“Then and Now” is a monthlong series by Alan K. Lathrop, curator of the Manuscripts Division at the University of Minnesota Libraries from 1970 to 2008. He is author of Minnesota Architects and Churches of Minnesota. ——- Sir Tyrone Guthrie brought Broadway-caliber theater to the Twin Cities, and for that a host of theater lovers, … More Then and Now: The Guthrie — A Tale of Two Theaters
Today’s post is by architectural historian Paula Lupkin, who is in the American Culture Studies department at Washington University in St. Louis. Lupkin is author of Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture. ——- It isn’t often that conservative Christians and the Village People find themselves in agreement, but marketing strategies … More Same as it Ever Was: Rebranding the YMCA
Today we begin a monthlong series about popular Minnesota landmarks, their architectural histories, little-known details, and their present situations. Each anecdote will be published on Mondays throughout the next few weeks. This series is written by Alan K. Lathrop, curator of the Manuscripts Division at the University of Minnesota Libraries from 1970 to 2008. You … More Then and Now: The Metropolitan Building
Today’s post is by Alan K. Lathrop, who was curator of the Manuscripts Division at the University of Minnesota Libraries from 1970 to 2008. He is the author of Churches of Minnesota (2003) and more recently, Minnesota Architects (May 2010). The Fourth of July will mark the 117th anniversary of the birth of Jacob “Jack” … More Meet the architect behind several Midwestern landmarks — including the Hollywood, Uptown, and Varsity Theaters in Minneapolis.
The Chronicle profiles Greg Castillo’s Cold War on the Home Front: The Soft Power of Midcentury Design, which reveals the tactics used by the American government to seduce citizens of the Soviet bloc with state-of-the-art consumer goods and appliances.
**SEE STORY UPDATE BELOW** Author Despina Stratigakos may not have won her campaign for Architect Barbie in Mattell’s “I Can Be” contest. But she is picking up some serious credit, including an appearance on Architect Magazine’s website, for her role in encouraging females to think of themselves as architect material. “Discussions about diversity in architecture … More "Architect Barbie" may have lost, but the campaign for women in architecture continues
Juliet Koss talks with NPR Berlin’s “The Berlin Journal” radio show about her forthcoming book Modernism after Wagner (February 2010). She iterates that this is not just another book on Wagner, rather it is about his term Gesamtkunstwerk, how it is a term often thrown around yet not clearly defined and contextualized. She says: Certainly … More On the Gesamtkunstwerk
Tomorrow night, on the heels of the anniversary of the original Pennsylvania Station’s historic demolition (October 1963), Randall F. Mason, author of The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City, will be giving a book talk at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture (1218 Arch Street, 6:00 PM). Mason’s book discusses how … More Historic Preservation and New York
Congratulations to Despina Stratigakos, whose book A Women’s Berlin: Building the Modern City has been awarded the DAAD Book Prize of the German Studies Association. The prize is funded through the North American office of the German Academic Exchange Service and carries an award of $1,000. Here’s a mix of recent (and somewhat recent) articles … More 2009 DAAD Book Prize of the GSA
