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Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:04:41 -0800
In this Q&A, Weslyan professor of art and art history Joe Siry discusses his recent book, Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture . This tetrahedral steel structure in Elkins Park, Penn., constructed in 1959, was “technically unprecedented” in Wright’s body of work, and “represented a culmination of his involvement with religious architecture,” Siry says ...
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:31:56 -0800
Professor Joseph Siry is the chair of the Art and Art History Department, as well as a professor of modern architectural history. He sat down with The Argus to discuss his colossal collection and the research presented in his new book. Continue reading →
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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:24:22 -0800
Although it is a home designed with protection and a quick escape tunnel, 15 Gramercy Park South never served its intended purpose.
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:47:54 -0800
Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside is being considered for the National Register of Historic Places. The board of the state historic preservation office will consider on Tuesday whether to recommend the late Gothic Revival-style cathedral built in 1907 for the register. Its recommendation then would be considered by the National Park Service, which oversees the register.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:11:01 -0800
Isi Metzstein, a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany, arrived in Scotland in 1939 and became one of the most significant figures in British post-war architecture. As a practitioner and an educator, the acerbic and provocative "Glaswegian adop-tee" enriched the lives of those he met professionally and socially, and influenced generations of architects now working in Scotland and all over the ...
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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:50:32 -0800
A new video installation at the Oakland Museum of California is bent on changing the past, present and future architecture of black men in American society. My Town: Oakland
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Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:58:52 -0800
Independent editors weigh in on their must-catch arts events for the upcoming season.
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:44:51 -0800
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, the latest addition to the city’s burgeoning downtown arts and culture district, is opening to the public on Sunday, Jan. 22.
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:16:01 -0800
In our A City Education series, two City Year corps members share their experiences working as tutors and mentors in schools in hopes of closing the achievement gap and ending the dropout crisis. In high school, the back wall of my French classroom was painted with a Paris scene prominently featuring the Eiffel Tower. Instead of a blank wall, I saw a place I wanted to visit. The visual sent me ...
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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:02:42 -0800
Not all relationships can be defined as meaningful, yet the one developed in pre-PSI years between France and Greece has long been described as “special.”
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