Archinect - News2024-04-30T18:11:16-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149134063/the-house-has-a-vibe
The house has a vibe Nam Henderson2016-02-27T20:26:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rq/rqvls8b3usqh4oo0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The utilitarian décor is in keeping with Bourgeois’s pragmatic nature...She was always interested in architectural spaces, and the rooms of 347 West 20th Street can be compared to her other artistic creations</p></em><br /><br /><p>Arthur Lubow highlights the work of the Easton Foundation, a non-profit started by the artist Louise Bourgeois. Begining this summer, the house will be accessible to the public, through tours arranged on the foundation’s website, <a href="http://www.theeastonfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theeastonfoundation.org</a>. It is being maintained as closely as possible to the way it looked during its owner’s lifetime.</p><p>On a related note, check out the discussion regarding <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145189824/never-the-same-river-twice-experimental-preservation-and-architectural-authorship-with-jorge-otero-pailos-on-archinect-sessions-47" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Experimental preservation and architectural authorship with Jorge Otero-Pailos, from Archinect Sessions #47</a></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/139474587/meet-the-preservationist-trying-to-revolutionize-historic-house-museums
Meet the preservationist trying to revolutionize historic house museums Nicholas Korody2015-10-21T18:12:00-04:00>2015-10-24T18:01:00-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/r8/r8vmx8hx6jncof2w.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"One of the problems with house museums is you keep kind of circling back to the same people who come….Eventually they are going to die and there's going to be no one coming to your parties," [says Franklin] Vagnone [the executive director of New York City's Historic House Trust].
He wants nothing less than to revive interest in the house museum.
Museums don't need to think about "changing the color of their garment…what they need to do is completely change their outfit..."</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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