Weekly Architecture Fix, Vol. 4 | Contemporary Architecture
Denver Architecture Foundation Resources:
- An inspiring DAF podcast about Leon Art Gallery. Denverite will be following Leon throughout the pandemic. Read the stories here.
- If you and your kids enjoyed last week’s activity on the shape of architecture, here’s another one for you: Colorado State Capitol.
- Audio Tours teaser: Before starting the above activity, learn and teach your kids a little more about the Colorado State Capitol.
- Ongoing: Take in the stunning photographs from our 2019 Y/OUR Denver Photo Exhibit, in partnership with the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. Read the accompanying Denver Post article by Ray Rinaldi – “One of Denver’s best photo exhibitions right now is totally free — and you can see it in your PJs” and share/discuss with friends and family!
Feature: Contemporary Architecture – Resources from the world wide web
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” – Frank Gehry
Watch…
The films below are free via Kanopy.com.
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line
- Steven Holl: The Body in Space
- Cool Spaces! The Best New Architecture – a series by PBS
- Architects Herzog and de Meuron: Tate Modern
- Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy
- Tadao Ando
- How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
- Daniel Libeskind: Welcome to the 21st Century
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Listen…
- Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Talking Practice podcast
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Read…
- The Sourcebook of Contemporary Architecture by Àlex Sánchez Vidiella
- The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture
- The Story of Contemporary Architecture by Paola Favole
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For Young Readers…
- Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
Community Resources
- Enjoy virtual programming offered by our own MCA Denver.
- dezeen just launched a Virtual Design Festival – check it out!
- The Architecture & Design Film Festival: Online will run April 16-19, offering one film each night, including a live introduction and Q&A; the films are all uplifting and positive. Each night the film will screen at 8:00 pm ET and again at 8:00 pm PT.
- Take in the multi-sensory experience of a Yayoi Kusama Infinity Room Online, compliments of The Broad.
Image curtesy of Davis Partnership Architects
