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...We know it’s a design district because it says so in huge letters on top of a jolly and rather retro-looking red brick and glass building designed by architect David Kohn....
...Rockwell recently completed the apartments and amenity areas at 15 Hudson Yards (285 luxury homes in a 274m glass skyscraper designed by interdisciplinary studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro), including Cedric...
...The architects of The Shed, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (together with David Rockwell) have an avant-garde history as close to installation and conceptual art as to architecture, and a depth of experience sculpting...
...David Lang likes to push at boundaries, of opera and otherwise, with mixed results....
...David Wichmann, chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group, described him as “the right person to extend Optum’s momentum and lead the business in its next phase of growth”....
...Also on the bill were Pablo Bronstein, with a nuanced appreciation of London’s culture of second-rate neo-Georgian architecture, and Charles Renfro, who mounted a spirited defence of Diller Scofidio + Renfro...
...David Adjaye talks about his ongoing involvement with art institutions and curators, while buildings under discussion include Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s “The Shed”, a new arts centre in New York’s Chelsea...
...The elegant and restrained winning design fended off a strong list of international entries including those from architects David Adjaye, Amanda Levete, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro....
...“Synchronising the City”, by New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro, would see beams of light shooting up into the sky and then playing a game of airborne “tag” to link the bridges....
...“There’s a lot of threats out there, there are risks to people’s safety,” says Scott Renfro, from Facebook’s security team....
...Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York architects, it looks to be an adventurous structure to house a stupendous collection....
...Norman Foster, David Chipperfield, David Adjaye and Frank Gehry are involved in a movement that seems to suggest the business school has arrived as a type in its own right, not as an adjunct to an existing...
...Joshua David and Robert Hammond set up the Friends of the High Line in 1999, garnering instant celebrity support....
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