Posts Tagged ‘eero saarinen’

Kieran Timberlake’s London embassy reflects inevitable irony of diplomatic architecture

Ambassador, you are spoiling our view of the Thames with this boring glass cube.
Is Kieran Timberlake’s winning design for the new American embassy in London really as bad as Lord Richard Rogers thinks?  Even though the public only has access to a few renderings of each proposal (and as a judge in the competition, Rogers [...]

At Lincoln Center, the Beaumont Theater will be just fine - even better - with Hugh Hardy’s “black box” perched on top

Lincoln Center is not a landmark - at least by designation.  Most would agree that it is a landmark of some sort - if not architecturally, certainly for its cultural impact.  And yet, despite concerted (and well-founded) efforts made by groups like DOCOMOMO and folks like Andrew S. Dolkart, the city and state have opted [...]

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