This is what’s known as “backward integration,” when a company at the end of the supply chain seeks to shape its products “upstream.” (Compare Netflix, which first rented and streamed TV shows, then started making them.) With both design teams and factories under its umbrella, Katerra hopes to consolidate a messy system into an efficient one-stop shop. It wants to become the Starbucks or Zara of construction, churning out apartments like so many lattes or jumpsuits.
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The New New Plan For Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Museum
In stark contrast to a more compact design released last summer, the plan, designed by Shohei Shigematsu of the international architecture firm OMA, features a new building on the northwest side of the Albright-Knox campus along Iroquois Drive. Sheathed in what Shigematsu called a “translucent skin,” the transparent ziggurat of a building will allow pedestrians to see inside of its galleries and flexible event spaces. It also will contain a public atrium and café.
A Rapper Wins The Orwell Prize For Political Books
“Scottish rapper Darren McGarvey, who performs under the name Loki, has won the Orwell prize for political books for his searing examination of poverty in Britain, Poverty Safari.”
Study: We Refer To Women Professionals Differently Than We Do To Men
“On average, people are over twice as likely to likely to refer to male professionals by surname than female professionals,” Cornell University psychologists Stav Atir and Melissa Ferguson write in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That matters because people “referred to by surname are judged as more famous and eminent,” and therefore worthy of recognition.
The Disability Arts Movement Has Been Around For 40 Years – Why Do So Few People Know About It?
“[It] first bloomed toward the end of the 1970s, and led to major advancements in Britain, such as increased accessibility on public transport and the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act. Yet strangely, the UK’s Disability Arts Movement isn’t something that’s widely spoken about – except among the disabled creative community.”
Riccardo Muti Halts Chicago Symphony Concert Because He Just Couldn’t Stand The Coughing Anymore
“Maestro Muti stopped a performance of Chant sur la Mort de Joseph Haydn, Luigi Cherubini’s funeral cantata for the Austrian composer, dead in its tracks, and one audience member told the Tribune they thought he said ‘it’s impossible’ while another said they thought he uttered an expletive. A CSO spokeswoman would not comment on what he said.”
Berkshire Museum To Sell Off More Art Because It Didn’t Get Enough Money The First Time Around
The first round of the widely criticized deaccessioning, with works being sold in April and May, only netted $47 million of the museum board’s $55 million goal. Now nine more works will be sold, seven of them privately and two at Sotheby’s; those works include pieces by Bierstadt and Calder as well as Qing Dynasty antiques.
Banksy Blitzes Paris To Slam Treatment Of Refugees
“Aiming at France’s refugee crisis, the anonymous British street artist appears to have targeted Paris with at least three murals and several of his signature rats in various locations. It is the first time the artist has hit the French capital with his brand of social and political commentary.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.25.18
Strong opinions, weakly held
The yelling and pointing in our current civic environment keeps me going back to futurist Paul Saffo and his mantra: “strong opinions, weakly held.” In his extensive work exploring the present and divining the future, … read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2018-06-25
Monday Recommendation: The Story Of A Keyboard Pioneer
Milt Buckner: The Life and Music of a Unique Jazz Pianist and Organist (Woodward)
Willard “Woody” Woodard writes a straightforward account of the career of the keyboard artist who pioneered the Hammond B3 organ in jazz. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-06-25
California to Colorado on the Zephyr: Train Art and Culture
On June 12, I boarded the train for a 34 hour scheduled ride to Denver, on my way to the annual convention of Americans for the Arts. My assignment to myself was to write … read more
AJBlog: The Bright Ride Published 2018-06-24
Second chances
Now that Mrs. T is awaiting a double lung transplant, I’ve cut down on my out-of-town reviewing … The catch is that I last visited Smalltown, U.S.A., the place where I grew up and where my brother and sister-in-law still live, in 2015, and I’ve been longing to go back. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2018-06-25
A Pop-up Shakespearean Theatre Rises
Shakespeare’s Rose, which opens on Monday and has cost £3m, is Europe’s first “pop-up” Shakespearean theatre. The Bard “would totally recognise it”, according to producer James Cundall. The temporary theatre has been built in a car park in 28 days to a circular design, similar to those erected on Bankside in Shakespeare’s day.