Architecture

• The Olana Summer Party

  Olana '66: Fifty Years of Art & Style

  

  By: Philip S. Kampe - Jul 07th, 2016

  Fifty years ago, Olana was saved from the brink of destruction. The Olana Partnership is celebrating the past fifty years of art and style with a lawn party
  

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• Naumkeag Chinese Temple Gardens Opens

  Three Years and a Vision

  

  By: Philip S.Kampe - Jul 27th, 2016

  After a public 'Appeal' for the renovation of elements of Naumkeag, the first phase of the project has finished. Newly restored Chinese Temple Gardens and an updated landscape project have been completed. The new project opened its doors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently. Yo-Yo Ma and wife Jill Hornor chaired the event.
  

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• The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate

  Less May Just Be Less At Senatorial Memorial

  

  By: Mark Favermann - Apr 16th, 2015

  To commemorate the life and service of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a new educational and research institute was recently opened adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Dorchester Bay overlooking Boston Harbor. Though created by a star architect Rafael Viñoly, the structure is spare and initially uninviting. If such a thing can exist, it is minimalism light.
  

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• ICA to Expand

  Lucky Break After Poor Initial Design Issues

  

  By: Charles Giuliano - May 19th, 2015

  After less than a decade the land locked ICA on the waterfront has run out of space. There is a desperate plan to expand into two floors of a 17 floor adjacent building which is under construction. It has become ever more obvious that the award winning design by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro. is proving to be an utter dysfunctional disaster.
  

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