Archive for the 'art & architecture' Category

filigree

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73rd & Broadway.

(image by: vivien chin)

romanesque + byzantine + urban

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Passing St. Bartholomew’s Church on East 51st & Park Ave while leaving a meeting yesterday. Romanesque and Byzantine style amongst mass urban-ness. Hear the interior is beautiful. Will check out one day.

(images by: vivien chin)

fire fire fire station

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Fire station on West 83rd St.

(image by: vivien chin)

garden reflections

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View at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Love the reflections.

(image by: vivien chin)

panda tag

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Good ol’ pandas make construction fun. You’ve been tagged by “love panda”.

(image by: vivien chin)

deco

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A little art deco for your day. As seen exiting while Grand Central Station.

(image by: vivien chin)

peeking empire

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The Empire State Building as I head home from work.

(image by: vivien chin)

flying black & white @ the new

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Current lobby art at the New Museum.

(image by: vivien chin)

framing a classic

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Framed moment of the Chrysler Bldg and Grand Central Station as I walk back from a meeting today. Lovely.

(image by: vivien chin)

urban center + the palace

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Miss going to the Urban Center for Books! It was the best little store for Architecture and Design Books. When will you come back???

(image by: vivien chin)

belvedere sketch

A happy find. An image of an old sketch done in Central Park of Belvedere Castle from across the Turtle pond. Can’t wait till the weather gets nice enough again to sit out and do more sketching.

(image by: vivien chin)

spoons

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Plastic spoon city @ Lafayette espresso bar!

(image by: vivien chin)

mies_126th

Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday via Google today.

sunsets & towers

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Sunset views on Friday from a project in Tribeca my office is working on. Progress on the World Trade Center visible as well.

(images by: vivien chin)

towering over the park

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Tower spires and central park. View from 57th st. & 5th ave at the bottom of the park. Went to a meeting there yesterday and saw this! A great view.

(image by: vivien chin)

underwater ink

Beautiful ink floating through water by Alberto Seveso.  Lovely!

 

(images from colossal)

 

bridging harelbeke

Bridging to halves of Town Hall of Harelbeke in Belgium by Dehullu & Partners.

 

(image from dezeen)

 

marimekko + spring + web

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As I do love Marimekko, I have to highlight their graphic today marking the beginning of Spring on Google’s homepage.

the bear cat

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“the bear cat” by Peter Woytuk at 67th St. & Broadway

(image by: vivien chin)

a kiwi

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“a kiwi” by Peter Woytuk. Sculpture at 72nd and Broadway. Part of Woytuk’s sculpture series along Broadway.

(image by: vivien chin)

oana’s art shop

I’m so excited to help promote my very good friend, Oana Barac-Matei’s new online art shop launch.  She is a very talented artist and architect as well as a Cal Poly SLO alum (that’s how we met!).  Her mixed media collage pieces are absolutely lovely and unique.  10% of the profits are donated to a group of 8 organizations that help better and enrich the lives of other less fortunate.  As an artist/architect myself, I know how important it is to have art in your life and how much it enriches your everyday interaction with the world.  This is a great way to have art not only beautify your life, but the lives of others as well.  Show your support and love of art by visiting her art shop at: www.oanasartshop.com.  She’s constantly adding new pieces so check back everyday.
Also as a special promotion,  for the month of March readers and supporters of my blog will receive a 25% discount off your purchases.  Just enter the code “nummynims25″ at the shop checkout.  Offer ends March 31, 2012.
Here is some background info from the artist:
Art:
Oana’s Art Shop is a collection of one of a kind handmade collage art based on or using Oana’s illustrations. Pieces are colorful and whimsical and among other things, inspired by textiles and Oana’s architecture background. All are unique and arrive framed in a choice of black or white frames. Current sizes are 8×10 and 11×14. They look great alone or can be displayed in a collection. In addition, 10% of profits are donated to one of 8 organizations that give others a chance to live a better life.
Artist:
Art has long been a part of Oana’s life, both as creator and in experiencing other’s works. She got her first break at age six upon getting second place in her first coloring contest. Oana graduated with a degree in Architecture, her favorite classes always integrated art, especially collage.  While working in the architecture industry in San Francisco, Oana realized how valuable art was to her. Oana began showing her City sketches publicly and continued collaging for herself, integrating more of it into her work.  She’s happy to introduce Oana’s Art Shop, a combination of her collage and illustrations. Oana hopes the daily joy she gets in creating her art is passed on to you through her work.
(images by: oana barac-matei)

zip

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Climbing zip ties near Astor Place.

(images by: vivien chin)

lucky miao

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Good luck all in a line on 5th Ave.
Bring some luck my way please!

(images by: vivien chin)

shattered

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Morphic glass and sheer stretch.  Current installation in the corner gallery at the tip of the Flatiron building.  I need to get in to glass forming.  Melting plastic just wasn’t enough for me!  Stepping it up.

“Shattered Debris Sheer Transformation” by Hu Bing

(images by: vivien chin)

an aerial perspective

Skyview_NYC

 

(image from Super Colossal)

floral xrays

Lovely!

by Brenden Fitzpatrick.

 

(images from Colossal)

dragon dunny

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This is an amazing dunny! I wish I had it in my collection. Extra Large with an awesome design. Celebrates the year of the Dragon this year.

Who will get me one?…Currently available at Kidrobot in SOHO.

(image by: vivien chin)

curls

Amazing ceiling finish and light fixtures at a restaurant in DUMBO at 108 Jay Street.

 

(image by: vivien chin)

chandelier roots

If only all trees had crystal roots.  Always love this part of going to Grand Central Station.  Nice entry piece to the market.

 

(image by: vivien chin)

psychedelic

Art on the way to Ground Zero.

 

(image by: vivien chin)

8 spruce street_gehry

Gehry-designed residential tower near Ground Zero.  The back is so flat…

 

(images by: vivien chin)

paths

Lit paths wrapping the Guggenheim spiral.  Summer 2011

 

(image by: vivien chin)

graphical circles

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Really smart facade treatment with 2 sizes of standard tubing with intersecting flat bars. Easy retro feel. Located in the East Village I believe.

(image by: vivien chin)

keys x infinity

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A really intense facade made of keys-appropriate for a locksmith.

(images by: vivien chin)

playing cards

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Wall art near SOHO.

(image by: vivien chin)

empire night shot

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Night view of the Empire State from in front of the Church of Transfiguration on East 29th street and 5th ave or Broadway. Nice view when walking back from dinner to the subway last night.

 

(image by: vivien chin)

enchanted island

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Here’s a stealth shot taken (@ curtain call) of the opera, “The Enchanted Island”, performed at the Metropolitan Opera House [Lincoln Center]. I went on Saturday and it was fantastical! Notice the suspended mermaids!!  The opera took you from land as well as down to Neptune’s kingdom under the sea.

A Baroque Opera in English that combines “The Tempest” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” together with music by classical composers like Vivaldi and Handel.  Set design by Julian Crouch combines both built set and projections beautifully.  The costumes were created with wonderful textures and colors.  I really loved it.

Here are some images of the costumes and a few set design drawings found at the NYtimes site:

climbing wall_nendo

Very Alice in Wonderland-like.  Nendo designed this climbing wall at the new Illoiha Omotesando fitness club in Tokyo.

I would love one of these for myself!  Now where to find the room for it…

(images from dezeen)

aqueous fluoreau_mark mawson

Underwater ink photographs entitled “Aqueous Fluoreau” by Mark Mawson.

The colors are spectacular and the forms are just visually magnificent.

(images from colossal)

magnetic faceted curtain_florian krautli

An oldie, but goodie.  Rediscovered this project recently during an design inspiration search.  Curtains laced with magnets making these extra sculptural and free form.  Love the facets!

“Magnetic Faceted Curtain” by Florian Krautli

Still yet to go into production I think.

(images from apartment therapy)

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