Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum (Netherlands)

The architects invented a new kind of glazing with the collaboration of a multi-media artist, Jaap Drupsteen. An amazing exterior of color and movement for a building that is primarily used for storage of film and soundtracks from Dutch radio and television.
Check it outhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/arts/design/26visi.html
http://www.drupsteen.nl/

Alyssa-rama-lama!

Some photos from Friday's opening...

Building-Plundering and Other Sundries

I'm working on an article for my old employer (Preservation Mag) about copper theft from historic buildings (which, of course, totally screws up the buildings). Found these two cool sites in the searching process:

http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/ -- blog about development/preservation in the Brooklyn waterfront area
http://www.saveindustrialbrooklyn.org/ -- Brooklyn-based preservation group that focuses on sustainable reuse of industrial structures....the interactive map is cool!