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28/2/2003

Two exhibitions

Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh

Windshield: Richard Neutra's House for the John Nicholas Brown Family
March 1-May 25, 2003
The Heinz Architectural Center

This exhibition examines for the first time this lost landmark of modern architecture and the extraordinary architect-client relationship that produced it. Vienna-born architect Richard Neutra designed Windshield, a summer home on Fishers Island, New York, for John Nicholas Brown, a member of one of America's oldest and wealthiest families. The quintessentially modernist house, completed in 1938, was Neutra's most significant residential building outside Los Angeles and one of the first houses he designed on the East Coast. Named for its extensive use of exterior glass, Windshield stood in strong contrast to its more conservative neighbors, and it housed what was then the largest selection of furniture by the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto. In addition, the house contained two of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion bathrooms, which were in only a handful of buildings at the time. The house was destroyed by fire in 1973, but the unusually collaborative relationship between Neutra and the very knowledgeable Brown was documented in hundreds of telegrams, letters, and sketches exchanged during the design process. The exhibition includes architectural drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, and other design objects from the house, as well as correspondence and other ephemera. This exhibition was organized by the Harvard University Art Museums in collaboration with the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Harvard Design School. A catalogue, published by the Harvard Design School and Yale University Press, accompanies the show.

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TransModernity: Contemporary Austrian Architects
March 1-May 25, 2003
The Heinz Architectural Center

On view concurrently with Windshield, TransModernity presents completed projects and buildings by three Austrian firms-henke un schreieck, Jabornegg & Pálffy, and Riegler Riewe-whose work represents the current state in the century-long evolution of Modernism. As one of the birthplaces of architectural Modernism and a country with a rich and vital historic built environment, Austria has always been an especially fertile site for a negotiation between the pull of architectural tradition and the push of modernity. And because the urban fabric of Austrian cities is very dense, architectural interventions, whether new construction, renovations, or the design of interiors, have required a sensitivity to the existing context. In TransModernity, the featured firms take Modernism as a starting point but are not bound by a limiting set of conventions. The six projects in the exhibition (three university buildings, a vocational school, a museum, and a bank) are represented through drawings, photographs, and a 32-foot video projection, which shows the interior and exterior of each building, its urban context, and its designers at work. TransModernity was initiated by the Austrian Cultural Forum New York and organized by the Architekurzentrum Wien (Vienna); the video piece was produced by gangart, in Vienna. A catalogue in English accompanies the show.

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Carnegie Museum of Art

Founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of Art is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit the museum's web site.

The exhibitions and dates listed are subject to change. Contact the communications office at 412.688.8690 for current information and access codes.

General Information
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Hours
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Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Noon-5:00 p.m.

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Members, Free
Adults, $8
Seniors, children, and students $5

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Location and Parking
Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Library, and Carnegie Music Hall are located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh at 4400 Forbes Avenue, across from the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning. Parking is available in the garage directly behind the building at the corner of Forbes Avenue and South Craig Street.

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