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UNStudio MUMUTH Music Theater Project Portfolio

October 19, 2009

Project Specs MUMUTH Music Theater Graz, Austria UNStudio << Return to article the People Architect UNStudio Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos with Hannes Pfau and Miklos Deri, Kirsten Hollmann, Markus Berger, Florian Pischetsrieder, Uli Horner, Albert Gnodde, Peter Trummer, Maarten van Tuijl, Matthew Johnston, Mike Green, Monica Pacheco, Ger Gijzen, Wouter de Jonge Engineering: Arup London: Cecil Balmond, Volker Schmid, Charles Walker, Francis Archer Consultants: Engineering execution: Peter Mandl ZT GmbH Structural Engineering, Arge Statik, Graz Specifications: Housinc Bauconsult GmbH, Vienna Electrical: Klauss Elektro – Anlagen Planungsgesellschaft m.b.H. Acoustic and Building Physics: ZT Gerhard Tomberger, Graz. Pro Acoustic Engineering Thorsten Rohde,

Standard New York

Polshek Partnership raises the bar with a new benchmark in hotel design at the Standard New York.

Josephine Minutillo

October 19, 2009

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Imagine New York City’s UN Headquarters building transported from its stuffy midtown location to a trendy downtown spot, kinked in the middle, rotated 90 degrees, and balanced over an elevated rail-line-cum-popular parkland and you’ve got the Standard New York.

Polshek Partnership Standard New York Project Portfolio

Josephine Minutillo

October 19, 2009

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Project Specs Standard New York New York, New York Polshek Partnership << Return to article the People Architect Polshek Partnership Architects 320 West 13th Street New York, NY 10014 212-807-7171 tel 212-807-5917 fax Todd Schliemann FAIA, Design Partner Kevin McClurkan AIA, Management Partner Megan Miller AIA, Project Architect Amy Lin AIA, Project Designer Tara Leibenhaut-Tyre AIA, Project Architect Michael O’Meara Frederick Tang Gary Anderson Darla Elsbernd John LaBombard Apichat Leungchaikul Saem Oh Jesse Peck Alan Slusarenko Maya Weissman-Ilan Interior designer(s): Shawn Hausman; Roman & Williams—Stephen Alesch, Principal Robin Standefer, Principal Eric Cheong, Project Manager Jennifer Dubas, Project Designer; André Balazs

New Acropolis Museum

Bernard Tschumi Architects presents a case for bringing the Elgin Marbles back to Athens in its design for the New Acropolis Museum.

Suzanne Stephens

October 19, 2009

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After all the controversy, lawsuits, and delays in building the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, it will no doubt seem churlish to point out that the $180 million museum, designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects, is not the firm’s most spectacular work.

Bernard Tschumi Architects New Acropolis Museum Project Portfolio

Suzanne Stephens

October 19, 2009

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Project Specs New Acropolis Museum Athens, Greece Bernard Tschumi Architects << Return to article the People Architect Bernard Tschumi Architects 227 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 Ph 212.807.6340 Fx 212.242.3693 www.tschumi.com Architect and Lead Designer: Bernard Tschumi Project Architect: Joel Rutten Design Team: Adam Dayem, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Jane Kim, Eva Sopeoglou, Kim Starr, Anne Save de Beaurecueil, Jonathan Chace, Robert Holton, Valentin Bontjes van Beek, Liz Kim, Daniel Holguin, Kriti Siderakis, Michaela Metcalfe, Justin Moore, Joel Aviles, Georgia Papadavid, Allis Chee, Thomas Goodwill, Véronique Descharrières, Christina Devizzi Associate architect: Michael Photiadis, ARSY Project Team: Michael Photiadis, Principal, with

James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

New York City

Clifford A. Pearson

October 19, 2009

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Two firms our perspective on parks with an elevated public green space.

James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro High Line Project Portfolio

Clifford A. Pearson

October 19, 2009

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Project Specs High Line New York James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro << Return to article the People Architect James Corner Field Operations 475 Tenth Avenue, 10th fl New York, NY 10018 Phone: 212 433 1450 Fax: 212 433 1451 Diller Scofidio + Renfro 601 West 26th Street, Suite 1815 New York, NY 10001 T: 212-260-7971 F: 212-260-7924 James Corner Field Operations Project Leader / Landscape Architecture / Urban Design James Corner, Lisa Switkin, Nahyun Hwang, Sierra Bainbridge, Tom Jost, Danilo Martic, Tatiana von Preussen, Maura Rockcastle, Tom Ryan, Lara Shihab-Eldin, Heeyeun Yoon, Hong Zhou Diller Scofidio

MUMUTH Music Theater

UNStudio keeps Graz humming with its MUMUTH music building.

Victoria Newhouse

October 19, 2009

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In the daytime, unStudio’s Haus für Musik und Musiktheater (MUMUTH) is a mysterious presence among historic houses on Lichtenfelsgasse Street in Graz, Austria’s second-largest city.

Background Notes: The Parthenon and its Panathenaic Frieze

Suzanne Stephens

October 16, 2009

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As would be expected, the opening of the New Acropolis Museum has re-ignited the debate about the return of the Parthenon’s so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens.

Background Notes: The Parthenon and its Panathenaic Frieze

Suzanne Stephens

October 16, 2009

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The marble for this stunning octastyle, peripteral, Doric temple (with Ionic architectural elements), came from nearby Mount Pentelikon. It was designed to house a huge statue of Athena Parthenos ( 26 cubits tall, or just over 36 feet in height) which Phidias sculpted in ivory and gold. Indeed, the statue of Athena wore enough removable gold plate to operate as something of a bank. As Neils points out in The Parthenon Frieze, “Given all this gold (44 talents) this statue was the symbolic if not physical embodiment of the Delian Treasury.” Photo courtesy of the British Committee of Reunification of