Tod Williams, Billie Tsien-and Sir John Soane
Monday, March 3, 2008, 6 p.m.
The Union Club*
101 East 69th Street (at Park Avenue)
* Business attire required: Jacket and tie for men
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, noted for the American Folk Art Museum on West 53rd Street (2001) and now newly commissioned to design a new museum for the Barnes Collection on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, will speak about the influence of Sir John Soane on their thinking and practice.
The work of Soane, an innovative British architect who practiced during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is studied today, particularly for his use of simple masses, clean lines and forms, and dramatic manipulation of light and reflective surfaces.
This public discussion is the first of the 2008 Soane Seminars, which examines Soane's influence in architecture today. The series is presented by the New York-based Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation, a United States registered non-profit "friends of" organization, in collaboration with ARCHITECTURAL RECORD magazine. In the fall, the British architect David Chipperfield and the New York-based Daniel Libeskind will deliver talks.
Proceeds from evening benefit the Foundation's traveling fellowship program, which is open to American graduate students wishing to do work and research in London at the Sir John Soane's Museum at Lincoln's Inn Fields. For the past 17 years, Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation has been producing educational events in New York City and around the country to benefit the museum.
GEN INFO
Tickets are $30 per person.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 212-223-2012
Subway: 6 train to 68th St./Hunter College; F train to Lexington/63rd St.; or N,R,W train to 5th Ave.
when I was a callow youth I went there to do a bit of research. the assistant asked me (after I had discovered which book I wished to consult) to fill out a little white card which she put on a super-polished mahogany table with a pencil, then she went away. When she came back she asked my why I had not filled in the card. I explained in a flustered state that I was afraid of damaging the super-polished magnificent table.
saw the rest which was a nightmare of a house to actually live in, I thought
I had a studio in Italy with two young Abitare published architects who love dutch work, cool sections, surprises and cool surprises that come out of cool sections and they recommended Soane's house as priority one on a visit to London... wow, a visit to Soane's house is one of those days that makes you thankful that you've taken up architecture, a pursuit with some amazing possibilities.
Tod Williams, Billie Tsien-and Sir John Soane
Tod Williams, Billie Tsien-and Sir John Soane
Monday, March 3, 2008, 6 p.m.
The Union Club*
101 East 69th Street (at Park Avenue)
* Business attire required: Jacket and tie for men
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, noted for the American Folk Art Museum on West 53rd Street (2001) and now newly commissioned to design a new museum for the Barnes Collection on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, will speak about the influence of Sir John Soane on their thinking and practice.
The work of Soane, an innovative British architect who practiced during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is studied today, particularly for his use of simple masses, clean lines and forms, and dramatic manipulation of light and reflective surfaces.
This public discussion is the first of the 2008 Soane Seminars, which examines Soane's influence in architecture today. The series is presented by the New York-based Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation, a United States registered non-profit "friends of" organization, in collaboration with ARCHITECTURAL RECORD magazine. In the fall, the British architect David Chipperfield and the New York-based Daniel Libeskind will deliver talks.
Proceeds from evening benefit the Foundation's traveling fellowship program, which is open to American graduate students wishing to do work and research in London at the Sir John Soane's Museum at Lincoln's Inn Fields. For the past 17 years, Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation has been producing educational events in New York City and around the country to benefit the museum.
GEN INFO
Tickets are $30 per person.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 212-223-2012
Subway: 6 train to 68th St./Hunter College; F train to Lexington/63rd St.; or N,R,W train to 5th Ave.
sounds great. I would love to attend, but $30 is very expensive for a single lecture. I paid $60 for a one year membership to MoMA...
does Tod know that he has to wear a jacket and tie?
I'm tempted to go... I really like Soane's work. I'm really looking forward to seeing Billie Tsien and Tod William's Barnes Foundation too.
i have a jacket AND a tie...
Soane's Crib. Quite an amazing place. you can spend hours and hours in there but ya cant take pictures...
vado
Ive been there
when I was a callow youth I went there to do a bit of research. the assistant asked me (after I had discovered which book I wished to consult) to fill out a little white card which she put on a super-polished mahogany table with a pencil, then she went away. When she came back she asked my why I had not filled in the card. I explained in a flustered state that I was afraid of damaging the super-polished magnificent table.
saw the rest which was a nightmare of a house to actually live in, I thought
That's a good story, farmer!
Seeing those two speak about that architect is pretty much my dream lecture. I'd shell out the $30 for it if I was in NY!
Any archinecter who hasn't been to Soane's house? Go. Now.
Amen to the praise for Soane's house...
I had a studio in Italy with two young Abitare published architects who love dutch work, cool sections, surprises and cool surprises that come out of cool sections and they recommended Soane's house as priority one on a visit to London... wow, a visit to Soane's house is one of those days that makes you thankful that you've taken up architecture, a pursuit with some amazing possibilities.
view the museum/house in 360
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