The final curtain
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on May 3, 2008
FRANK Lloyd Wright was an arrogant man and he cultivated what you might consider a shortcoming into what he saw as a virtue. It is far nobler, to paraphrase Wright, to be honestly arrogant than to be dishonestly self-effacing.
And he had the genius to carry it off in style, even dressing the part, capes and [...]
Kitchen Curtain Dynamic Design
Filed Under Cur Tainx | Posted on April 17, 2008
Four years ago, The Independent Weekly launched The INDesign Awards to honor the most innovative and thoughtful architecture, historic preservation projects and interior design in Acadiana. In its best and purest form, architecture reflects a community’s history and values and incorporates the past into forward-thinking designs for modern living.
For our fourth annual INDesign Awards, projects [...]
Critics’ choice
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
TODAYTwice Removed pairs photographer Edward Burtynsky and abstract painter Brent McIntosh for a show of landscape work fashioned to rekindle one of the oldest concerns in contemporary art, the relation of painting and photography. Eight negatives of Burtynsky’s early landscapes his pre-industrial work from the 1980s became McIntosh’s point of demarcation for work the painter [...]
Earth Hour Everything (in design) is illuminated
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
IN 1979, RODNEY GRAHAM trucked two diesel generators into the dense old growth of super-natural British Columbia. Still a student at Simon Fraser University, Graham had barely begun a career that would make him one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary art exports, and [...]
Dance: Clement Crisp
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 18, 2008
New York City BalletColiseum, London WC2Two new programmes enter the New York City Ballet repertory at the London Coliseum this week - shown in tandem with the evenings devoted to Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights a quadruple bill features works recently made for the company by Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, [...]
A nation tells its (well-heeled and elegant) story
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 17, 2008
The Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, is an elite boarding school that has produced, among others, both Presidents Bush, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Sellars, Carl Andre, Frank Stella, photographer Walker Evans, chewing gum magnate Philip Wrigley ?and an outstanding collection of American art. Housed in the Addison Gallery, it is exceptional in quality, impressive in range [...]
A nation tells its (well-heeled and elegant) story
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 17, 2008
T he Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, is an elite boarding school that has produced, among others, both Presidents Bush, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Sellars, Carl Andre, Frank Stella, photographer Walker Evans, chewing gum magnate Philip Wrigley - and an outstanding collection of American art. Housed in the Addison Gallery, it is exceptional in quality, impressive [...]
living House reflects a flair for fashion
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 16, 2008
For 15 years, Robin Kay worked in Parkdale but lived elsewhere in the city. Seven years ago, the president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada and the executive director of L’Or%26eacute;al Fashion Week began looking for a family home in the [...]
living Neutral tones true to tradition
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008
Most model homes take at least some design cues from the potential buyer, but the model at New Amherst in Cobourg takes this human context to a new level. Starting with the site’s overall plan designed by new urbanist architectural firm Duany-Plater-Zyberk Ltd. and based on homes having a close relationship to the street, it [...]
Wildlife Trusts give warning over ‘eco-towns’
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008
Related ItemsSelby rejects eco town plans Debate needed for eco-townsMany of the Governments proposals for a series of %26quot;eco-towns%26quot; could destroy local wildlife and the environment, the Wildlife Trusts have warned.
Later this month, the Government will unveil a short list of potential developments in England, which aim to provide zero-carbon homes as well as businesses [...]