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Lunar ceiling for Time-Life Building, 1947, New York City. Destroyed. Architect: Wallace K. Harrison.
Is this sculpture in the Met? Who is the sculptor? If it is in the Met, does the Met have the copy, or do the Rockefellers? You can see the putting practice area in the bottom of the picture. The tour guide related a story about a time when one of the Rockefellers was golfing with a friend when all of a sudden a helicopter flew over them, picked up a sculpture, and placed it elsewhere in the estate. Apparently Nelson liked to move things around until he found just the right spot.
Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The outside is cold and hard stone, but the translucent marble panels give a golden glow to the inside. Absolutely incredible. Its biggest problem is that it's at Yale.
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sculpture by: isamu noguchi
we used to call it the "toilet bowl"
...one of my fave artists...
focal: 10mm (cuz wide is cool)
stop: f/7.1 (cuz i have no idea)
ev: -0.7 (cuz i wanted a nice sky)
honolulu hale complex
taken: 05/06/2008
A Cool interactive slide. And yes, I climbed it and slid down... Twice!
The reddish stains are microorganisms which have embedded themselves within the matrix of the stone.
The Noguchi Museum (original warehouse, 1929; Isamu Noguchi and Shoji Sadao, mainly 1982-1983, with garden installed in 1985). Formerly Noguchi's studio, this is probably one of my favorite archi-spots in NYC: a reliably calming and absorbing visit, whatever the current exhibits are. I don't think I can really say too much of interest about the design itself, though I think the primary concrete-block addition is a great neutral foil for Noguchi's stone sculptures, and does lovely things with indoor/outdoor continuity. It's just really nice!
Seen here: furniture-like sculptural objects by Jorge Palacios, in use.
Honolulu Capitol District, O‘ahu.
Sky Gate, by Isamu Noguchi, painted steel sculpture, 1977.
More info about Isamu Noguchi on his Museum's website.
Le Bambole Mk. II Pinhole Camera. Kodak 160 Portra NC. Exposure: f/256 and 2 seconds.
This little one-acre patch of Piedmont Park enjoys a set of playground equipment designed by Isamu Noguchi; the objects range from abstract, Platonic takes on familiar playground typologies (swingset, slide) to more open-ended forms intended to invite children to determine their own forms of activity. The same ideas underlay much of the "adventure playground" landscapes in New York around the same time; one wishes the Atlanta version, like those, extended its manipulations to the ground plane itself. It's a striking, memorable little space nonetheless.
For more background, and drawings, see Alexandra Lange's writeup for Herman Miller.
The Noguchi Museum (original warehouse, 1929; Isamu Noguchi and Shoji Sadao, mainly 1982-1983, with garden installed in 1985). Formerly Noguchi's studio, this is probably one of my favorite archi-spots in NYC: a reliably calming and absorbing visit, whatever the current exhibits are. I don't think I can really say too much of interest about the design itself, though I think the primary concrete-block addition is a great neutral foil for Noguchi's stone sculptures, and does lovely things with indoor/outdoor continuity. It's just really nice!
Seen here: furniture-like sculptural objects by Jorge Palacios, in use.