Evelyn, a hotel designer with degrees in fine art and architecture from California College of Arts and Crafts, comes along to scout additions to their collection.
It is situated on the 25-acre campus of the institution, which specializes in art, design and architecture studies.
Experienced estate managers typically fetch six-figure salaries in return for a substantial skill set that spans everything from knowledge of fine food and wine to an understanding of art and architecture to skills in household accounting, personnel management, first aid, computers, high-tech security and HVAC systems.
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Largely a nation of immigrants and their descendants, we are eclectic assimilators, drawing upon cherished long-held world-wide traditions and inspirational references evidenced in art, architecture, literature, music, theater, diet, and science.
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Renewed inside and out, the new Judd Foundation is poised to give the art world and the general public fresh insight into a whole artistic era, as well as an object lesson in the nuanced dialogue between architecture and art, when it reopens its doors in June.
Two major events in the 1950s typified this give and take between past and present: the staunchly forward-looking Festival of Britain in 1951, a nationwide celebration of new art, architecture and design, and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, to which millions of Britons tuned in.
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This is reflected in the town planning, architecture, in the art of pottery and jewelry.
On September 30th, at the MAXXI, the national museum of contemporary art in Rome created by architect Zaha Hadid to promote the art and architecture of the 21st century, 22 speakers gathered before a select, international audience.
His dedication to the art that was central to his existence, his proselytizing zeal for new work that pushes concept and practice beyond existing limits, his driving belief in architecture as the defining art of the present and the past, did much to re-establish a sense of the importance of the way we build in an age that worships the beauty of the bottom line.
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This collection is also influenced by my trip to Venice and Prague, with references to Art Deco architecture and the marble floors found in the cathedrals in Venice.
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From the Chrysler Building in New York to the pastel hotels of Miami Beach and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Art Deco reshaped architecture in the years before World War II -- though the term wasn't coined until the 1960s, drawn from the name of the 1925 Paris decorative-arts exhibition that popularized the style.
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The enterprising Ms Ruddock persuaded seven businesses - in finance, fashion, architecture, art and publishing - to offer work placements which she could auction.
Movements like "Ant Farm" combined art, architecture and graphics in cultural send-ups that included half-buried old Cadillacs, rear-ends protruding jauntily from a parking lot.
With its stunning Renaissance art and architecture on view in well-proportioned squares and in world-class museums, there is a sense of elegance and permanence that helps root all who live here.
Founded by King George III in 1768 to promote the cultivation and study of art and architecture, the Academy drew crowds to its annual Summer Exhibition.
The latest instalment in this series concerns the archaeology, history, art and architecture of the province of Ghazni which we sincerely hope contributes to greater knowledge and understanding of the historic city of Ghazni and also sparks new interest among the Afghan youth to help safeguard heritage under threat from looting and destruction.
Erected in one of the busiest areas in Helsinki the chapel looks like a giant wooden bowl that has accidentally landed in the heart of the city and feels almost like a piece of conceptual art -- architecture with spiritual and intellectual connotations -- as sacred buildings should, of course.
Led by international, interdisciplinary teams of emerging talents in the areas of urbanism, architecture, art, design, science, technology, education, and sustainability, the Lab will address issues of contemporary urban life through programs and public discourse.
Long before the storm, Ripple and his partners had established their firm as a highly respected regional player in architecture and design -- jointly renovating and expanding the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Fair Grounds Race Course and the Aquarium of the Americas.
The Berlin section, which has been directed by Terence Riley, chief curator of the department of architecture and design at MoMA, in collaboration with Barry Bergdoll, professor of art history at Columbia University, is rich in the pre-1920s houses later written out of Mies's official history of himself.
The new buildings face the Kimbell Art Museum, the finest post-war building in Texas, and the building against which any new architecture in the state will be measured in the current museum-athon.
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