urbanorder architecture

08/01/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/obituaries/kenneth-grange-dead.html

His cameras, food mixers and lamps, and even taxis and trains, were widely celebrated objects of post-World War II design.

02/22/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/style/charles-stendig-dead.html

For nearly two decades he traveled to factories throughout Europe, sometimes behind the Iron Curtain, to bring modern furniture to Americans.

07/18/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/nyregion/beverly-moss-spatt-dead.html

Grand Central Terminal. Grand Army Plaza. The Queensboro Bridge. They, and more, were preserved as historic treasures under her fierce watch at the city’s landmarks commission.

07/11/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/nyregion/jack-goldstein-dead.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20230711&instance_id=97205&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=50341977&segment_id=138883&user_id=9dd26923c5c345ec8860d8ac94ffb40e

He helped secure landmark status for more than two dozen theaters in the 1980s, then initiated the design competition that led to a new TKTS booth.

02/27/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/obituaries/clara-driscoll-overlooked.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20230227&instance_id=86381&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=52347024&segment_id=126388&user_id=c9ef964b1e85873b99848c90405aefed

She oversaw the Tiffany girls, a group of glass cutters and artisans who created elaborate, colorful lamps that are still in demand.

01/20/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/arts/design/ruth-adler-schnee-dead.html

A refugee from N**i Germany, she was among a group of designers who elevated fabric from decoration into a medium for midcentury modern design.

12/24/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/arts/jack-lenor-larsen-dead.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20201224&instance_id=25369&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=52347024&segment_id=47705&user_id=c9ef964b1e85873b99848c90405aefed

He blended ancient techniques and modern technology to weave fabrics that are in the collections of MoMA and the Louvre, which gave him a one-man retrospective.

04/22/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/arts/virginia-savage-mcalester-dead.html

Her book “A Field Guide to American Houses,” published in 1984 and revised in 2013, made her a household name among preservationists and architecture buffs.

04/08/2020

A couple creates a dream renovation when two rough buildings are joined to become the base of their home.

08/06/2019

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03/07/2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/obituaries/julia-morgan-overlooked.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage

Morgan, who was the first woman to earn an architect’s license in California, was a prolific designer of hundreds of buildings, namely the Hearst Castle at San Simeon.

01/27/2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/style/frances-knoll-bassett-dead.html

The mid-20th-century furnishings she fashioned were profoundly influential, and they still resonate.