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Chicago Architecture Foundation Media Calendar: Events and Tour for July, August, September 2010 |
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Written by Susan Ross
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 08:48 |
NEW THIS SEASON:
Early Risers: Chicago Skyscrapers Walking Tour
Weekdays, 7:30 am
An energetic 60-minute walk through the Loop provides an overview of Chicago architecture, including the Marquette Building, the Rookery, Mies van der Rohe’s Federal Center, the Willis Tower, and the Trump Tower.
Elevated Architecture: Chicago’s Loop by Train
Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:30 am.
Explore Chicago’s amazing architecture from the unique perspective of the elevated trains and station platforms.
Skyscraper Walk through Time – New 1- hour tour
Weds and Fri. 10:30am; Sat 3:30pm
Short walk through the Loop includes classic skyscrapers from each major era, from the early masonry buildings through the 21st century super-tall highrises.
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Intoducing the Interior Design Show West Happening This Fall for 4 Days |
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 07:36 |
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 From October 14th – 17th, over 200 exhibitors will gather under the roof of Vancouver’s new convention centre for Western Canada’s residential design event: Interior Design Show West (IDSwest). In addition to highlighting interior designers, architects, and design-focused products and services, this year’s show will also feature presentations from Canadian Design Celebrity Sarah Richardson, host of Sarah’s House on HGTV, as well as a student design feature, a ‘made in BC’ complete living unit, a local design challenge, and the second annual installation of Designing Inside the Box.
From what began in 2004 as Design Vancouver, IDSwest has grown into one of the West Coast’s largest design events. Featuring some of the top architectural, interior, and landscape design firms in the country and numerous retailers showcasing quality products and services, the show provides a forum for both trade and consumers alike to explore design in a contemporary context through public workshops, presentations and innovative special features.
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Exhibition:Notes from the Archive: James Frazier Stirling, Architect and Teacher |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 07:38 |
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Siemens AG Headquarters, Munich, Germany: perspective, 1969–1970, ink, coloured pencil and graphite on paper, 47.3 x 61.9 cm;
When:
Yale Center for British Art: October 14, 2010–January 2, 2011
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal: Spring 2012
Notes from the Archive: James Frazier Stirling, Architect and Teacher will offer the first ever in-depth survey of the career of British architect, Yale School of Architecture professor, and Pritzker Prize laureate James Stirling (1926–1992). Stirling earned international acclaim through bold and innovative projects such as the Leicester University Engineering building (1959–63); the History Faculty building at Cambridge University (1964–67); the Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (1977–84); the Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection at Tate Britain (1984); and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University (1979–84).
More than three hundred of his original architectural drawings, models, and photographs drawn from the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal (CCA) are featured in the Center’s exhibition. Together the works reveal the range of Stirling’s approach to architectural languages as well as the fundamental importance of British architecture to his work.
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Interesting products at NeoCon 2010 part 2 |
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:00 |
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Untitled Document
As explained on Monday, we have sifted through the exhibits and are displaying some of the products that we liked.
3. Furniture
Company Name: Arktura
Booth #: 7-4114
Coral Bench: The cellular, organic patterns of the Coral extend the full length of the form, providing a visually
compelling experience. Inspired by nature, these algorithmically generated patterns are laser cut
into radius bent steel that is then powder coated in an assortment of colors. The Coral is a
versatile piece that works equally well in an indoor or outdoor environment.
Company Name: Arktura
Booth #: 7-4114
Flow Bench: The flow bench is made of an eco-composite that realizes a functional bench through a dynamic
fluid form.
Company Name: Arktura
Booth #: 7-4114
Hive Coffee Table: The attraction of the Hive series is its intricate algorithmically generated cellular pattern. Dynamic
and transformative, the bench is shaped from bent steel and finished with a zero VOC powder
coat in several distinct colors.
Company Name: Arktura
Booth #: 7-4114
Nebula Coffee Table: The algorithmically generated pattern of the Nebula explores the formation and organization of
the cosmos. Dynamic and delicate, the Nebula Table comes in multiple sizes and can be used
with or without its glass top.
Company Name: TMC Furniture Inc.
Booth #: 8-6102
ImPrinted Kestrel Chair: TMC Furniture’s ImPrinted™process applies imagery to the curved wood surfaces of chairs. Pictured is the Kestrel Chair with Tapestry Color Study.
Company Name: Davis Furniture Industries, Inc
Booth #: 3-115
SITE Collection: SITE collection consists of a complimentary family of low, large-scale tables, modular benches and a highly configurable storage system. The collection was designed to enable rich collaborative interactions in settings ranging from conference rooms to large public spaces.
Company Name: IoA Healthcare Furniture
Booth #: 8-4062
LOTA sleeper: The LOTA sleeper, with it’s clean and elegant aesthetics, features a sleeping area independent from the sitting surface. The “mechanism-less” design is intuitive and provides a safe and effortless conversion.
Company Name: Sparkology
Booth #: 8-8111
Flip: A table, stool and cubby all in one, the versatile flip meets a full spectrum of needs with one space- saving piece.
Company Name: TMC Furniture Inc.
Booth #: 8-6102
ImPrinted Kestrel Chair: TMC Furniture’s ImPrinted™process applies imagery to the curved wood surfaces of chairs. Pictured is the Flick Chair with Tapestry Color Study.
Company Name; VanerumStelter
Booth #: 7-6068
Design by Bram Boo: This design by Bram Boo was created by blending the elements of socialization, rest, and work into one function. It fosters a collaborative environment by positioning four seats in a central fashion.
The idea came by thinking on a piece of furniture that provides the opportunity to socialise, rest or work.
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