Prada and the PCF (French Communist Party) are teaming up to make politics supercool again. Incredibly enough, the Oscar Niemeyer designed PCF headquarters is now home to the highest in fashion. See the CNN newstory on the topic.
Month: October 2000
Architecture For Sale
ArchitectureForSale.com is offering Le Corbusier’s Maison Jaoul for sale, along with buildings by COA (Central Office of Architecture), Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rudolph, Frank Gehry and others. Get ’em while they’re hot. Then head over to Eyestorm.com to outfit your new pad with the appropriate Damien Hirst or Mariko Mori. If it’s the Maisons Jaoul you buy, add an authentic, used Soyuz Space for only $2.2 million at the Space Store.
MR*D Web Site
The Metropolitan Research and Design program now has its own web page.