modern, or new: used especially with styles of music to show that they exist in a different form from the past
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a man of any period who has a broad range of intellectual interests. An outstandingly versatile, well-rounded person. The expression alludes to such Renaissance figures as Paul Robeson, Leonardo da Vinci, Imhotep, who performed brilliantly in many different fields.
Nu Renaissance Man - Deep Thinker, Spiritual, Soldier, Architect, Photographer, Environmentalist, Artist, Athlete, Style, Lover of Jazz, Rap, Classical,Soul, Salsa, West Coast Swing- I'd never place myself on the level of a Paul Robeson, Imhotep or Leonardo Da Vinci, however; I'm certainly striving to be a man of EXCELLENCE, maximizing my genetic potential. This blog represents One Man's Pursuit of EXCELLENCE demonstrated through His Varied & Diverse Interest(s), Inspirations & Aesthetics...
Capacitor by American artist John Grade, moves and illuminates with weather data. Is a kinetic sculptural installation influenced by organic and geometric forms found in nature. Watch the video… american artist john grade‘s
‘capacitor’ is a kinetic sculptural installation that moves in response
to weather data collected from the roof of its home at john michael kohler arts center, wisconsin.
the artwork — whose coil configuration is influenced by organic and
geometric forms found in nature — physically behaves according to
accumulated statistics from a mechanized controller, amassing both
current outdoor conditions and weather patterns from the past one
hundred years. sending the information about change in wind intensity
and temperature directly to the sculpture, the interactive art piece
moves and changes in luminosity. ‘the whole of the sculpture will appear to be very slowly breathing’,
describes john grade. one hundred separate structural components, which
make up ‘capacitor’, change in light level, illuminating and dimming
when there is a fluctuation in temperature. shifts in the wind are
marked by motion as the massive spiral compresses and releases. Via Designboom
Rex Cole Showroom, Brooklyn, NY Photo by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1931 Image via Museum of the City of New York (Prints Available)
Appliance showroom apparently located on the edge of a gulch. (66 4th Ave., Brooklyn, doesn’t look like at all now on Google Street View, so either massive change or address is wrong.)
Public bathhouse in Crewe, opened 1937. The local council is building a new swimming pool and gym and is looking to sell this site while pushing retention of the historic locally listed Deco exterior.
From the article:
Cheshire East Council is to seek a developer to revitalise the Crewe swimming pool site as part of its ambitious plans to regenerate Crewe.
And the council’s preference is for proposals that would retain the current building’s classic Art Deco façade.
The swimming pool will be relocated to the new purpose-built lifestyle centre in Crewe town centre in spring 2016. This leaves the current 1.154-acre public swimming pool and gymnasium site surplus to requirements and a drain on taxpayers to maintain. The council has therefore decided to sell the site…
…The council is seeking to maintain the historic architecture of the town where possible and will therefore be encouraging proposals that retain the existing Locally Listed building or its landmark 1930s façade.The council will actively seek proposals from interested parties who can meet this aspiration while also providing a viable use to compliment the immediate area, current planning policy and needs of the local community.
Photo of the baths from an earlier Chronicle article:
Quay House (Wightlink House), Portsmouth, England Photo by army.arch
This building has the same green-blue window frames as the Hoover Building.
From Flickr:
The Wightlink House was the headquarters and port master for the Isle of Wight ferry. It was utilized as the Embarkation Area Headquarters for the Portsmouth sector to coordinate the loading of WWII troops onto the ships at the four Portsmouth embarkation sites. It has been adaptively reused into apartments. This is not a Listed Building for some reason.
The Seattle Tower, originally known as the Northern Life Tower, is a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. The building is located on 1218 Third Avenue and is known as Seattle’s first art-deco tower. Its distinctive, ziggurat exterior is clad in 33 shades of brick designed to effect a gradient which lightens from the bottom to the top of the building. This is said to have been inspired by local rock formations.
