We recently ran a news story from the Wisconsin State Journal (via our architecturally attuned wire service) about the state's historical foundation purchasing early photos of Frank Lloyd Wright’s home, Taliesin, from an antique dealer. The piece mentioned that the photographs appear to be proofs taken by Henry Fuermann in 1912 and published in the January 1913 edition of our magazine.I hit the archives yesterday, found the 1913 article, and asked our always-awesome art director to scan the photos. All of them are posted after the jump.
The last few weeks have seen architecture make an unusual number of appearances in the pop culture, and now it seems Architect Barbie may soon have some competition for best-looking new designer.
Russian billionaire and art collector Roman Abramovich has announced a competition to design a $400-million complex on St. Petersburg's New Holland Island.
Lladró, the Spanish makers of fine porcelain figures and decorative objects since 1953, shook things up in the tabletop world when they brought Madrid-born artist/designer Jaime Hayón on board in 2006 as creative consultant for the brand. The latest collection for the company’s Lladró Atelier division supervised by Hayón is Metropolis, an imaginary cityscape in porcelain that might just be the perfect symbol for the current fragile state of architecture.
For anyone interested or involved in China’s architectural high jinx, a ticket to the Metropolitan Opera season’s final performance of composer John Adams’ Nixon in China on Saturday evening (February 19th) promises an arresting jolt of design nostalgia and reality. A youthful collaboration of the composer
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