New World from Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry’s design for the New World Symphony in Miami Beach is opening next week.

Nicolai Ouroussoff writes that the building “spills over with populist ideas, sometimes to the point of distraction.”

“The symphony center, which overlooks the rambling new SoundScape park designed by the Dutch firm West 8, is the centerpiece of a 15-year effort to rejuvenate a depressed area of Miami Beach midway between the bustling pedestrian shopping strip along Lincoln Road to the south and the convention center to the north.

Credit: Moris Moreno for The New York Times

Check out more photos at  http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/01/24/arts/design/20110124-gehry.html

New Journal Edition- Jounal of Architectural Education (JAE)

About:

The Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) has been published since 1947 for the purpose of enhancing architectural scholarship in design, history, urbanism, cultural studies, technology, theory, and practice. Published on behalf of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, JAE appears twice annually in October and March, with the October issue being the first of a new volume.

Access:

Content available through QUT library catalogue:

Full text available from JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection: 1984 to 1999

Full text available from SwetsWise Online Content: 01/01/1999 to present

Full text available from Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection (CAUL): 1999 to present

Full text available from Art & Architecture Complete: 01/09/1999 to 1 year ago

New database subscription!!

QUT Library now subscribes to Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History.

Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History brings together hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Students and researchers will find sources covering a variety of topics including; architecture; art; the British Empire; climate; customs; exploration; family life; housing; industry; language; monuments; mountains; natural history; politics and diplomacy; race; religion; science; shopping; war. A wide variety of forms of travel writing are included, ranging from unique manuscripts, diaries and correspondence to drawings, guidebooks and photographs. The resource includes a slideshow with hundreds of items of visual material, including postcards, sketches and photographs. http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=5580

Your feedback about this database is welcome http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/feedback.jsp

Britannica Image Quest : On Trial until 30 November

Britannica Image Quest has approximately one million images from 43 collections and over the coming months will be increasing to two million images plus video content. Several Australian and New Zealand collections will also be added.  You can search by subject, provider or key word or a combination of these. Please access the Guided Tour and Help links on the site for further detail regarding searching and options.

 To access Britannica Image Quest go to the QUT Library Databases page and on the left-hand side of the page select Trial databases.

If you have any feedback on the usefulness of this product please let me know. Here is an example of one of the images from the architecture and design collection.

. Retrieved November 4, 2010, from Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest.”]

The Theatre Of Dionysus. [Illustration

QUT Art Museum presents Glenn Murcutt:

Architecture for Place Glenn Murcutt’s groundbreaking designs are internationally acclaimed as being at the forefront of contemporary architecture, and an exhibition documenting his practice will open at QUT Art Museum on 14 October. This is Queensland’s only opportunity to see Architecture for Place as it is showing in a state-wide exclusive at QUT Art Museum. QUT Art Museum is open Tuesday to Friday 10am-5pm, Wednesday until 8pm and Saturday-Sunday 12pm-4pm, admission is free. www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au