The Refurbishment of New York's Lincoln Center / [presented by] Charles Renfro.

Title & Author:

The Refurbishment of New York's Lincoln Center / [presented by] Charles Renfro.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2011.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (38 minutes)) : sound, color

Series:

Pidgeon Digital architecture talks

Notes:
The Lincoln Center -- The Julliard School -- Alice Tully Hall -- The North Plaza -- The Lawn On The Roof Of The Lincoln Restaurant -- Robertson Plaza With Grand Stair -- Glass Canopy At Robertson Plaza -- Lincoln Restaurant.

Summary:

Charles Renfro joined Diller and Scofidio, founded by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, in 1997. Since Renfro became a partner in 2004, the firm has been known as Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The practice first gained attention for its site-specific, landscape and multi-media work, most notably the Blur Building, a pavilion at the 2002 Swiss Expo. It completed its first major building, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Boston, in 2006. The renovation of the High Line, a formerly disused elevated railway line running along the west side of Manhattan, has become a much loved addition to the city since it opened in summer 2009. The second phase of the High Line opened in summer 2011. In this talk, Renfro discusses the firm's interventions at the Lincoln Center arts complex in Manhattan's Upper West Side. He discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the original campus, designed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by America's leading architects of the time, and outlines Diller Scofidio + Renfro's approach to the refurbishment. He details the various phases of the project, which include opening up the Julliard music school and the Alice Tully concert hall, reworking Dan Kiley's landscape scheme for the North Plaza, and re-energising the Lincoln Center's front entrance, Robertson Plaza.

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Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Renfro, Charles, narrator.

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