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Home » Authors » Joseph Giovannini

Joseph Giovannini

Joseph Giovannini is an architect and critic based in Los Angeles and New York.

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Modernist House Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Completion of Multiyear Renovation

Joseph Giovannini
February 21, 2023
3 Comments

For the last 15 years, Richard Meier’s Douglas House has been meticulously restored by its engineer owner—with the original architect looking over his shoulder.


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Hundreds of Staff from Zaha Hadid Architects Celebrate New Work in the UAE

Joseph Giovannini
January 25, 2023
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The firm invited its London-based architects to experience recently completed projects in Dubai and Sharjah.


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Kimbell Art Museum

Kimbell Art Museum and Guggenheim Bilbao Celebrate Anniversaries

Joseph Giovannini
November 15, 2022
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum, which opened in 1972 in Fort Worth, Texas, and the 25th for Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao, completed in 1997 in Spain.
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The Art of the Oblique: The Drawings of Claude Parent

“Claude Parent Oblique Narratives No. 1" is on view at Gallery a83 until July 3
Joseph Giovannini
May 10, 2022
One Comment

A new exhibition in New York showcases influential yet little-known drawings by the late Parisian artist and architect. 


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Elizabeth Diller Creates Light Show for Bill T. Jones’ "Deep Blue Sea"

Joseph Giovannini
October 11, 2021
One Comment
The architect’s latest work is not bricks-and-mortar but theatrical and ephemeral.
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Commentary: Cheating at the Olympics?

Joseph Giovannini
July 22, 2021
4 Comments

As the Tokyo Games begin, remember Zaha Hadid’s winning design for the stadium that was never built.


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Rome's Convention Center by Studio Fuksas Transformed Into Covid-19 Vaccination Hub

Joseph Giovannini
May 4, 2021
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Studio Fuksas’s convention center, known as “the Cloud,” has been repurposed into an ad-hoc vaccination site.
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Tribute: Maurice Smith (1926–2020), Architect of Complexity

Joseph Giovannini
March 22, 2021
9 Comments

The long-time MIT architecture professor died in December 2020 at 94.


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Offices Begin to Reopen in China

Joseph Giovannini
March 19, 2020
One Comment
Officials and developers are taking strict precautions as commercial buildings begin to open their doors to workers. See striking images from the Zaha Hadid–designed Leeza SOHO in Beijing.
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Leeza SOHO Tower

Leeza SOHO Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects

Beijing
Joseph Giovannini
January 2, 2020
No Comments

Inside this curving glass tower in Beijing is a swirling, soaring atrium that fosters transparency and connectivity.


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