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“Dean Altshuler, while controversial in some of his actions, will leave the school in a very strong academic, administrative, and financial position as a result of his indefatigable work in defense and promotion of GSD interests,” Jorge Silvetti, a professor of architecture, wrote in...
The irony is that so many of these houses are in jeopardy just as the Modernist era--all those decades of severe glass and steel--is being re-evaluated. By the 1970s, the sheer quantity of mediocre boxy office buildings had given the style a bad name. The history of...
Since most Modernist houses were built after World War II, they strike many people as too young to be "historic," which means too young to merit the protection we sometimes extend to Colonial farmhouses or antebellum plantations. Nevertheless, some institutions are looking at ways to save the more important ones...
HE DID HOLD A DEGREE in architecture, but Gianfranco Ferr's nickname, "the Architect of Fashion," was more a comment on his bold lines and structured, sophisticated designs. With his pronounced seams and modern white dress shirts, the influential Italian designer famously broke through the doors of French couture in...
In 1989 LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault chose Ferre to be the artistic director of Christian Dior, replacing Marc Bohan who had been at the helm of the house for 30 years. Commuting between Milan and Paris, Ferre reinvented the iconic French label?s signatures, including the voluminous floral ballgown, the...