Posts Tagged ‘Chapel Street’

Yale Reopening Renowned Art Building

Yale University, famous for its Gothic buildings, is showing off a newly restored jewel that marked the beginning of its modern era.
The Ivy League university has completed a $44 million restoration of the main building of its art gallery that was designed by legendary architect Louis Kahn, who designed the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 In Architecture, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

César Pelli is an architect’s architect

Architect César Pelli looks a lot like his most famous structures: tall, elegant, refined. He has designed landmark buildings around the world. The Petronas Towers rise like a shimmering, stainless-steel duo over Kuala Lumpur; Canary Wharf commands the skyline of London’s bustling business precinct; a new tower on New York’s Lexington Avenue appears to float [...]

Thursday, September 14th, 2006 In Architecture, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,