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October 2010, 25
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belzberg architects: los angeles museum of the holocaust
published 10.25.10
now open to the public, the new museum buries itself underground to minimize visual impact on the park's atmosphere, while evoking certain emotions from the visitors by utilizing the darkness and constriction of the lower level.
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barbara kruger in taking place at the temporary stedelijk
published 10.25.10
the temporary stedelijk - in the current exhibition under the title taking place, works are adapted specifically for the gallery space, the spatial and temporal conditions of the unfinished building of the stedelijk museum amsterdam.
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raumlaborberlin: soft solution
published 10.25.10
consisting of an inflated spatial structure on the outside and a sharp-edged, pragmatic furniture system on the inside, the installation plays with the tension of the two different spaces, raising questions of original vs. copy, metamorphosis vs. blurred reflection.
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visiondivision: noah's house
published 10.25.10
this house is constructed as a lizard's tail. if one part of the building is exposed to water and moisture, that part of the house can easily be replaced without affecting the rest of the structure.
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sebastin errazuriz: 'cross of light' supporting the 33 trapped chilean miners
published 10.25.10
the piece is a 33-story high 'cross of light' that was lit every night during the final and most critical stage of the chilean miners' rescue as a symbol of hope.
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hiroki takada: tea ceremony chair
published 10.25.10
made from bamboo the chair's design is based around a traditional tea whisk used in japanese tea ceremonies.
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foster + partners: vietinbank business centre
published 10.25.10
the 300,000-square-metre mixed-use development comprises two towers, connected by a seven-storey podium building containing conference facilities, luxury shops, cafes and restaurants and topped by roof top gardens.
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flower salon / droog : string gardens, maurice scheltens, ...
published 10.24.10
today ends a show entitled FLOWER SALON/, it focuses on holland's top export commodities (flowers), but also floral design and related art. it opened the 14th of october and was staged on 10 locations in amsterdam, among them the droog design gallery.
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franklin azzi architecture: le tri postal
published 10.24.10
initially devoted to sorting the mail 'le tri postal' was recently transformed to constitute a key location for contemporary art.
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geoffrey mann: shine and cross-fire wine glass, teapot and knife
published 10.24.10
geoffrey mann is a scottish artist whose fascination with transposing the ephemeral nature of time and motion has created a studio practice that challenges the existing divides between art, craft and design.
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