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The MAK Center for Art and Architecture was founded in 1994 by Peter Noever, Director of the MAK/Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vienna.On August 10, 1994, the Friends of the Schindler House formally entered into an agreement with the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien) to create the non-profit MAK Center for Art and Architecture.
Hollywood's First National Bank Building, built in 1927 and opened 1928, was designed by Meyer & Holler, the same architectural firm that designed the nearby Chinese and Egyptian theaters. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Combining art deco and neo-Gothic styles, the building was designed to suggest the sense of fantasy in the area. [ 4 ]
The National Building Museum's gift shop was honored in 2007 as the "Best Museum Store" in the country by Niche magazine, "Best All-Around Museum Shop" in the region by The Washington Post, [7] a "Top Shop" by the Washingtonian, [8] and named best museum shop in D.C. by National Geographic Traveler's blog, Intelligent Travel, in July 2009. [9]
[4] [5] The building and its contents were looting targets during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, [6] and Fredericks vacated the building in 2005. In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with this building listed as a contributing property in the district. [3]
The 2024 Summer Olympics are about to end but Southern Californians might already be wondering how to buy tickets or work as volunteers when the Games come to their part of the world.. The short ...
In 2010 the Hammer announced its inaugural biennial devoted exclusively to Los Angeles artists. [11] [12] Though the museum has routinely featured California artists as part of its ongoing exhibition program, the Made in L.A. series has emerged as an important and high-profile platform to showcase the diversity and energy of Los Angeles as an emerging art capitol.
Downtown Los Angeles's Woolworth's building is made of reinforced concrete in a steel frame and has a Zigzag Moderne facade. [6] It is 60 feet (18 m) by 170 feet (52 m) feet in size. [2] Inside, the building features two grand terrazzo-covered staircases that connect the ground floor to the basement. [4]
However, the collection outgrew the site, which has since been renamed the Getty Villa, and management sought a location more accessible to Los Angeles. The purchase of the land upon which the center is located, a campus of 24 acres (9.7 ha) on a 110-acre (45 ha) site in the Santa Monica Mountains above Interstate 405 , surrounded by 600 acres ...