Archinect - News 2024-11-21T17:31:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149134063/the-house-has-a-vibe The house has a vibe Nam Henderson 2016-02-27T20:26:00-05:00 >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 d&eacute;cor is in keeping with Bourgeois&rsquo;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&nbsp;the Easton Foundation, a non-profit started by the artist&nbsp;Louise Bourgeois. Begining&nbsp;this summer, the house will be accessible to the public, through tours arranged on the foundation&rsquo;s website,&nbsp;<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&rsquo;s lifetime.</p><p>On a related note, check out the discussion regarding&nbsp;<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 Korody 2015-10-21T18:12:00-04:00 >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&hellip;.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&hellip;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"> <html><head><meta></head></html>