petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 28 2009 | architecture, art, artists
Quoted: he did put forward a photograph of a street person’s shelter for inclusion. This interest was further expressed in the series of photographs he took of small houses and shepherds’ shelters in the hills around Genoa when on a walking holiday with Jane Crawford and of self-built shanties in the West Indies.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 09 2009 | history, cities, photography, art, maps, transportation, urban, architecture, graffiti, bridges, subways
This is a great site on the abandoned subway system in Rochester, NY. There is an archive of photos, maps, videos, etc. It was done by Michael Governale and Otto M. Vondrak. Very impressive.
Quoted: The Rochester Subway may be gone, but this site brings back a piece of history few people know about.
ShareViewed: 12 Times- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 15 2008 | ruins, graffiti, development, blogs, architecture, art, environment, cities, urban, history
I've posted some photos from the abandoned subway tunnel in Rochester, NY, which is a very unique setting with a lot of colorful paintings on the walls. I hope the city will make use of it someday, although maybe it's better as is.
ShareViewed: 8 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 31 2008 | music, people, art, architecture, ideas
Quoted: The musician’s latest project: turning a building into a gargantuan cast-iron orchestra.
ShareViewed: 6 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 30 2008 | art, architecture, photography
Empty social spaces.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 11 2007 | news, art, architecture, cities, new york, events, galleries, development, video
The New Museum reopens on December 1st!
Quoted: The New Museum is delighted to annouce Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/ SANAA Ltd. as architects of the our new building on the Bowery.
ShareViewed: 12 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 21 2007 | design, architecture, world, international, china, innovation, technology, engineering, planning development, ideas, art, museums, travel
Innovative projects by Chinese architects. I like this one especially: Pingod Sales Center / Art Museum by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu.
Quoted: while firms from around the world are delightedly helping China push its design boundaries, the country's own young architects may be the most interesting to watch.
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petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 21 2007 | art, travel, exhibitions, museums, international, architecture
Samples from the current Hélio Oiticica exhibition at Tate Modern. I like this box!
Quoted: Oiticica produced a remarkable body of work throughout his career, from abstract compositions to early environmental installations, in which he continually sought to challenge the way in which art could be experienced.
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petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 17 2007 | travel, art, architecture, cities, new york, exhibits, events
Great idea! It's like a geodesic dome made of hula-hoops.
Quoted: In late September 2007, Storefront will celebrate its 25th anniversary with Performance Z-A. This 26-day celebration will be hosted in Petrosino Park, in a specially built pavilion designed by Korean architect Minsuk Cho.
ShareViewed: 26 Times- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 01 2007 | art, video, people, ideas, design, identity, typography, architecture
I'd love to see this, so I'll have to find out how to get to Oliver Ranch. Well, at least there is the KQED feature for now.
Quoted: The product of almost nine years of discussion and three years of construction, Hamilton's tower was inspired by a 16th-century Italian well that led farm animals down to water via one staircase and -- because they couldn't turn around on their own -- back to the top via another. Yet unlike a well deep in the ground, Hamilton's work rises high above the landscape.
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