The National Building Museum has awarded its 14th Vincent Scully Prize to Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger. Goldberger, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, received the Pulitzer in 1984 while architecture critic at the New York Times. From 1997 to 2011, he served as architecture critic for the New Yorker. His books include "Why Architecture Matters," "Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture" and "Christo and Jeanne-Claude." Also read: Oscar Museum Selects Architects Renzo Piano, Zoltan Pali The Vincent Scully Prize and endowment was established in 1999 by...
- 9/1/2012
- by Lisa Fung
- The Wrap
DVD Release Date: June 19, 2012
Price: DVD $27.95
Studio: First Run Features
Norman Foster's Millau Viaduct over the Gorges du Tarn in France.
The 2010 documentary film How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? chronicles the life and career of England’s Norman Foster, who rose from a humble working class background to become one of the world’s premiere modern architects.
Directed by Norberto López Amada & Carlos Carcas, the movie was filmed in some ten countries, homing on some of Foster’s most iconic works, including London’s Swiss Re Tower, New York’s Hearst Building, Berlin’s Reichstag, Beijing Airport’s International Terminal and the Millau Viaduct over the Gorges du Tarn in France.
Examining the work of an architect whose quest is to improve the quality of life through design, and his work, the film features insights from Foster himself, as well as artists and notables as Anthony Caro,...
Price: DVD $27.95
Studio: First Run Features
Norman Foster's Millau Viaduct over the Gorges du Tarn in France.
The 2010 documentary film How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? chronicles the life and career of England’s Norman Foster, who rose from a humble working class background to become one of the world’s premiere modern architects.
Directed by Norberto López Amada & Carlos Carcas, the movie was filmed in some ten countries, homing on some of Foster’s most iconic works, including London’s Swiss Re Tower, New York’s Hearst Building, Berlin’s Reichstag, Beijing Airport’s International Terminal and the Millau Viaduct over the Gorges du Tarn in France.
Examining the work of an architect whose quest is to improve the quality of life through design, and his work, the film features insights from Foster himself, as well as artists and notables as Anthony Caro,...
- 5/30/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
"How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?, an admiring documentary about the British architect Norman Foster, by Norberto López Amado and Carlos Carcas, gives the viewer quite a lot to marvel at, which is, after all, the root meaning of the word 'admire,'" begins Ao Scott in the New York Times. "Accompanied by Joan Valent's pulsing, soaring score, the camera swoops over some of Mr Foster's largest and best-known structures and floats through the bright and airy interiors of his skyscrapers. Even before you hear Paul Goldberger (a former architecture critic for The New York Times, currently at The New Yorker) describe Mr Foster as 'the Mozart of Modernism,' you can appreciate the grace and harmony of his compositions in glass, steel and light."
For Benjamin Sutton, writing in the L, "what's most remarkable about this documentary," currently at the IFC Center through Tuesday, "is how...
For Benjamin Sutton, writing in the L, "what's most remarkable about this documentary," currently at the IFC Center through Tuesday, "is how...
- 1/26/2012
- MUBI
The swooping, white glass wonder that has risen alongside the Hudson River is the meeting of two notoriously strong-willed minds. Barry Diller wanted his company's new headquarters to make a statement--without costing a fortune--and Frank Gehry wanted to design a commercial building as exciting as his Bilbao and L.A. landmarks. Paul Goldberger explores the partnership behind Gehry's first freestanding structure in New York City.
- 6/12/2010
- Vanity Fair
Afp/Getty Christo and Jeanne-Claude
A crowd of 2,100 is expected for the artist Jeanne-Claude’s invite-only memorial service on Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But if a new cloud of volcanic ash heads toward Europe, that crowd may be slightly smaller.
“I do think maybe some of the Europeans will have trouble getting here,” said Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who will speak at the service. “They would otherwise have shown up in droves.”
Jeanne-Claude, who died Nov. 18 in New York City at age 74 after suffering a brain aneurysm, was known for monumental works of public art created with her husband Christo. In 2005, they transformed Central Park with “The Gates,” a series of 7,503 orange nylon panels erected for 16 days. In 1995, they wrapped the Reichstag, the seat of the German Parliament in Berlin, in silvery fabric.
The service for Jeanne-Claude will include eight speakers –-...
A crowd of 2,100 is expected for the artist Jeanne-Claude’s invite-only memorial service on Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But if a new cloud of volcanic ash heads toward Europe, that crowd may be slightly smaller.
“I do think maybe some of the Europeans will have trouble getting here,” said Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who will speak at the service. “They would otherwise have shown up in droves.”
Jeanne-Claude, who died Nov. 18 in New York City at age 74 after suffering a brain aneurysm, was known for monumental works of public art created with her husband Christo. In 2005, they transformed Central Park with “The Gates,” a series of 7,503 orange nylon panels erected for 16 days. In 1995, they wrapped the Reichstag, the seat of the German Parliament in Berlin, in silvery fabric.
The service for Jeanne-Claude will include eight speakers –-...
- 4/21/2010
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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