Makers of Modern Architecture: From Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry (New York Review Books (Hardcover))
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Brooklyn Paper By Michael P. Ventura This article includes a thumbnail history of the proposed Atlantic Yards project and a question as to whether the project (or even just the proposed Nets arena) will ever be built. In 2003, Ratner finally unveiled his plan for Atlantic Yards — a 16-skyscraper residential, hotel, office and commercial complex with a basketball arena at the core. His goal...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The proposed Atlantic Yards project cast a pall over the celebration between the starchitect who was canned from the project and developer Bruce Ratner during the topping-off ceremony for the Beekman Tower. The New York Observer - Gehry Gets Topped Out in Lower Manhattan By Eliot Brown Developer Bruce Ratner (left) took some time away Thursday from fretting over his planned Atlantic Yards project...
Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Tiffany & Co. operates an approximately 1,600-square-foot boutique in the Entetsu department store, located at 320-2 Sunayama-cho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, a major city on Honshu Island. The boutique’s exterior combines granite and marble with a modern, varicolored glass Tiffany jewellery jewellery and stainless steel details that reflect the Art Deco-inspired façade of Tiffany’s...
Britney Spears Gossip (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
What is the rock star world coming to? Rod Stewart is being sued by his own lawyers. So who’s going to defend him? The law firm of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro filed the case in Los Angeles. The firm has other celebrity clients including famed architect Frank Gehry and television host [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The picture that shows you what makes Bilbao tick cannot be found in the Guggenheim. For all its undeniable magnificence, the Frank Gehry-designed gallery that rises sleekly beside the Nervió*River does not contain the famous photo of the celebrations after Athletic Club, the city's football team, won the Spanish league and cup double in 1984 (without the help of the hand of God). To find that,...
The ArchitectsNewspaper Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Yesterday, Bruce Ratner and Frank Gehry got together down on Beekman Street to celebrate the topping out of the Santa Monica architect’s one Ratner project that did get off the ground. The inimitable Eliot Brown stopped by to snap some pictures and discuss the condo tower with Gehry—Brown’s sorta right about that unveiling, as [...]
Fashion Architect (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
[pic BKRW ] You want fashion and architecture? I'll give you some. Hell, I'll even throw in a pop star and a dose of avant-garde art, while we're at it. So, here's Lady Gag a debuting her new ballad at the MOCA's 30th anniversary party, wearing a hat designed by Frank Gehry and a dress by Prada, while playing on a Steinway grand piano painted pink with blue butterflies by Damien Hirst . [pic Nicola...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
At a topping-off ceremony for his Beekman Tower yesterday, 80-year old architect Frank Gehry took to the podium and made one of those slightly randy jokes that men can get away with when they're 80. Mr. Gehry pointed his finger upright toward the 76-tower residential complex and bluntly proclaimed: "No Viagra." Mr. Gehry said he will wait awhile to see the view from what will eventually...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Developer Bruce Ratner (left) took some time away Thursday from to host a topping out soirée for his Frank Gehry-designed Beekman apartment tower, capping the vertical rise of what is to be the tallest residential building in the city.
Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
tennis champion Maria Sharapova will wear Tiffany earrings designed by Frank Gehry at the 2009 US Open, August 31–September 13, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. The sterling silver and diamond earrings were created by the world-renowned architect and Tiffany designer Tiffany earrings for Ms. Sharapova to wear [...]
Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
What looks like a bunch of accepted beauty is TIFFANY NECKLACES drop Tiffany Frank Gehry Fish earrings Toggle necklace to wear tiffany jewelry in the important occasion. Nevertheless there is the creator of Try Handmade. Sue renounced her passion of the handmade. I??ve been Heart chain bracelet My Return to Tiffany [...]
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Curbed You missed Frank F’n Gehry this morning at the Beekman Tower topping off ceremony. The most classic one liner ever. Bruce Ratner is giving his speech praising unions. Blah blah blah. Then he calls up the "great" Gehry to say a few words... Frank gets up to the mic and pauses... He looks up to the sky and the 76-story building for about 3 seconds... Looks at everyone and says...
Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Tiffany & Co. opened its Square cuff links bracelet store with a dazzling cocktail reception that reflected the stylish atmosphere both of the retail space and its Pierced charm bracelet at the Americana at Brand, a new 900,000-square-foot, 15.5-acre lifestyle Elsa Peretti Teardrop bracelet. Developed by Caruso Affiliated, the center Tiffany 1837 Cuff links fountains, [...]
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Did Frank Gehry make a Viagra joke at a topping-off ceremony? The Blind Side movie made Ken Starr all teary-eyed. Colum McCann's Let The Great World Spin won the National Book Award. Meanwhile, Philip Roth was shortlisted for a bad-sex writing prize. The Times inspires darkening, then repair of a Queens hospital sign. Goldman Sachs picks 272 new managing directors. Galleon case keep growing; insider...
Lens (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The American president, nearing the end of his first year in office, visited Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea during a weeklong tour of Asia.
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