Joseph Giovannini
2 articles
DESIGN NOTEBOOK
By Joseph Giovannini
LEAD: WHEN the Museum of Modern Art opened its exhibition of Mario Botta's architecture last November, the Swiss architect's first work in the United States was being completed in Long Island City, Queens. People who saw his monumental brick houses and schools displayed in the show could simply take the subway to the International Design Center, New York and see firsthand the surprising furniture showroom he designed for International Contract Furnishings.
New York Times • Home and Garden; Style • page 12 • 895 words
BREAKING ALL THE RULES
By Joseph Giovannini
LEAD: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN Columbus may be the most traditional of campuses in the most American of cities. But just off its tree-lined oval, not far from the U-shaped stadium and the meandering Olentangy River, a new building is going up that, when completed next spring, will be one of the most unsettling structures in the United States.
New York Times • Magazine • page 40 • 3,665 words