Entries Tagged as 'Museums'
October climax set for The Mount - Berkshire Eagle Online
By Benning W. De La Mater, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Article Last Updated: 05/14/2008 03:00:18 AM EDT
LENOX — An agreement between The Mount and its creditors has staved off foreclosure and a May 31 deadline that would have forced Edith […]
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Tags: Berkshires · History · Public Gardens · Museums
Landscape Design | National Design Awards 2008 | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Awards
The Landscape Design Award is given to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in urban planning or park and garden design.
Olin Partnership
Winner: Landscape Design
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Finalist: Landscape Design
Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Finalist: Landscape Design
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Tags: Museums · US · Awards/Competitions
Whitney Museum Unveils Its Downtown Sanctuary - New York Times
Mr. Piano’s project for a site on Gansevoort Street, west of Washington Street, is a striking departure from the ethereal glass creations that have made him a favorite of the art-world cognoscenti.
Mr. Piano has created a contemplative sanctuary where art reasserts its primary place in the […]
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Tags: Parks · Architecture · New York NY · Museums · The New York Times · Sculpture
Table of Contents: April 28, 2008: Table of Contents: The New Yorker - Annotated
Magazine only, not online
Restoration Drama
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Tags: History · Berkshires · Architecture · Public Gardens · Museums · Not-for-Profits
BBC NEWS | UK | Kew to open botanical art gallery - Annotated
London’s Kew Gardens is to open the world’s first gallery dedicated to botanical art works - some of which have never been seen by the public.
Kew has a vast collection of more than 200,000 art works.
Some of the illustrations of extinct […]
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Tags: Enlightening · Art · Museums · Sustainability · Europe · Plants