“Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta, who founded their practice, RCR Arquitectes, in the small [Catalan] town of Olot in 1988, have built a reputation for projects that have an acute sensitivity to local context, taking great care with how they are sited in the landscape and masterfully using materials to play with light, shade, mass and fragility.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
A Photo Album Of The 2017 Pritzker Prize Winners’ Work
In a slideshow at the top of the page and an illustrated list below, Dezeen offers a healthy sample of RCR Arquitectes’ projects, from a sun-splashed, oblique-angled winery to an airy, colorful kindergarten to a spotted-steel-clad museum.
Why Our Minds Tend To Wander Without Our Consent – And How Scientists Learned How To Study The Question
“In the last 15 years, the science of mind wandering has mushroomed as a topic of scholarly study, thanks in part to advances in brain imaging. But for a long time, it was still difficult to see what people’s brains were doing outside the lab. Then, when smartphones came on the scene in the late 2000s, researchers came up with an ingenious approach to understanding just how often the human brain wanders in the wilds of modern life.”
Who Killed ‘Twin Peaks’? An Oral History Of The Making And Breaking Of A Cultural Phenomenon
As the series reboot approaches, cast and crew talk about David Lynch’s unconventional working methods, the odd casting decisions that resulted (the guy who played Bob was the set dresser), and their delighted astonishment when the show became a hit. They also explain why the show took such a bad turn after Laura Palmer’s killer was revealed.
Fritz Koenig, 92, Sculptor Of ‘Sphere’ At World Trade Center
Sphere – more officially called, by the sculptor, Grosse Kugelkaryatide (Large Spherical Caryatid) – “was the best known of his sculptures, though Mr. Koenig produced powerful memorials, including one at the former Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria” and another for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
When The Met Museum Sold This Painting, It Changed The Way Every Museum In The U.S. Operates
Josh Niland tells the story of curator Henry Geldzahler and the 1971 deaccessioning of Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait with Cigarette.
The New York Times Discovers Broadway Nights At Gay Bars (Which Are Booming)
First, yes, there are still plenty of gay bars in Manhattan, hookup apps notwithstanding. And while there have always been a few piano bars where the crowd sings show tunes, they were always considered rather dowdy; now even the hippest bars have Broadway nights, and major stars show up to sing at them. Legendary nightlife reporter Michael Musto surveys the scene.
Making Theatre Out Of Britain’s Brexit Divide
“Tired of the shouty voices from Westminster, [National Theatre director Rufus Norris] decided to turn away from London and start an in-depth listening project to try to understand the roots of the divide that had fractured the country. … He contacted 10 writers and directors from all over the country and asked them to start recording long interviews with people about their feelings about the vote.” Amelia Gentleman has the story of My Country: A Work in Progress, the resulting play.
How Playboy Magazine Played A Key Role In The Vietnam War
Turns out soldiers really did read it for the articles. (Well, not only the articles.) “In fact, it’s hard to overstate how profound a role Playboy played among the millions of American soldiers and civilians stationed in Vietnam throughout the war: as entertainment, yes, but more important as news and, through its extensive letters section, as a sounding board and confessional.”
What Makes A Ballet Really Canadian? A Few Lumberjacks
Yes, Will Tuckett has included some lumberjacks – and beavers and a Mountie, too – in his new Pinocchio for the National Ballet of Canada. Here’s a video peek at rehearsal for the piece, which premieres next month.