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Scale Model (1:150), Forest Building
This is a Scale model (1:150). It was designed by TAO and Hua Li and made for Beijing Meijingtiancheng Investment Co., Ltd..
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from TAO as part of Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
Trace Architecture creates architecture that is inseparable from its environment. The Forest Building in Beijing uses rammed earth and wood found in nearby surroundings. The geometric posts and canopy resemble tree trunks and branches. The scale of these “trunks and branches” is proportional to the nearby trees and fits comfortably into its natural environment.
It is credited Courtesy of Trace Architecture Office (TAO).
- Print, Construction of the Trylon and Perisphere, 1939 New York World's Fair
- lithograph on cream wove paper.
- Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
- 1964-5-10
- Magazine Cover, Wendingen, vol. 12, no. 11/12
- lithograph on paper.
- Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
- SIL39088012659728
- Drawing, Proposal for Pershing Square, Los Angeles: Performance Area and Cafe
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt.
- 1993-115-4
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- Textile Sample, Grid
- cotton (50%) rayon (15%) and fortisan (45%).
- Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
- 1969-165-1345
- Bless You Chair
- wool felt, gelatin.
- Gift of Louise Campbell.
- 2009-22-1
- Sample, Jackpot
- 100% mercerized cotton embroidery, polyurethane (vinyl) foundation.
- Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc..
- 1973-67-15
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 5.1 × 81.3 × 48.3 cm (2 × 32 × 19 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
