Back in early April, the Wall Street Journal reported that the undulating, glass-sheathed Sculpture for Living was looking like a white elephant. “[J]ust one condo has sold since September, leaving 15 of the 39 units empty,” wrote The Journal.
This week, New York magazine looks at some possible reasons for Read More
Michael Graves.
Tomorrow night, architect Michael Graves will be speaking at the New School with Dean Paul Goldberger. It’s the third in a series of talks that has already included artist Chuck Close and designer Bruce Mau.
For anyone looking for a bit more on Mr. Graves besides the famous Read More
Richard Meier gazed down through his round, black-framed glasses at a partially completed drawing, which was fastened to a long, flat desk by masking tape. “I started at noon, but I haven’t gotten very far,” he said, sounding like a student empty-handed of homework. He had taken off his black suit jacket to work on Read More
Last night at the New School’s Tishman Auditorium, Parsons dean Paul Goldberger conveniently recited a line from designer Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth: “Don’t be cool. Cool is conservative fear dressed in black.” Wearing black pants and a button down shirt, Mr. Mau burst out laughing. “I know, I’m in a rut.” Read More
…will design the second (or third, depending on how you count) tower at the World Trade Center site, Larry Silverstein announced today. It’s a move with clear benefits, as Foster is the best known of the three architects that Silverstein has chosen to do his buildings (Paul Goldberger just raved about the Hearst Read More
Was anything timeless inside the New York Times Building? Not the gray metal desks. Times veterans of a certain age remember those gray metal desks, rows of them, with manual typewriters clattering atop them-the fabled, bygone city room. But Times veterans of another age remember the wood ones, with the brass spittoons around them. The Read More
Carolyn LeRoy pulled open the door to her father’s
apartment. She was wearing slippers and complaining about the weather-the penthouse’s
360 degrees of windows usually offer stellar views. The day before, Ms. LeRoy
had held what would be the last gathering at the 8,200-square-foot home of
Warner LeRoy, the legendary owner of the Russian Tea Read More
Out here on the East End, a recent Monday was what seems to be turning out to be a more or less typical day in “the Age of Information.” Hardware problems rendered America Online unable to process e-mail right through the working day. More important, another set of hardware problems, this time at The New Read More
