wikiwonka: 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

Appreciating architect Steven Holl

Seattle University, Chapel of St. Ignatius

born in Bremerton, Washington - Practices from New York

http://www.archinnovations.com/featured-architects/architects-profile/steven-holl-biography/
http://www.designboom.com/portrait/holl_bio.html

Simmons Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/3350855850/
http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?id=47&worldmap=true

Franz Kafka Society building, in Prague's former Jewish quarter

http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?type=&id=100
http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache%3AL4UjmjYFbUQJ%3Awww.stevenholl.com%2Fmedia%2Ffiles%2F401%2FSteven%2520Holl%2520and%2520Marcela%2520Steinbachov%2520complete%2520interior%2520project%2520for%2520the%2520Franz%2520Kafka%2520Society%2520Center%2520in%2520Prague%2520.pdf+%22steven+holl%22+synagogue&hl=en&gl=us

Linked Hybrid building in Beijing, "Best Tall Building"
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=31824

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Appreciating architect Benjamin Marcus Priteca

http://www.aiaseattle.org/archive_honors_fellows_priteca.htm

http://www.pstos.org/history/priteca.htm
in Seattle:
Coliseum, Crystal Pool, Admiral,
the synagogue which is now Langston Hughes,
and the Sanctuary of Temple de Hirsch Sinai
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle-Alhadeff-Sanctuary-3603.jpg

https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/268/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Marcus_Priteca

http://cinematreasures.org/architect/93/
California still open:
San Francisco Orpheum, Beverly Hills Fine Arts,
Hollywood Pantages, Fresno Warnors Theatre

http://historicfresno.org/bio/priteca.htm

http://historyink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8815

http://indiannations.visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=10873&SiteID=90

Friday, April 24, 2009

Appreciating architect Minoru Yamasaki

Glenview (IL)'s North Shore Congregation Israel

http://www.nsci.org/about_us/facilities.php3

L.A.'s planned demolition of Yamasaki's Century Plaza Hotel
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-lostla25-2009apr25,0,4004631.story

NYC's World Trade Center
http://architecture.about.com/b/2006/12/01/born-dec-1-architect-of-the-original-ny-world-trade-center.htm

Seattle's Rainier Tower
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=346581

Seattle's Pacific Science Center at Seattle Center
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/11/19/arts/23shat2_ready.html

Seattle's IBM Building
http://www.unicoprop.com/properties/ibm.html
http://www.emporis.com/ge/wm/bu/?id=ibmbuilding-seattle-wa-usa

Minoru Yamasaki

http://www.yamasakiinc.com/?navigation=our_team&name=2

http://lichen.phys.uregina.ca/arch/yamasaki.html... Read More

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=5352

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

for fans of Tammis Keefe, opera and theatre

Get out your (Tammis Keefe) hankies!

Emily Coad, the early-mid 1800s opera star, was textile artist Tammis Keefe's great-grandmother.

Miss Coad performed in 1843 in the first New York production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." Her role was as Alize (Alisa).

http://books.google.com/books?id=C6INAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA404&dq=%22Miss+Coad%22&lr=&as_brr=0

In 1844 Emily sang the role of Mark Smeaton in Donizetti's "Anna Bolena."

Tonight New York's Metropolitan Opera telecasts its performance of Lucia.

Lucia's story:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=55

Donizetti's life appeared to have had no less drama:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2589608

the Coad/Tammis story: http://www.nwfestival.com/Keefe_genealogy.pdf

slide shows: http://www.nwfestival.com/T_Keefe13.htm

This year I plan to take just the Coad theatrical family portion, and edit and post it to wikipedia. Emily was for a time a star, and the story also shows how the country grew.