Completed in 1940, the Cooley Memorial Fountain is located on Ingalls Mall at the University of Michigan’s central campus. The fountain features Sunday Mornings in Deep Waters, a sculpture by Carl Milles that showcases Triton with thirteen...
Dedicated to the Fallen Five—the five service members killed in a 2015 terrorist attack—the suspended Wreath of Honor is supported by five limestone pillars representing each one of them. The memorial, designed by RE:site, creates a...
Designed by Lorado Taft, the Indian stands on a high bluff in Lowden State Park as a tribute to Native Americans. The 50 ft figure, dedicated in 1911, is composed of structural concrete with an architectural concrete exterior. The concrete...
Davis McCarty, a Chicago-based artist, exhibits his sculptures at museums, iconic buildings, and art festivals around the world. As part of Mayor Emanuel’s 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Project, the Beverly Area Arts Alliance and 49th Ward...
The exhibition, Urban Timber: from Seed to City at the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space, was curated and designed by Yugon Kim and Tomomi Itakura. Kim and Itakura are principals at the Boston-based architecture firm IKD. The Coopered...
The sculpture, designed by Cristina Parreño, is located on the second floor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum on Massachusetts Avenue as part of their International Design Center. Acting as a symbol of the...
Site Double, designed by Milligram-Office and commissioned for the 2012 Venice Biennale, translates the idea of a single-family house in Detroit (near the Architect's studio) to a Venetian gallery. Site Double, which invokes the Venice Arsenale,...
The Framework Pavilion, a temporary installation at MIT, was designed by Architecture graduate students, Robert White, David Moses, Barry Beagen, and Trygve Wastvedt. The students describes the themes of the installation to reflect those...
Displayed outside the Veteran’s Administration Polytrauma & Blind Rehabilitation Center, Field Guide initially appears to be an abstract latticework. As they approach, visitors can see or feel that this form comprises twenty-two images...
The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology wanted artwork for the entrance of their McGovern Institute. Ralph Helmick designed Schwerpunkt, a sculpture comprising 100 suspended neurons, to reflect the...
Online content only|Abstract: Museums, archives, and art storage facilities require special design consideration for a number of reasons, most notably that the value of the building's contents often exceeds the value of the building itself....
A museum is generally conditioned for the purpose of preservation of artwork – most importantly to provide stable heat and humidity in the museum space, explains SGH Senior Principal Sean O’Brien.