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Tag Archives: Renzo Piano
More Brutal Treatment of Paul Rudolph’s Architecture
The hardworking staff has previously noted the beleaguered buildings designed by midcentury modernist architect Paul Rudolph, which include two local landmarks: the old Blue Cross Blue Shield building at 133 Federal Street and the Government Service Center. Now comes the … Continue reading
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Tagged 133 Federal Street, After You Left/They Took It Apart, Art & Architecture Building, Blue Cross Blue Shield building, Chris Mottalini, CURBED, Gene Kaufman, Government Service Center, Julie V. Iovine, Martin Filler, Michael Kimmelman, New York Review of Books, New York Times, Orange County, Orange County Government Center, Paul Rudolph, Renzo Piano, Steve Belkin, Steven Neuhaus, The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, Timothy M. Rohan, Tommy's Tower, Tuskegee University Chapel, Wall Street Journal, Yale University
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The Ruins of Paul Rudolph’s Architecture
The hardworking staff has long admired the architectural work of Paul Rudolph, especially his Blue Cross Blue Shield building at 133 Federal Street in Boston. (Our 2008 WGBH commentary here.) But not everyone does. So we read with interest in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 133 Federal Street, After You Left/They Took It Apart, Art & Architecture Building, Blue Cros Blue Shield building, Chris Mottalini, Martin Filler, New York Review of Books, Paul Rudolph, Renzo Piano, Steve Belkin, The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, Timothy M. Rohan, Tommy's Tower, Tuskegee University Chapel, Yale University
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WSJ: Renzo Is Harvard Art Museum’s Piano Man
(With apologies to Billy Joel) Sing us a song, you’re the piano man, Sing us a song tonight. Well we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling alright. As the hardworking staff previously noted, the new … Continue reading
Dead Blogging the New Harvard Art Museums
Well the Missus and I trundled over to Cambridge the other day for a preview of the newly renovated/reinvigorated Harvard Art Museums (Fogg Museum+Arthur M. Sackler Museum+Busch-Reisinger Museum under one – controversial! – roof) and, say, it was swell. First, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Louise Huxtable, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, ARTnews, Beatriz Colomina, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Carpenter Center, Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Le Corbusier, Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals, Michael Z. Wise, MIT Media Lab, Princeton University, Renzo Piano
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Star(chitect) Power in Future Boston, DC Landmarks
This has been a good week for starchitects Renzo Piano and Frank Gehry, both of whom were resurrected in seemingly moribund development projects. Start with Piano, who designed the ill-fated Tommy’s Tower in 2007, the 1,000-foot-high skyscraper mayor Tom Menino wanted … Continue reading
