Zendai(s) Almost Done
February 23, 2010, by Brandon Alexander
The ritzy-glitzy new home of Zendai MoMa is almost complete, and expectations are already towering as well. According to Architectural Record, the museum is "intended to rival such institutions as the Guggenheim"…with two hotels, loads of shops, and a theater surrounding it. Stand-alone museums just don't cut it, in China. The highlight of the space: winding, amorphous columns that look sort of like tree trunks, arching over 100 feet high.
The illustrious team behind the "Himalayas Art Museum" cum hotels cum shopping, are: Arata Isozaki, designer of the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, and KCA International, who did the interiors of the Burj al Arab (but not that shoddy elevator). The building has been under construction since 2006, and is finally expected to open in June, 2010. SIFF won't move in until 2011.
Here are two cool Shanghai events than any creatively-minded individuals out there should definitely put in their diaries for this February. Read on
Couple of interesting builds have popped up on the CH radar, both via Dezeen.com. First up is a church on Luofu Mountain in Huizhou by O Studio Architects, or Church of Seed. No, it's nothing to do with Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral of the 2010... Read on
Known for his disappearing acts, Liu Bolin has been attracting a lot of attention of late and rightly so – check out this fun collaboration the Chinese artist has recently completed with luxury fashion mag Harper's Bazaar, brought to our attention... Read on
Looks like last year's Picasso exhibition at the China Pavilion really got the ball rolling on big name Western artists coming to China. Now, ArtDaily.org reveal that traveling exhibition Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal will tour Asia from later... Read on
Restored, replaced and lost...
Architectural preservation – or rather a distinct lack of – is coming under fire this week in both Shanghai and Beijing. First, the New York Times reports on the sad loss of Beijing's 24, Beizongbu Hutong, otherwise known as the historic home of... Read on
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