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Anti-Icon Addition
I think the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, needs to be added to the new ''anti-iconic'' movement. The architecture is more compelling for what you can see through it versus the structure itself. And, the architects, Diller + Scofidio, [Renfro now too] started their careers as artists. So, you get to experience the views from and within the ...
Posted to Architecture by pilgrim888 on October 5, 2007
another idea
What to do with 40 acres of beautiful old buildings, natural space and relative isolation from the rest of NYC. . .? For some reason, a school comes to mind. More specifically, the Princeton Review's description of the Cooper Union as unsightly and/or too small. Give them or one of the other colleges in the city most of the island, under the ...
Posted to Architecture by feline74 on June 21, 2007