Taubman Wins Prestigious Architecture Award
The Taubman Museum of Art announced today that the institution’s building, designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, has been awarded a 2009 International Architect Award, co-presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The new facility will celebrate its one year anniversary in November.
Frank Gehry Rock Temple
In 1969 a screaming, reverberating rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix seemed to herald an end to innocence. His resonant lyric “Are you experienced?” is now recalled in the name of software billionaire Paul G. Allen’s Experience Music Project. Hendrix would have appreciated the design approach to Seattle’s new museum of pop music.
The Civic Value of a Bold Statement
From afar, the New Cooper Union Academic Building appears to have tall windows scattered all over its surface. Drawing nearer, these little windows are actually sheets of stainless steel, and it is the rest of the building which is the window. This illusion is subtle and gorgeous. Zahner was brought in by the architects at Morphosis after working on projects for the team in other parts of the country.
Columbia Finishes Campus, 113 Years Later
Originally published by the New York times, Dec. 14, 2008, this article by David Dunlap shares the story of the Columbia University Northwest Corner Building, a project that includes a Zahner-manufactured aluminum facade. The design by Moneo Brock completes a campus more than a century in the making.
Bartle Hall Loading Dock Goes from Drab to Dramatic
In 2008, Zahner worked with Crawford Architects and Suikang Zhao on the Bartle Hall Loading Dock. The design is a melding of art and architecture, and as such, its facade design is entitled, The Winds of Aphrodite.