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Patrick Blanc overgrows the vertical surfaces of buildings in the most beautiful way. he creates is far away from any fancy horticultural show, his Vertical Garden could rather be called eco-art, or greener architecture consisting of a variety of plants trailing gently up any interior or outside wall. Imagine the Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon but this time on modern concrete buildings. But Patrick is not just simpy putting green on the walls which last for a day or two: set up with a highly scientific background he studies the many ways plants adapt to extreme situations at the CNRS, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris since 1982. Twelve years ago Patrick began designing eco conscious architecture for public spaces, department stores or private living rooms. He worked for museums in Paris, Istanbul, Madrid, Seoul or the 21st Century museum of contemporary art in Kanazawa. Besides covering shop interiors like Girbaud’s in Paris with moss and ferns he designed for companies like Samsung and the Hypo Vereinsbank. Next year he will enrich the surface of a skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur and the Doha Office Tower in Qatar with greener beauty. No wonder le Docteur was honoured with several prizes like the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ or recently the gold medal of the Académie align=”center” style=”text-align: center;”>
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This was forwarded to my email, and so I pass it along as it sounds like a great opportunity to check out LA’s museums for free!
In a joint effort to present arts and culture to the diverse and myriad communities in Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the third annual “Museums Free-For-All” on Saturday, October 6, 2007. The following twenty-one museums - presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science - will open their doors wide and invite visitors FREE of charge. * Armory Center for the Arts, Autry National Center, California African American Museum, California Heritage Museum, California Science Center, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Fowler Museum at UCLA, The Getty Center, Hammer Museum, Japanese American National Museum, Museum of Latin American Art (molaa), The Museum of Television & Radio, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Norton Simon Museum, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County Museum of Art, Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Skirball Cultural Center, and Southwest Museum of the American Indian. *Regular parking fees apply. General admission only. Does not apply to ticketed exhibitions. For more information: www.MuseumsLA.org art, calendar, city wide events, cool free stuff to do in la, exploring the city, free, los angeles, museums
Outside the famed Gangnam Kyobo Tower is a public art installation of mosaic spires. In Seoul there is a law that states that every highrise building has to be accompanied by a sculpture. It’s a wonderful law. I think every city should adopt it! Public art abounds in Seoul and it really makes such a difference walking through it. The building is home to, among other businesses, the Kyobo Bookstore. It’s huge and so fun (I love bookshops. I could, and do, spend hours in them…). The building was designed by Mario Botta, an Italian architect who is world renowned. He also did the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco among many others… It’s a nice building actually, I quite like it. Anyway, what I found so wonderful is out the front the mandatory artwork is a mosaic installation made by Yoo Keun-Sang called “Corea Fantasia”. I think it’s fantastic! Would love to have something like this in my garden. It’s made from ceramic, stained glass and smalti and is not grouted. The pieces have been pushed into the cement-based adhesive. Really inspiring work! I love the gradation of colour from cool to neutral to hot.
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