Form, color, and movement are the most obvious of many outstanding aspects in the art of Alexander Calder, maxims that are most visible in his kinetic sculptures. But when beginning to conceive an architecture for the presentation of his work, the pr
The design for a home for works of the American sculptor Alexander Calder has been unveiled. The location is Downtown Philadelphia and the budget is close to 70 million euros. This joint project of the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and the Dutch gar
Inspired by Philadelphia’s rich textile tradition, this installation shows how one single material can produce an extraordinary structure with the power to unite the community. This installation, in the Perelman atrium of the Philadelphia Museum of A
Since the Tyler School of Art of Temple University was founded in the early 1930s, the school occupied a bucolic suburb in North Philadelphia. Tyler’s scattered residential-scaled buildings had, by 2003, fallen in disrepair leading the University to
Entre 1954 y 1957, mientras desarrollaba el lento proceso de diseño del Centro Judío de Trenton, Kahn trabajaba simultáneamente en otros varios (los laboratorios RIAS de Baltimore, la Biblioteca de Washington y las casas Morris y Clever), elaborando
