Logan Arts Center Design Unveiling - Highlights
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Channel: The University of Chicago · 2011 · Education
To understand how Tod Williams and Billie Tsien designed the elegant tower, workshops, and performance spaces for the Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts, it helps to know that for 35 years they lived and worked on the top floor of Carnegie Hall. The iconic performance center in New York contained many artists' studios and homes, creating an arts community that exposed the renowned husband-and-wife architectural team to new ideas and influences. And that's precisely the effect that University of Chicago artists hope to achieve with the new design for the Logan Arts Center that Williams and Tsien unveiled at a Nov. 10 reception. Talking to a packed house at the Law School, the couple hosted an intimate tour describing how the 11-story tower and adjoining collection of studios and theaters will act as a "mixing bowl of the arts" and a beacon for artists around the world. The center will be a living bridge between arts theory and practice, using innovative design to foster artistic experimentation and multidisciplinary inquiry. Read more: http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20091112_logan.shtml ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGOytSubscribe About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-homepage News: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-news Facebook: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-FB Twitter: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-TW Instagram: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-IG University of Chicago on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email [email protected].
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