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Yoshio Taniguchi, Architect Behind MoMA Redesign, Passes Away at 87

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wikimedia | MoMa Extension Yoshio Taniguchi , the renowned architect behind the redesign of New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and other celebrated cultural landmarks , has passed away, at the age of 87 due to pneumonia. Read more

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Anderton Court Shops on Rodeo Drive now home to Givenchy LA flagship

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Valerie Leon, Givenchy’s president of the Americas, said at its opening: "Given Hubert de Givenchy’s love of art and architecture, the Frank Lloyd Wright building felt like the right choice, and the opportunity to bring Givenchy to life there was inspiring."

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Opponents of Dodger Stadium's gondola project see it as a tool of gentrification, allege inside pitch

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Frank McCourt, who owned the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2004 to 2011, began proposing the $125 million project back in 2018. McCourt entities are buying up properties in the neighborhood, but the Lings don’t want to move. They started StoptheGondola.org to fight the project.

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MAD designs Nanhai Art Center to emulate "continuous wave of water"

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Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for an arts centre on a waterfront site in Guangdong, China , which will have an undulating form modelled on moving water. Encompassing 121,275 square metres, the mixed-use Nanhai Art Center will be divided into three buildings containing a theatre, museum and sports centre.

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Neri&Hu highlights simplicity and functionality at Shanghai art gallery

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Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a contemporary art gallery for Ota Fine Arts in Shanghai with a focus on the "sublime beauty of the banal". Handmade ivory tiles line the inner side of the window in a subtle woven pattern, serving as a neutral backdrop for the art pieces.

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Neri&Hu adds "glowing lantern" on top of Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an

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Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has added an extension to the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an , China, that was designed to "serve as a source of illumination for the surrounding urban fabric". Based in Shanghai, Neri&Hu was founded by architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu in 2004. The photography is by Zhu Runzi.

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Barozzi Veiga designs home for Miami artist residency Oolite Arts

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Spanish firm Barozzi Veiga has revealed plans for a new home for Oolite Arts in Miami , the studio's first ground-up project in the United States. The space is designed as an urban village with plenty of space for the programming at Oolite Arts , including studios for artists, classes and lectures.

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