The College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology will host Katherine Rinne’s talk on “Plumbing Rome” tomorrow, April 11, at 6 p.m.
This lecture is located in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center’s auditorium, 3201 S. State Street in Chicago. It is free and open to the public.
Contact arch@iit.edu with questions.
› Read moreArechitect Bernard Tschumi, FAIA, presents “Concept and Material” at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 9, at Illinois Institute of Technology’s McCormick Tribune Campus Center Auditorium, 3201 South State Street.
This talk is presented by the College of Architecture and is free and open to the public. For information call 312.567.3312.
Bernard Tschumi: “Concept and Material”
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Follow Mies van der Rohe on facebook. Then mark your calendar.
The first to “like” a post on Tuesday, April 10 at 2 p.m. wins a $350 cut and color service at Vidal Sassoon salon in Chicago.
What’s hair got to do with Mies? Check out this blog entry to learn why we celebrated his influence on iconic stylist Vidal Sassoon for the the architect’s 126 birthday.
› Read moreMies Society Director Justine Jentes will do anything to celebrate modern design. She’ll even dye… her hair, that is.
In honor of Mies’ 126th birthday celebration and his influence on hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, the eponymous Chicago salon re-designed Justine’s hair. Here are pictures from the process.
Her blond and curly hair is already pretty fantastic.
Here’s what happens when they start to mess around with it.
And then they got all Frank Gehry on it by using silver reflective forms.
Which turned it into a smooth dome of strawberry blond.
But wait. There’s purple! There’s magenta!
The result… a highly structured but simple hairstyle.
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