A major theme running through this week’s readings is that of the evolution of sound technology and how it changed the way we think about
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Reading Response Week 7: Sound and Architecture
In their narratives of Radio City Music Hall, both Koolhaas and Thompson portray a space built as a crowning technical achievement inspired by the media
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"In Radio City Music Hall the Fun Never Sets"
“In Radio City Music Hall the fun never sets”, according to an advertisement for Radio City Music Hall at its inception (Koolhaas 200). Radio City
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Speaking of Radio City…
A battle is brewing for the airwaves over Manhattan. The owners of One World Trade Center are planning to install a broadcast antenna in the
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Our Very Own Sentient Building
Apropos our discussion of The Living City and architectural sentience: ‘The [New School’s new] University Center will be one of the most data-available buildings in
Read moreReading Response Week 7
I found this weeks readings of sound (along with electricity) and the changes it created culturally and architecturally to be enlightening. The transition provided by
Read moreReading Response: Week 7: Experiencing Sound
Any experience of sound is an experience of space. Whether it is in an opera house or through headphones, sound creates its own unique experience
Read moreArt Deco Sound Week 7 Reading Response
Perhaps what struck me most about the readings this week is not how much sound is talked about, but how much it is talked about
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Le Corbusier's Holiday Home / Featured in the Guardian
Le Corbusier spent 18 years working and sketching at his holiday home on France’s Cote d’Azur. The setting was extravagant, according to writer Liz Boulter
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LowLine: An Underground Park on NYC's Lower East Side
I stumbled upon this great article today, which discusses an idea for an underground park on New York’s lower east side (video and article). Check
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