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The difference between artists and architects is that architects work for clients while artists serve their own imaginations. Architects have to deal with things like gravity, zoning laws and general contractors while artists are free to ignore function altogether.
But what if architects, with all that training, all that understanding of spatial relationships, color and the way lines intersect, were unshackled by the practicality of actually having to build anything? What if they could just lay their concepts down on canvas or construct utopian places without having to worry about a construction budget?
Likely, they'd come up with the kind of work Anibal Catalan has made for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.
"The Land, The Space, The Square" is an art exhibit, for sure; paintings, sculpture, an installation in the traditional sense. But it is equally rooted in architecture, the field where Catalan did his formal education.
Catalan uses acrylic paint, prints, three-dimensional constructions and video to lay out theoretical landscapes. His works look like modified plans for developments or urban redevelopments, complete with buildings, blocks and streets. Or they resemble aerial views of cities and towns, stretched, squeezed, reduced to primary forms. He employs the architect's No. 1 tool shape massing together squares, rectangles, cubes and triangles.
Artists have tapped this idea before, of course. Entire movements have been built around connecting shapes, and Catalan's work has direct references to the great Constructivists and Suprematists of the early 20th century. The whole show feels like an homage to the revolution-minded paintings of Kazimir Malevich, the greatest abstractionist Russia ever produced.
But again, Catalan leans his work toward design, and that makes his painting less abstract, more picturesque and easier to access. You don't so much have to make out images as you have to figure out what Catalan wants us to notice about them. Which buildings stand out and how do they relate to one another? How is land divided into polygons and slivers and what does that look like if you take away the people and the cars?
Like any good architect, he is all about context, presenting his works in relation to one another, and more broadly to the room and the whole museum where they are displayed. All new buildings relate to the buildings around them (at least the good ones do), and Catalan links his paintings together in similar ways.
In the museum's main gallery, his painted lines and shapes start on canvases and then run right off their edges on the walls, continuing until they smash into the next painting over. Paintings morph into murals, and then, entertainingly, into three-dimensional objects. Catalan has constructed sculptural pieces with the same shapes as his flat paintings giant, arrow-like things with quivers made of flat, metal panels which look as if the paintings manufactured themselves into some sort of industrial equipment.
Technically, you would say this is an installation, one giant piece of art filling BMoCA's main space, though you could equally call it a show of hyper-related objects that could each stand on its own. Either way, Catalan gets you thinking about the interconnectedness of our universe, how all architecture springs from the same human tendency to organize things into patterns.
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Walking around the blocks that neighbor the intersection of Fifth and Bainbridge streets, there are pretty much three answers to the question Have you heard about the hotel thats coming?
They are: What hotel?, Yeah, the yuppies are coming and Its going to be great. Despite the business deathtrap that seems to inhabit the southwest corner of the intersection (former home to Adsum, Tapestry, Coquette and a Thai place), developer Ilan Zaken sees potential in a sizable chunk of real estate across the street.
When these buildings became available, I did not initially see the opportunity for the hotel concept, Zaken said. It evolved when I saw that there was a definite need for a neighborhood-oriented boutique hotel which was intimate and reasonably priced with a good restaurant for the corner location. The remainder of the Fifth Street properties will be retail on the ground floor with apartments above.
When John C. Paul initially invested in a headquarters for his bag business, this neighborhood was drastically different. In fact, when the structure at 632 S. Fifth Street was built in 1920, the address where Paul & Sons operated a paper company for almost a century, the nearly 3,900-square-foot property likely sold for four figures. Zaken spent $2.2 million two Octobers ago and plans to convert the listless corner into an attractive mixed use site. One can imagine that when the inheritors of a dying business in Queen Village decided they didnt want to keep it alive, there was plenty of incentive to sell.
I suspect the previous owner bought the property for a few thousand dollars decades ago, Michael Hauptman, an architect and the chair of the Queen Village zoning committee, said. $2.2 million must have looked pretty good.
To some area residents and business owners, this sale and large-scale rehabilitation is a sign of the times. Ground has already been broken on the Kater Street side of the property that will house 28 hotel rooms, five luxury residential apartments, and 7,000 square feet of first floor retail space. The ideal completion date is sometime this summer, but chances are there wont be any guests, diners, or shoppers on the northwest corner of Fifth and Bainbridge streets until next spring or summer.
What about a name?
My favorite right now is Zaken Boutique Hotel, Zaken said. We are now projecting for a 2015 spring or summer opening depending on the progress of the construction. We have been working on the adjacent properties and finalizing the plans for moving forward with construction full force once we are in agreement on the final look.
The developer is no stranger to the area. Zaken opened a retail clothing store on South Street in 1989 and has been investing in property for the past 15 years. Recent projects include Center Citys Cella Luxuria, which sells high-end furniture and accessories, and the Net, 501 South St., and 609 E. Passyunk Ave.
Hauptman referenced the impending facelift the Bainbridge Green will receive and expressed confidence that the hotel will fit in quite nicely.
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Construction work is underway at the South Point retail development in McDonough despite interruptions from winter storms this winter. Rooms to Go is the next large retailer expected to open in the development. (Staff Photos: Johnny Jackson)
McDONOUGH The parking lots at the South Point retail development have been especially crowded this week. Local schools have been out for winter break and the weather has been unseasonably warm.
Shoppers throughout the Southern Crescent have flocked to South Point, which not only survived the recent recession but has managed to thrive despite the economic downturn, said developer Jim Baker, who began the project as president of Atlanta-based Baker & Lassiter Inc.
The economy is perking up, said Baker. Weve been through the toughest times.
His firm and partner retailers began transforming the property in June 2006, when construction began on the JCPenney and Khols anchor stores.
The retail center also comprises national brands such as ULTA Cosmetics, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, Hilton Garden Inn, T.J. Maxx, Toys R Us/Babies R Us, Hobby Lobby, Havertys Furniture, AT&T, Sleep Number, Party City Superstore and Vitamin Shoppe.
Construction is underway on a Rooms to Go store in the southwest corner of the development, which is about 80 percent complete through its first phase of construction.
Baker expects restaurants will follow. He said he believes there is a chance the center will add a well-regarded fast food restaurant that specializes in steak burgers and frozen custards in the coming months.
Were right now right around half a million square feet (in retail space), he said.
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Mississippis tourism tax development incentives failed to gain enough legislative support for renewal last week and will expire July 1, ending the states practice of awarding tens of millions of dollars as incentives for development of shopping malls and retail plazas.
The Mississippi Development Authority so far has awarded up to $155 million in potential subsidies for three shopping malls since legislators widened the sales tax rebate program last year to include cultural retail attractions, or what are more commonly known as retail centers and shopping malls.
Under the terms of the law, the state returns 80 percent of sales taxes collected at a development over 10 years, until the total collected reaches 30 percent of the construction price.
Lawmakers this week declined to extend the tax credits, thus letting them run out on July 1. House Bill 1233, sponsored by Rep. Rita Martinson, R-Madison, would have extended the program by three more years. After a lawmaker questioned the bill last week, it was moved to the bottom of the House calendar, where it remained without a call up.
Martinson said in an interview with The Associated Press she thinks incentives have been helpful, but conceded there was some sentiment to let the lures run out.
We might even think about letting it go, she told AP. It might be at the point to sit back and see what weve done.
State Sen. David Blount, who does commercial leasing for retail space, said he is glad to see the state cease creating an unlevel playing field for retail businesses. Its favoritism of one business over another, the Jackson Democrat said.
Many economists also voice doubts about subsidizing retail development as well. Good Jobs First, a nonprofit group that is skeptical of business subsidies, is particularly critical of giving money to retailers, saying they dont pay well or create spinoff jobs, the AP reported.
Building new retail space doesnt grow the economy, it just moves sales and lousy jobs around, the group writes.
The first retail development to qualify for the widened incentives was Pearls Outlets of Mississippi, where Spectrum Capital could get up to $24 million of its $80 million investment back. That mall opened in November.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) High winds are expected throughout Thursday night around East Tennessee, which means keeping your home safe from flying debris is as critical as ever.
Sammy Savage is the local owner of Savage Restoration and Construction, and sees damage that can be easily prevented after every storm that blows through.
Savage provided some tips to homeowners on things to do before a storm comes in, as well as what to do once it has cleared out.
"We're looking for anything that overhangs the house, like this tree and limbs that are hanging over this house, which potentially could cause severe damage," Savage said as he pointed at a tree.
Savage said the recent snow fall has saturated the ground, which makes it easier for trees to fall and land on, or even in, someone's house.
"We've seen that before," Savage explained. "That's just an incredible amount of damage."
He said it's a good idea to walk around your home, and check for anything that looks out of place. Check for loose shingles, dislodged siding or cracked or broken glass. He suggested to get all those fixed before the next storm comes in. And make sure any lightweight objects are tied down or brought inside.
He said broken tree limbs can be especially dangerous to homes.
"That's one of those things that becomes a flying object, which can hit your house, go through a window and damage your gutters. It can just destroy your home," Savage said.
As for what to do after the storm has passed? Savage recommends getting outside and doing another walk around the house to look for anything that seems out of place.
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Art needs space. A house with low ceilings, dark rooms and expanses of windows and mirrors limits your options. Where can you hang a large canvas?
Ask architect Stephen Korbich that question and you may find yourself looking at a 1950s ranch-style house in northeast Portland that he transformed into a modern gallery-esque residence. Now the owner, a physician and lifelong art collector, can be in almost any room and see modern paintings on the walls.
Spotlighting art
True white paints are better than off whites if you want to create a clean gallery look.
That said, colored walls, both light and dark, could help set the mood of a piece of art. Dark backgrounds work well to draw attention to art.
Fir veneer panels with a clear oil stain are a type of tight-grain wood that adds warmth and complements artwork. Avoid complex patterns that distracts the eye from the art.
A simple color palette and restrained materials unstained fir wall panels and red oak floors serve as appropriate backdrops to the colorful paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures.
But that's not to say the house is dull.
Korbich installed dramatic architectural features that contribute to the overall sense of spaciousness. The once flat ceiling in the main living area has been remade into one that soars at an angle up to a 16-foot-high point.
A new fireplace is framed by black honed marble tile that rises to reach the ceiling's pitch.
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