2024-12-23T12:23:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150430595/theaster-gates-partners-with-philadelphia-arts-initiative-on-revitalization-project Alexander Walter 2024-06-04T14:29:00-04:00 >2024-06-05T20:21:41-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/60/600011e6bdbaabaaa2640c47a0dbe66e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Philadelphia&rsquo;s Forman Arts Initiative (FAI) announced that it has bought and is developing almost a whole block in the city&rsquo;s West Kensington neighbourhood as a museum and community centre&mdash;with help from the artist Theaster Gates and local architects Digsau and Ian Smith Design Group. The campus will open in stages over the next two years, starting later this summer with a public outdoor space.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Gates is also currently, among many other things, involved in a community revitalization effort for the new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150357575/theaster-gates-rebuild-foundation-adds-to-leadership-team-in-chicago" target="_blank">St. Laurence Arts Incubator</a> in Chicago and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150346885/national-museums-liverpool-releases-new-asif-khan-and-theaster-gates-led-waterfront-development-proposals" target="_blank">National Museums Liverpool's waterfront development</a> in partnership with Asif Khan.</p> <p>Listen back to our <em>Archinect Sessions</em> podcast conversation with him <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150122069/a-conversation-with-theaster-gates-archinect-sessions-episode-136" target="_blank">here</a>.<br></p> <p><br></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/16111862/editor-s-picks-223 Nam Henderson 2011-08-07T15:10:39-04:00 >2011-08-09T11:04:53-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/27/27mns8pquul9fsaq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Orhan Ayy&uuml;ce comments "as simple as it is, one of the most beautiful houses i have seen in this age of dwell magazine and ikea type of joint business deals which tend to glorify form and materiality to boredom.."</p></em><br /><br /><p> Archinect's newest <strong>Showcase</strong> <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/15879855/showcase-house-in-geumsan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">features the House in Geumsan</a>. The project is located in South Korea and designed by Hyungnam Lim, Eunjoo Roh + studio_GAON.&nbsp;With the project the designers tried to highlight the element of Korean architecture that distinguishes it from Japanese or Chinese architecture. What is this distinguishing characteristic?</p> <p> "<strong>the fact that, in Korean architecture, space moves and flows; that is, a space in Korean architecture is not one frozen frame, but rather, different spaces that interact and change. The rooms of this house follow that flow with ease, and both light and wind leave traces of their presence.</strong>"</p> <p> <a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/1812010/orhan-ayy-ce" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orhan Ayy&uuml;ce</a>&nbsp;comments "<em>as simple as it is, one of the most beautiful houses i have seen in this age of dwell magazine and ikea type of joint business deals which tend to glorify form and materiality to boredom..</em>"</p> <p> <strong>News</strong><br> The <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/15559727/as-gg-designs-kingdom-tower-to-be-the-world-s-tallest-building" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">announcement that Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is designing Kingdom Tower</a>, which will be the world&rsquo;s talles...</p>