Inga Saffron

Inga Saffron

@IngaSaffron Architecture Critic
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Philadelphia Inquirer Architecture Critic. I write about more than just buildings. Spending 2011-2012 as Loeb Fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Design.
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Graduation Day at GSD,& the Loebs walk http://t.co/wrjJdSiG

IngaSaffron: Graduation Day at GSD,&amp

May 24, 2012 - twitter.com
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Fascinating to C critics recant opposition to Barnes move 'cos of strength of design. Huxtable, Smith Saltz Schjeldahl http://t.co/oUQv6J20

The New Barnes Shouldn't Work-But Does

May 24, 2012 - online.wsj.com
Tom Crane The Barnes Foundation's new Philadelphia campus. Philadelphia The richness and the eccentricity of the Barnes Collection is legendary; its unequaled concentration of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings far exceeds the number in any major art museum. (Imagine, if you can, 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 46 Picassos, 59 Matisses and 18 Rousseaus.) Installed in a dense mix of Asian, African and American Indian art and artifacts, with decorative ironwork scattered among the iconic images, it defies all rational curatorial practice. For Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), the physician who devoted a fortune made from a drug of his own invention, Argyrol, to the creation of this extraordinary collection, every item expressed his obsessively personal vision and idiosyncratic ideas about art. The collection is owned by the ... Continue reading →
"only by putting out a message of truth about yourself will people who need you be able to find you": Bruce Mau at GSD class day.
Bruce Mau at GSD: don't confine your design leadership to classical fields of design. The world needs your design leadership in all fields.
Bruce Mau about to give class day lecture at Harvard's GSD. Packed despite sunshine outside.
Saying goodbye to my fellow Loebs with a glass of champagne and tour of magnificent Per Se kitchen, thanks to @jvbl http://t.co/FYyl43cu

IngaSaffron: Saying goodbye to my fello

May 23, 2012 - twitter.com
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Little house on the upper west side roof, NYC. http://t.co/c9g4v7Vu

Inga Saffron: Little house on the upper ...

May 22, 2012 - twitter.com
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RT @nlamontagne: So many events in LA today - playoffs, Amgen tour, solar eclipse, beach weather = a bad day for cars. Good thing I have ...
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