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Everything Solid Melts Into Air

Harris Silver | Posted 05.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Chinatown, Andrew Riiska, Sci-Arc, Alexander Calder, Marshmallow, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles Art Scene, Downtown Los Angeles, JaiJai Gallery, JainJai Gallery, LA Box Collective, Home News
Harris Silver

Another way to experience this piece is to close your eyes and hold it in your hands. When you do that you can feel the intent the maker reflected back as calmness in the object. The experience of the piece doesn't end there.

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Pacific Standard Time At LACMA: The Untold Story

Harris Silver | Posted 01.22.2012 | Home
Read More: Suburbs, Military Industrial Complex, Moca, Nuclear Missiles, Mulholland Drive, Malibu, Peterson Automotive Museum, Lacma, Culture, Nuclear War, Infrastructure, Pst, Sci-Arc, Case Study Houses, Highways, Art and Architecture Magazine, The Case Study House Program, Bel Air, 10, California Design 1930-1965: ?Living in a Modern Way?, Charles and Ray Eames, KB Homes, La, Museum Exhibit, Harris Silver, Los Angeles, Eames House, Art, Levittown, Wwii, John Entenza, Freeways, Missile Site, President Eisenhower, Getty, 405, Pacfic Standard TIme, Home News
Harris Silver

Pacific Standard Time is a sprawling cultural initiative with 68 major museum shows and 125 gallery exhibitions including California Design 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way.'

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Time for a New Gauge

Harris Silver | Posted 01.18.2012 | Green
Read More: Efficiency, Automobiles, Mpg, Sci-Arc, Calories, Fuel Efficiency, Energy Diet, Dashboard, Oil, Government Motors, Gm, Green, Sustainability, Harris Silver, Policy, Environment General Motors, Dot, Transportation, Green News
Harris Silver

The way you drive affects your efficiency performance. With an efficiency gauge you experience this in real time. By watching the gauge, you learn how to drive more efficiently.

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Yes, Mayor Bloomberg, Occupy Has Got to Go

Harris Silver | Posted 01.15.2012 | New York
Read More: Ows, Nyc, Mayor Bloomberg, Urban Planning, Occupy Wall Street, Architecture, Bathroom, Harris Silver, New York, Sci Arc, New York News
Harris Silver

One obvious lesson that we can learn from Occupy Wall Street is the need for public restrooms in urban environments.

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Let's Stop Trying to Save the Environment; We Aren't Good At It, and It Isn't Working

Harris Silver | Posted 01.04.2012 | Green
Read More: Adam Smith, Sci-Arc, Environmental Policy, Fracking, Environmentalists, Haliburton, Charles Darwin, Environment, Hydrofracking, Environmentalism, Capitalism, Halliburton Loophole, Green, Occupy Wall Street. OWS, Harris Silver, Clean Water Act. Clean Drinking Water Act. Tsunami, Green News
Harris Silver

The way to save the environment is to save capitalism. And the way to save capitalism is to understand the role of government in protecting the commons through regulation and policy.

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An Architect's Protest Against the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street

Harris Silver | Posted 12.14.2011 | DC
Read More: Infrastructure, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Eero Saarinen, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Sci-Arc, Architecture, Washington DC, Harris Silver, Tea Party, #Occupywallstreet, DC News
Harris Silver

We don't have to agree on everything but at least we can agree that government is indispensable in providing the infrastructure that allows us to lead our lives productively.

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Who Will Win the 2011 Solar Decathlon?

Susanna Murley | Posted 09.21.2011 | Green
Read More: University of Calgary, University of Maryland, Planet Forward, George Washington University, Middlebury College, Caltech, Department of Energy, Sci-Arc, Tongji University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 Solar Decathlon, Slidepollajax, #SD2011, Green News
Susanna Murley

Can a liberal education prepare you to compete in the Solar Decathlon? In the spirit of Emerson, "Self Reliance," from Middlebury, will be the only submission from a liberal arts school to the Department of Energy's architectural competition.

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PHOTOS: $14 Million Ray Kappe Design In Brentwood

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.08.2011 | Los Angeles
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Ray Kappe's Brentwood architectural has been listed and re-listed since late 2008, and it's on the market again with a price tag of $14 million. With ...

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Plan ForYourArt April 15-21

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: P.S. Arts, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Brewery Art Walk, Artists, Santa Monica, Pacific Standard Time, Mark Bradford, Pierre Koenig, Art Galleries, Benefit, One and J Gallery, Studios, Foryourart, Los Angeles Antique Show, Art, Museums, Brewery Arts Colony, Moca, Downtown Los Angeles, Ovation, How Many Billboards? Art in Stead, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Sci-Arc, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Each Week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.

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Plan ForYourArt, March 4-10

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Photography, Mexicali Biennial, Lacma, Otis College of Art and Design, IDEA Office, Urban Planning, Christopher Knight, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Architecture, Sci-Arc, Artists, Pacific Standard Time, Eric Owen Moss, Painting, Ben Maltz Gallery, Industrial Design, Foryourart, Art, The Barnes Foundation, Ucla, Andreas Gursky, Los Angeles Times, Richard Meier, Moca, Gagosian Gallery, Performance, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

The inaugural exhibition for the newly expanded, Richard Meier-designed Gagosian Gallery includes new large-scale photographic work by Andreas Gursky.

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Plan ForYourArt, February 19-23

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Christine Y. Kim, Vincent Ramos, Sumi Ink Club, Luke Fischbeck, Sarah Rara, Brendan Fowler, Pacific Standard Time, Steve Roden, Usc, Stephanie Taylor, Edgar Arceneaux, Hammer Museum, Chon Noriega, Julius Shulman, Brian Roettinger, Lucky Dragons, Foca, Steven/Stephen, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Eamon Ore-Giron, Sci-Arc, Haiti, Dave Muller, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Judy Baca, Alex Klein, Gabrielle Ferrer, Simon Leung, Sandra De La Loza, Vito Acconci, Moca, Pechakucha, Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

This week in Plan ForYourArt, I preview the final reception and concert for the exhibition All Time Greatest, an interactive performance by Lucky Dragons, and more.

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PLAN ForYourArt, February 11-14

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Meet the Nelsons, Lacma, Conceptual Art, Sumi Ink Club, Baghdad Museum, Sci-Arc, Artists, Buster Keaton, Wes Jones, Los Angeles, Michael Govan, Mel Chin, Pasadena, Political Art, Silent Chances, Foryourart, Valentine, Art, Ucla, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Museums, Farmlab, Comic Book, Redcat, Participation, Cinefamily, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Each Week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.

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PLAN ForYourArt, February 4-7

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Lacma, Art, Alexis Rochas, Machine Project, Museums, Hammer Museum, Echo Park, Fallen Fruit, Artists, Art Walk, Eric Owen Moss, Los Angeles, Sci-Arc, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Every week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.

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