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OBJECTDesign for a Tile Floor John Gregory Crace Circa 1850s $4,000 The Crace family made a name for itself during the height of the British empire by designing ornate interiors throughout London, including in Windsor Castle and the Houses of Parliament. This tempura-and-ink rendering for floor tiles in the entry of the Conservative Club shows one quarter of a design, which could be rotated 90 degrees for each adjacent quadrant of the square room. It and other 19th century design objects are on display through Aug. 30 at the ArchiTech Gallery of Architectural Art in Chicago. architechgallery.com
Architech Gallery OBJECTDesign for a Tile Floor John Gregory Crace Circa 1850s $4,000 The Crace family made a name for itself during the height of the British empire by designing ornate interiors throughout London, including in Windsor Castle and the Houses of Parliament. This tempura-and-ink rendering for floor tiles in the entry of the Conservative Club shows one quarter of a design, which could be rotated 90 degrees for each adjacent quadrant of the square room. It and other 19th century design objects are on display through Aug. 30 at the ArchiTech Gallery of Architectural Art in Chicago. architechgallery.com
EXHIBITPsycho Buildings: Artists Take on Architecture Southbank Centre, London Through Aug. 24 A room suspended at the moment of explosion is one of 10 disquieting experiences in a show of artists' built works that use light, color, and smell to trigger visceral reactions, all part of an unusual celebration of the brutalist Hayward building's 40th birthday. southbankcentre.co.uk
"Frio Estudio Bel Desastre" by Los Carpinteros (2005), Copyright Los Carpinteros, Courtesy Sean Kelly Gallery EXHIBITPsycho Buildings: Artists Take on Architecture Southbank Centre, London Through Aug. 24 A room suspended at the moment of explosion is one of 10 disquieting experiences in a show of artists' built works that use light, color, and smell to trigger visceral reactions, all part of an unusual celebration of the brutalist Hayward building's 40th birthday. southbankcentre.co.uk
EXHIBIT Formless Furniture MAK, Vienna Through Oct. 26 Presenting a studied survey of experimental furniture design from the past 40 years, focusing especially on furniture that confronts the human body—i.e., chairs. Materials at play range from the raw (heaps of rags) to the synthetic (plastics) and include newer, refined products of the digital age. Shown here: Fernando and Humberto Campana's Corallo Chair (2004) of barbed wire with red powder coating. mak.at
Copyright MAK/Georg Mayer, Courtesy MAK EXHIBIT Formless Furniture MAK, Vienna Through Oct. 26 Presenting a studied survey of experimental furniture design from the past 40 years, focusing especially on furniture that confronts the human body—i.e., chairs. Materials at play range from the raw (heaps of rags) to the synthetic (plastics) and include newer, refined products of the digital age. Shown here: Fernando and Humberto Campana's Corallo Chair (2004) of barbed wire with red powder coating. mak.at
EXHIBITS Top: A Beautiful Nothing: The Architecture of Edward A. Killingsworth University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, Calif., July 16 through Oct. 12 www.uam.ucsb.edu Middle: Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13 through Oct. 12 www.hammer.ucla.eduBottom: Visualizing a New Los Angeles: Drawings of Carlos Diniz, 1962-1992 Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Santa Barbara Aug. 7 through Sept. 28 edwardcella.comThree concurrent exhibitions show the sea changes, both real and imagined, in Southern California architecture of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.
Courtesy University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara; Courtesy the John Lautner Archive, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Copyright the John Lautner Foundation; Courtesy Edward Cella Art + Architecture EXHIBITS Top: A Beautiful Nothing: The Architecture of Edward A. Killingsworth University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, Calif., July 16 through Oct. 12 www.uam.ucsb.edu Middle: Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13 through Oct. 12 www.hammer.ucla.eduBottom: Visualizing a New Los Angeles: Drawings of Carlos Diniz, 1962-1992 Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Santa Barbara Aug. 7 through Sept. 28 edwardcella.comThree concurrent exhibitions show the sea changes, both real and imagined, in Southern California architecture of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.
BOOK Ten Canonical Buildings 1950-2000 By Peter Eisenman During his lectures at Princeton, Eisenman zeroed in on 10 projects, including works by Le Corbusier, Aldo Rossi, and James Sterling. The overall selection is less interesting than the individual explanations. Eisenman cleanly dissects each project with a diagrammed analysis that leaves little room for argument. Rizzoli, in association with Princeton University School of Architecture; $60
Charlie Brown BOOK Ten Canonical Buildings 1950-2000 By Peter Eisenman During his lectures at Princeton, Eisenman zeroed in on 10 projects, including works by Le Corbusier, Aldo Rossi, and James Sterling. The overall selection is less interesting than the individual explanations. Eisenman cleanly dissects each project with a diagrammed analysis that leaves little room for argument. Rizzoli, in association with Princeton University School of Architecture; $60