[All photos courtesy of Bureau|AD]
Beard to Brindille
Congratulations to my good friend James Gorski and his partner Tom Nahabedian of Bureau of Architecture and Design on winning the 2015 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design Award (75 seats and under) for Brindille in Chicago. The restaurant opened in 2013 in the city's River North area. Below are some photos of the restaurant I've yet to visit (wink-wink, nudge-nudge, Mr. Gorski!), but head on over to their website for even more shots of the award-winning restaurant. And visit the James Beard Foundation website to see the rest of the winners.
[All photos courtesy of Bureau|AD]
[All photos courtesy of Bureau|AD]
Whoever said less is more...
So this morning when I looked at my blog, I was greeted by an ad in the upper-right corner saying this:
I was intrigued a little bit, since the phrase takes Mies van der Rohe's famous phrase, "Less is more," and puts into what is obviously some real-estate-speak. But what is the development? The next photo in the animated ad wasn't much help:
And the next words made it clear this was a hotel, not a condominium:
Next came the big clue, since the view out the window is looking east down the Chicago River:
Meaning it could be none other than:
Then I got annoyed. Not only is Trump – or at least his marketing folks – casually dropping an aphorism that is considered holy by many in Chicago, where Mies worked for the last half of his life...
But the SOM-designed Trump Tower blocks a the east facade of Mies's tower at 330 North Wabash (formerly One IBM Plaza), his last building in the United States, completed one year after his death.
Pre-Trump (a photo much better than my shot from the Columbus Drive bridge can be seen here):
Mid-Trump:
Post-Trump, pre-sign:
Post-Trump, post-sign:
If this is "more," whoever said "less is more" never needed it.
I was intrigued a little bit, since the phrase takes Mies van der Rohe's famous phrase, "Less is more," and puts into what is obviously some real-estate-speak. But what is the development? The next photo in the animated ad wasn't much help:
And the next words made it clear this was a hotel, not a condominium:
Next came the big clue, since the view out the window is looking east down the Chicago River:
Meaning it could be none other than:
Then I got annoyed. Not only is Trump – or at least his marketing folks – casually dropping an aphorism that is considered holy by many in Chicago, where Mies worked for the last half of his life...
But the SOM-designed Trump Tower blocks a the east facade of Mies's tower at 330 North Wabash (formerly One IBM Plaza), his last building in the United States, completed one year after his death.
Pre-Trump (a photo much better than my shot from the Columbus Drive bridge can be seen here):
Mid-Trump:
Post-Trump, pre-sign:
Post-Trump, post-sign:
If this is "more," whoever said "less is more" never needed it.
Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action
The folks at Designers & Books recently launched a Kickstarter project to create a "facsimile reprint of an iconic 1961 book by modernist graphic designer and pioneer of information design Ladislav Sutnar." More information in the below video.
I'm hoping the same sort of thing can happen for out-of-print architecture books. Any come to mind, dear readers? If so, please comment below.
I'm hoping the same sort of thing can happen for out-of-print architecture books. Any come to mind, dear readers? If so, please comment below.
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