Le Corbusier’s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France attracts pilgrims of religion and architecture alike. Designing a convent adjacent to that site would be daunting for any architect; Renzo Piano took on the challenge – and, says Jonathan Glancey, has created a masterpiece.
Tag: 09.25.11
Bodleian Library Asks Visitors Which Buried Treasures Should Go On Display
The new exhibition “Treasures of the Bodleian” displays some of the library’s finest pieces – a Magna Carta, a 14th-century illustrated Travels of Marco Polo, a Sappho manuscript – that have been in storage. Visitors “will be invited to suggest which ones deserve to be given permanent display in [a] new gallery.”
Philadelphia Orchestra Bankruptcy At A Fork In The Road
A judicial hearing this week “was important for laying out two possible imminent paths – a quick resolution or a long, acrimonious battle that could stretch on for some time and have tragic consequences for the orchestra.”
Arquitectonica’s Latest Showpiece: South Miami’s New Cultural Center
The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center’s “central architectural motif [is] two folded planes wrapping around the sides of a vast glass façade. … But this is a building that pays homage to the act and art of performance, and so the metaphor of applause is both appealing and persuasive. The building is its own best playbill.”
Boston Symphony Begins Its Music Director Search
It has been a full 40 years since the BSO undertook a full-fledged search for its leading maestro. (Following Seiji Ozawa’s long tenure, the Bostonians pretty much knew they wanted to work with James Levine). Jeremy Eichler answers some basic questions about the upcoming process.
Half Of Colorado Symphony Board Resigns En Masse
“A week of rancorous negotiations between the Colorado Symphony and its 79 full-time musicians ended Friday with the resignation of about half the orchestra’s board and the players’ agreement to an emergency 9 percent pay cut.”