Posts Tagged ‘preservation’
The Centre des Monuments Nationaux conserves, restores, and manages nearly 100 national monuments, opening up these sites of social, cultural, and architectural history for public consumption. The website uses a geographic search feature to locate pages devoted to the Pantheon, Tours Cathedral, the house of George Sand, and many more. Monument pages include photographs and videos, points of historical interests, details about tours and other activities on site, and a list of literature specific to the building.
Tags: architectural history, Baroque, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, conservation, cultural history, France, French history, gardens, modern, modernism, neoclassicism, preservation, renassiance, social history, tourism
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on November 23, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, images, landscape, photography | No Comments »
Smallen House, 1957
The Philip Johnson Glass House and the State of Connecticut announced Phase III in their efforts to move modern preservation forward with the launch of the new documentary film Living Modern in Connecticut. Living Modern examines modern architecture in Connecticut including the work of Saarinan and Breuer asking if this architecture is danger of disappearing. The film premiers on CPTV Thursday, November 12th.
In addition, The Philip Johnson Glass House is teaming with the State and number of other local and regional civic and preservation organizations to create a the Multiple Property Documentation Form. The Multiple Property Documentation Form will further the work of the 2008 Modern Homes Survey by facilitating the effort to identify and preserve modern homes in Connecticut in addition to providing registry with the National Register of Historic Places.
Tags: architectural history, architecture, Connecticut, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, CPTV, historic preservation, Living Modern in Connecticut, Modern Homes Survey, Multiple Property Documentation Form, National Register of Historic Places, New Canaan, New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan Preservation Alliance, Northeast Office of the National Trust, Phase III, Philip Johnson Glass House, preservation
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on November 11, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, images, landscape, photography | No Comments »
Point cloud of Rapu Nui
CyArk digitally preserve cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser scanning, and digital modeling. Besides project galleries which document cultural heritage sites via photographs and 3-d media , CyArk has developed the Hazard Map, which helps preservationists visualize sites at risk.
Tags: conservation, heri, hi, historic preservation, prese, preservation, world heritage
Posted by Joan Winter on November 1, 2009 in architectural history, maps | No Comments »
One of the first things people reach for in the event of a disaster, is the family photo album. Founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Operation Photo Rescue restores photographs damaged by hurricanes, floods and wildfires. Currently, over 2,000 volunteers collaboratively work to digitally refurbish photos.
Tags: disaster response, family photos, preservation
Posted by Joan Winter on August 14, 2009 in photography | 1 Comment »
Robin Hood Gardens, Courtesy of Steve Cadam
Is Robin Hood Gardens, the public housing complex in East London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson, an architectural masterpiece worthy of preservation in the face of redevelopment?
Since 2008 Building Design magazine and the Twentieth Century Society have campaigned to list Robin Hood Gardens as a national landmark. However English Heritage recently denied the request, claiming that the complex was not influential, had failed to create housing “on human terms”, and that the the vast majority of residents support its demolition. However preservation advocates argue that the housing complex is a pivotal example of the “streets in the sky” movement.
View a video produced by the Guardian UK to learn more about why the building is both loved and hated by residents and critics.
View an audio slide show from the Twentieth Century Society, documenting its campaign to refurbish and prevent demolition of Robin Hood Gardens.
Tags: brutalism, modernism, preservation
Posted by Joan Winter on July 29, 2009 in architectural history, architecture | No Comments »
Photo courtesy of stevenkamenar on Flickr
Paul Simon’s lyrics from his 1973 song “Kodachrome” have come to fruition. Facing declining demand, Kodak has taken away the film that shot those “nice bright colors, those greens of summers.”
Usage of the film, primarily for 35mm slides, peaked in the 50s and 60s. Kodachrome was known for its archival stability and rich colors.
Kodachrome represented only 1% of Kodak’s sales and the remaining film will be donated to the George Eastman House Museum.
Photojournalist Steve McCurry – his Kodachrome photograph “Afghan Girl” is the most recognized image in the history of National Geographic – will shoot one of the last rolls of the historic color film.
Read more in the Democrat and Chronicle’s Article
View Kodak’s slide-show of great Kodacrhome Moments
Tags: analog, Kodachrome, Kodak, photographic processes, preservation
Posted by Joan Winter on June 23, 2009 in photography | No Comments »
Eames House, courtesy of blanco teko on Flickr
Charles and Ray Eames’ home and studio in Pacific Palisades, California, turns 60 this weekend. Case Study House No. 8 is an icon of modernist design and a National Historic Landmark. Read more in the New York Times article A Prefab Home that Dazzles Still.
Tags: Charles and Ray Eames, modernism, preservation
Posted by Joan Winter on June 18, 2009 in architecture | No Comments »
Polaroid photography of the factory in Enschede, courtesy of the Impossible Project
The New York Times profiled Dutch scientists working to recreate Polaroid film in a factory in Enschede, Netherlands. Facing competition from the ease and economy of digital photography, Polaroid stopped producing instant film in June 2008. The art form, while nearly obsolete, still inspires nostalgic fondness. “It is about the importance of analog aspects in a more and more digital world” said entrepreneur Florian Kaps.
The Impossible Project aims to reinvent materials and chemical process while making Polaroid film prevalent and economically viable again.
Tags: analog, Impossible Project, photographic processes, photography, Polaroid, preservation
Posted by Joan Winter on June 1, 2009 in images, photography | No Comments »
Gladys and David Wright Residence, Phoenix, Arizona, 1951
The Millard House (‘La Miniatura’), Pasadena, California, 1923
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy hosts a listing – Wright on Market – of Wright buildings currently on the market. To ensure quality preservation of each site, Wright on Market promotes conservation awareness and assists in real estate transactions by seeking conscientious buyers. Wright on Market also provides a list of recently sold Wright buildings.
Tags: architectural history, architecture, commercial architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Oak Park, Prairie Style, preservation, residential architecture, Usonian architecture
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on March 23, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, images | No Comments »
John Plumbe, United States Capital, daguerreotype, c. 1846. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The Association of College and Research Libraries has compiled a list of internet resources that delve into the early history of photography. Explore the first photograph housed at the Harry Ransom Center, albumen, tin-type, daguerreotype and photogravure processes, as well as a database of exhibitions at the Royal Photography Society.
Tags: preservation
Posted by Joan Winter on February 2, 2009 in art, photography | 1 Comment »
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