2024-11-23T07:40:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150299417/james-turrell-s-first-mountainous-skyspace-experience-will-debut-this-summer-in-colorado Josh Niland 2022-02-17T17:18:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3e5a74957cef605ca3cf4f427045681e.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Pikes Peak area&rsquo;s rugged Front Range vista is about to get a stark new addition this summer in the form of a hikeable installation courtesy of the light artist <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/139634/james-turrell" target="_blank">James Turrell</a>.</p> <p>Turrell&rsquo;s latest Skyspace has been given an updated opening date in June as part of the Green Box Arts Festival in the town of Green Mountain Falls ninety minutes south of Denver.</p> <p>Aimed at attracting visitors interested in &ldquo;rediscovering the importance of a tranquil unplugged existence,&rdquo; the annual festival began as a week-long dance residency and has since blossomed into an educational resource with year-round programming for a community actively seeking to bolster cultural tourism with the infusion of a little blue-chip art.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0089c1c25061135fbb1b06319cc6a3c.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0089c1c25061135fbb1b06319cc6a3c.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Aerial view of Green Mountain Falls by Buffalo Media Group.</figcaption></figure><p>Turrell <a href="https://jamesturrell.com/work/type/skyspace/" target="_blank">describes</a> each space as a &ldquo;specifically proportioned chamber with an aperture in the ceiling open to the sky,&rdquo; and that Skyspaces &ldquo;can be autonomous structures or integrated into existing architecture&rdquo; with apertures t...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149373378/the-west-coast-s-tallest-tower-is-getting-a-glass-bottomed-slide-on-its-69th-floor Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-03-01T20:37:00-05:00 >2023-04-06T12:46:19-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/of/ofkhugk2td9ehc2y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Bank Tower owners OUE Limited announced today a new addition to the Skyspace observation deck tourist attraction that's guaranteed to give it that "thrill factor": a 36-foot long glass slide that will allow brave souls to slide from the 70th floor to the 69th along the outside of the building. Called the Skyslide, the chute will be made of clear glass four inches thick [and] sit about 1,000 feet above the ground</p></em><br /><br /><p>Don't look down.</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/7c/7c04c51c3a807dc09cc4a58924b3bc4d.jpg"></p> <p>Related on Archinect:</p> <ul><li><a title="Glass Cracks Below Tourists in Chicago Skydeck" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/100632473/glass-cracks-below-tourists-in-chicago-skydeck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glass Cracks Below Tourists in Chicago Skydeck</a></li><li><a title="Chinese glass-bottom walkway cracks below tourists &ndash; 3,540 feet above ground" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/138416767/chinese-glass-bottom-walkway-cracks-below-tourists-3-540-feet-above-ground" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese glass-bottom walkway cracks below tourists &ndash; 3,540 feet above ground</a></li><li><a title="China opens 590-foot-high glass-bottom bridge" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/137723119/china-opens-590-foot-high-glass-bottom-bridge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China opens 590-foot-high glass-bottom bridge</a></li><li><a title="Survey: Why glass?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/132959584/survey-why-glass" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Survey: Why glass?</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/51297213/the-turrell-skyspace-at-rice-university Archinect 2012-06-13T20:54:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5p/5peu1023oqmszo5z.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The highly anticipated skyspace by famed American artist James Turrell does not open to the public until June 14, but Rice students, faculty and staff got a sneak preview May 5 during an exclusive Cinco de Mayo celebration for the Rice community.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>