Archinect - News2024-04-28T01:04:09-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150343630/tadao-ando-s-tribute-to-karl-lagerfeld-will-take-over-the-met-s-costume-institute-this-spring
Tadao Ando’s tribute to Karl Lagerfeld will take over the Met’s Costume Institute this spring Josh Niland2023-03-23T17:16:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78080e0b2b2a9880f604e4714e766c92.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The three-decade professional relationship between <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150122771/throughout-his-legendary-career-karl-lagerfeld-fused-fashion-and-architecture" target="_blank">Karl Lagerfeld</a> and Pritzker winner <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/120843/tadao-ando" target="_blank">Tadao Ando</a> will be continued in a new exhibition designed by the architect for the Costume Institute of the <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/30270830/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> in New York City.</p>
<p>Opening to coincide with the Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala during the first week of May, <em>Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty</em> promises to be a treatise on Lagerfeld’s work organized around the duality between straight lines and the “Serpentine line” first theorized in William Hogarth’s 1753 essay <em>The Analysis of Beauty</em>. </p>
<p>The essay was supposedly an inspiration for the late fashion designer throughout his decorated career, the arch and milestones of which are covered in the introductory segment to the exhibition. This introduction will be followed by two galleries that hone in on themes derived from each type of line and are divided into nine ‘sublines’ included as examples of contradictory impulses throughout his friend’s long oeuvre.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/69/693ec13da13f1e674ed05eaf61e0b499.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/69/693ec13da13f1e674ed05eaf61e0b499.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect:...</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150122771/throughout-his-legendary-career-karl-lagerfeld-fused-fashion-and-architecture
Throughout his legendary career, Karl Lagerfeld fused fashion and architecture Mackenzie Goldberg2019-02-20T15:55:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/71/713e1b95fd9320884724cbac1071f259.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On Tuesday, the legendary Karl Lagerfeld passed away in Paris at age 85. One of the most recognized names in fashion, Mr. Lagerfeld, as the creative force behind <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/55674013/chanel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chanel</a>, helped revive the brand into the luxury powerhouse it is today through his many reinterpretations of the house's iconic bouclé tweed that drew inspiration from everything from hip-hop to California surfer chicks, to even his pet cat. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3a/3a61235db584796f6559396d84bf6b0e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3a/3a61235db584796f6559396d84bf6b0e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Karl Lagerfeld’s photographs of Villa Noailles, taken in the summer of 1995 and published in the book "Villa Noailles, Hyéres-Éte."</figcaption></figure><p>Lagerfeld's reach extended well beyond high-end fashion too. The German designer was a man of many parts, working as a photographer, a director, a curator, an interior decorator, and a furniture designer. Through his many endeavors, Lagerfeld's work often touched on the realm of architecture, whether through collaborations with architects such as <a href="https://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid</a>—who joined forces with the fashion label in 2008 to design the Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion. Or, throug...</p>