Archinect - News2024-05-02T06:42:21-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149946928/rounding-second-base-with-one-night-stand-la
Rounding second base with One-Night Stand LA Nicholas Korody2016-05-23T18:37:00-04:00>2016-05-31T23:09:17-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0y/0yete1vd6valoh62.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>If twenty or so policemen shut down your architecture exhibition, it’s probably a sign that you’re doing something right. Far from the antiseptic tedium that characterizes so many architecture events these days, the second iteration of One-Night Stand LA, "<a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149942961/getting-in-the-mood-for-one-night-stand-la-2-the-rendezvous" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Rendezvous</a>", was a raucous affair and all the better for it.</p><p>Beer flowed from the bar-cum-installation designed and staffed by Happy Hour Agency, a creative agency that hosts a “conceptual cocktail pop-up” every few months in the Highland Park neighborhood. As you waited in line for a drink (or a tube of alcoholic toothpaste), a harlequin face would appear from a hole in the wall and grin at you.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/jz/jzyhgu6101oh3egm.jpg"></p><p>Just down the hall, a major highlight was the installation by Jennifer Bonner and <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/125518443/touching-base-with-volkan-alkanoglu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volkan Alkanoglu</a>, which comprised an “architectural crime scene” replete with taped off floor plans, number tags and description cards. One “victim,” so to speak, was John Hejduk’s Wall House II. The installation worked well both as a one-liner and with mo...</p>