Friday Snippets 10.16.09
Helmut Jahn's energy sucking State of Illinois Building/Thompson Center is falling apart.
[Cityscapes]
Helmut Jahn asked the question, "Is modern architecture sustainable?" as the opening
line in a talk he gave at the 2009 Architectural Record/Green Source Innovation conference.
[Architectural Record]
Damian Hirst, one of the biggest, headline-grabbing artists in the world can't paint. [BBC]
A sustainable streetscape project's test run has been so successful that the city of
St. Louis is going to make it permanent. [Architect's Newspaper]
Uggs, Crocs, Docs and now Clogs for fashionable footwear in 2010. [Telegraph]
A couple of artists make a home for themselves in Berlin. [NY Times]
John D.'s oil money just keeps on flowing. The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that
18 New York City area arts organizations will be sharing $2.7 million in grant awards. [Gothamist]
Another Friday and another Louvre link. 40% of visitors are under the age of 26. 80% of
visitors only want to see the Mona Lisa. Some big changes are in the works for the venerable insitution.
[NY Times]
That wraps up this week. Hope you enjoy your weekend. Unless you have to work.
See you Monday!
Posted by designslinger at 10/16/2009 2:02 AM 
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: design art architecture
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: design art architecture
Thanks for the link to the Damian Hirst reviews. Can you say "The Emperor's New Clothes"? What a hoot.
I'm also wondering if the Thompson Center is the building that used to have rain fall in the atrium due to faulty air conditioning? I remember that from when I used to live in Chicago.
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Damian Hirst and Helmut Jahn. Quite the pairing.
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I've enjoyed all your articles, they're very interesting and I always learn something new. There's a nice balance between the big beautiful photos and the text, which has just enough information without being too long. One can go cross eyed reading stuff on the screen if it's too wide or too long, lol. And I always check out all your links. Thank you and dugg!
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What a compliment. We try to tell a story through pictures with just enough copy to make it interesting. Nice to know it works! Thanks!!
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