Tag: Le Corbusier
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At 60, Carpenter Center takes a rare look back
Four shows inspired by building’s iconic architecture are re-staged to mark anniversary.
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A year that changed students, and students changed the world
“Harvard, 1968,” a new exhibition at Pusey Library, explores student and faculty experiences from a time of turbulence.
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Koolhaas sees architecture as timid
Legendary Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas discusses the ideas and politics behind his latest projects during a presentation at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Building outward
New director James Voorhies hopes to make the Carpenter Center a more inviting space.
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Light, bright, and modern
The strikingly modernist Carpenter Center, which turned 50 this year, was Le Corbusier’s only building in North America and was the last major project of his life. This video explores the building’s color palette.
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A year of change, month by month
2012-13 was a year of inventions and ascensions, elections and projections, digitizing and prioritizing. The University also launched HarvardX, the wildly popular web learning platform.
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Getting to 50
Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, soon turning 50, was celebrated at the Graduate School of Design through a visit from its first director, Eduard Sekler, along with early faculty and students.
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The art of saving art
Works by Le Corbusier and Joan Miró are back at the Carpenter Center after painstaking repair work by conservators at the Weissman Preservation Center.
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At 50, a building still dares
A new art exhibit opens a yearlong celebration of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, which turns 50 in May.
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If he builds it, the artists come
Ed Lloyd inherited a famous gallery designed by the architect Le Corbusier. As the Carpenter Center’s exhibitions manager, he regularly transforms that space to bring current works of art to life.
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The art of architecture
Harvard’s campus reflects three centuries of architectural history, and a practiced intimacy that draws people together.
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Art by degrees
Three Harvard graduates, now practicing artists, bring home lessons learned, along with a quirky exhibit.
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The Fogg begins to rise
With most of Harvard Art Museums’ staffers and collections settled elsewhere, workers create a “state-of-the-art museum facility,” with plans to open in 2013.
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Out of the studio, into the classroom
Seven take on teaching roles at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.