A provocative interpretation of the art and architecture of a pre-modern wooden synagogue illuminates the social, historical and religious context of an Eastern-European Jewish community Thomas C.
A new edition of a lavish three-volume homage to American Jewish architectural photographer Julius Shulman serves as a reminder of how much modern West Coast Jewish architects relied on image makers ...
In 2010, when architect Hagy Belzberg designed the Holocaust Museum LA (formerly known as Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust), situated at Pan Pacific Park, he saw that the expanse of the park ...
Explores the central role of Jewish patrons as shapers of Viennese modernism A recent surge of interest in Jewish patronage during the golden years of Vienna has led to the question, would modernism ...
Watching the ceremonial start to construction of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum, I couldn't decide if I was in the presence of the Next Big Thing or Last Year's Model. The crowd was jazzed ...
How does anyone choose a career path? Family precedents, inspiration from a teacher or mentor, a chosen course of study, or even an opportunity that opens new doors—any of these can be decisive. At ...
Although architecture has long been thought of as enjoying minimal importance in the Jewish tradition, present-day scholarship continues to show otherwise. Two new books clearly demonstrate how Jewish ...
The surviving children of Jewish industrialists Grete and Fritz Tugendhat say they’ve waited long enough for this Czech city to keep its promise to restore their parents’ villa. Now they want the ...
From October 13 to 23, visitors to Tribeca Park in Manhattan can enter an architectural space designed as a modern refuge by Pratt Institute students. Timed with the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, their ...
RECORD talks to New Affiliates cofounders Jaffer Kolb and Ivi Diamantopoulou about their transformation of the museum's third ...
MELVILLE, New York — Renowned architect Frank Gehry (née Goldberg) died last week at the age of 96. While best known for ...