The French Fashion Icon’s Marrakesh Yves Saint Laurent Museum “Marrakesh taught me color.” – Yves Saint Laurent The Marrakesh Yves Saint Laurent Museum is dedicated to the life and work of French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent, curated by Saint…
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg “A total work of art” – Hamburg Tourism “The building is already a landmark” – NY Times “The Elbphilharmonie has changed the face of Hamburg locally and internationally and culture has found a new home at the heart of…
Beyond the Realm of Architecture There are buildings that house art. Grand, staunch, impenetrable safe houses of our cultural heritage. Then there is architecture, a fusion of necessity, a shelter from the elements, but also an art, that in and…
“Redefining Modern and PostModern Architecture” The Italian architect Renzo Piano has changed cityscapes all over the world. His buildings are unique and unforgettable, from his design-challenging Pompidou Center in Paris to the lantern-like Japanese headquarters of Hermès. Each Piano project…
Italian architect and engineer, Renzo Piano has expanded his design repertoire by creating a limited-edition handbag for Max Mara. Modeled by his Whitney Museum of American Art, the “Whitney Bag” features distinct ribbing inspired by the museum’s facade – the…
Ty Warner’s Penthouse at the Four Seasons in New York has long been regarded as one of the most opulent penthouses in the world. Now, Mr. Warner is redefining luxury travel with an extraordinary new 28,000 square foot Mansion at…
Toyo Ito’s Museum for Baroque Art in Puebla, México As an example of the aesthetic achievements of our time, the Museo Internacional del Barroco, or simply the MIB, in the City of Puebla, Mexico has been created referencing the most…
“Larger than life, bold as brass and certainly on the case.” – Sir Peter Cook Zaha Hadid is known for combining swooping curves with unusual angles in her buildings. Some examples include the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Azerbaijan, the perforated-concrete…
Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University and established his own office in New York City in 1963. He has been awarded the highest honors in the field including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Gold Medals of the…
An architect who combines artistry, imagination, architecture, function and challenges accepted design paradigms. A Canadian who made his home in California, this mainstream challenger continues to make audacious architectural statements worldwide. Gehry says an architect “is given a program, budget,…
Paris Newest Art Museum is like None You Have Ever Seen From an initial sketch drawn on a blank page in a notebook to the transparent cloud sitting at the edge of the Jardin d’Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne,…
ARCHITECTURE CHARACTERIZED BY ITS FAITH IN MODERNISM HUMANIZED BY ITS SUBTLETY, LYRICISM, AND BEAUTY Pei was born in Canton, China in 1917 and moved to the United States in 1935 to study first at the University of Pennsylvania and then…
The oculus a Genuine People’s cathedral The impact of the space and its crowning oculus is undeniable. In fact the Oculus is the name given to the central space in Calatrava’s sprawling complex in New York City – the station…
