His firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox, became an international force, merging the commercial with the creative in designing some of the world’s tallest buildings.
Category: Art
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Eugene Kohn, Architect of Skyscraping Ambitions, Dies at 92
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A Peek Behind the Bloodstained Curtains of the Blacklips Performance Cult
The New York Times – Travel:Plus: Café de Flore-themed tableware, a stylish German pub and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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A Panorama of Design
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:A look at design-world events, products and people.
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How an Indigenous Architect Came Out of His Shell
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Chris Cornelius imparts the lessons of his Oneida heritage in the classroom and other territories.
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Cautionary Climate Tales That Give People Pause When They Press Play
The New York Times – Movies:The India-born director Joshua Ashish Dawson builds digital worlds that ruminate on the future shock of environmental destruction in the real world.
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4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:New reading relates the history of mirrors, patchwork and a monumental teahouse, plus the struggle to make design more just.
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When Pretty Walls Tell a Deeper Story
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:How contemporary designers are using patterns and historical motifs to reframe — and reclaim — cultural narratives in homes décor.
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There’s No Muse Like Home
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Two product designers discuss their own private diasporas.
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Putting Black Design in a Spotlight
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:How tastemakers in three world capitals are driving appreciation for Black creators and collectibles.
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Rafael Viñoly, From the Drawing Board to the Keyboard
The New York Times – Music:There is something transcendent about the architect’s spaces: something unseeable that you experience when you enter. They are as fluid as music.
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An Architect Applies Her Skills to Giving Back
The New York Times – Business:Diana Kellogg specialized in high-end New York residences. Now, she has designed a girls school in India and is pursuing other projects that address social change.
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Taking a Baking Class at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in Wisconsin
The New York Times – Travel:The writer gets a room of her own at the architect’s former home in the Wisconsin hills. A weekend workshop offers ample time to explore the grounds.