this time it was the architectural installations that got people talking.

Highlights from Design Miami/ 2016

Ole Scheeren, SHoP, and more create communal spaces that provoke new kinds of behavior at the annual design fair.

Wendy Moonan

December 5, 2016

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Ole Scheeren, SHoP, and more create communal spaces that provoke new kinds of behavior at the annual design fair.

Exhibition Review: Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy of Arts, London

Wendy Moonan

October 13, 2015

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Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous living artist, is not a licensed architect, but he sure acts like one: He designs buildings, creates gigantic site-specific installations, organizes art exhibitions, and makes works of art constructed like houses.

The Musée Picasso Reopens in Paris

Wendy Moonan

November 19, 2014

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Jean-Francois Bodin’s unassuming but arduous renovation of the beloved museum finally reaches completion. Jean-Francois Bodin is probably the most talented architect you have never heard of.He avoids publicity. His website is “in formation” though he opened his firm, Bodin and Associates, in 1983. He is modest to a fault. His spartan offices are located, with no sign, off of a nondescript 17th-century courtyard in the Marais section of Paris. He works around the corner from the neighborhood where he was born, grew up, and just spent the last five years reconfiguring the Musée Picasso, a quiet triumph of a

The Museum, Clark Art Institute

A Classic Remastered: A sensitive restoration and renovation of an art museum intensifies its original aura.

Wendy Moonan

August 16, 2014

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Annabelle Selldorf was an obvious choice to renovate the venerated museum of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, home to a stellar collection of European and American paintings.

Visitor Center, Clark Art Institute

Lasting Impression: Since it opened in 1955, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has drawn 200,000 visitors annually to see its French Impressionist paintings among 9,000 works of art.

Wendy Moonan

August 16, 2014

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Last month the Clark completed a $145 million campus expansion on its 140-acre site in the Berkshire mountains of Massachsetts. Included is a new visitor center by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates and a renovation of the existing museum by Selldorf Architects.

AIA Awards 2014 Gold Medal to Julia Morgan

Wendy Moonan

December 16, 2013

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For the first time since the American Institute of Architects (AIA) began giving the prize in 1907, a woman has been awarded the Gold Medal—even though the woman is no longer alive.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course highlights the benefits, applications, and design potential of expanded mesh and perforated metal in creating sustainable, inspiring architectural projects.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/Elective; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar offers strategies to develop next-gen leaders, enhancing value, retention, and resilience for architecture firms.