Parabuilding & the Hearst Building "Lava Lamp"

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PARABUILDING--449 Google hits
PARABUILDINGS--34 Google hits
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I was just looking into "Lava Lamp," the nickname of the new Hearst  Building 
at 57th Street and Eighth Avenue. Hearst abandoned his great plans  during 
the Depression, but now a "lava lamp" is rising over the 1930s skirt of a  
building.
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"Parabuilding" came up. This is not in the OED revision and is another  
example of why I get paid the big bucks.
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OT: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK STATE & ADS MEMBERS--George Thompson's  work on 
"baseball" is mentioned in that entry. Allen Walker Read's work on  "O.K." is 
mentioned under Martin Van Buren. Neither was credited or paid.
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OT: RIGGIES--A Daily News article on Factiva claims that a NYC restaurant  
has been serving "riggies" (rigatoni) since it opened in 1992.
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_http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/?23914_ 
(http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/?23914) 
UPDATE: I want to be as clear as I can about why I find this design  
ludicrous. I'm not opposed to "_parabuildings_ 
(http://www.digitalmediatree.com/schwarz/?23934) "--Herbert Muschamp's intellectually  dishonest term for add-ons 
usually motivated by greed or vanity, but sometimes  just to pay the 
mortgage--nor am I some Prince Charles purist who hates  Modernist-style architecture. The 
Hearst building is like mixing stripes and  plaids though. Not only is the 
combination of building styles jarring and ugly,  the Modernist top is a sham. 
The "Fuller-esque" structure serves no practical  purpose, it's just 
modern-looking cladding over your standard post-and-lintel  box.

- tom moody 11-12-2003 1:09 pm [_link_ 
(http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/?23914) ] [_1 comment_ 
(http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/comment/23914/) ] 

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_http://www.digitalmediatree.com/schwarz/?23934_ 
(http://www.digitalmediatree.com/schwarz/?23934) 
"I call this type of design p_arabuildin_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/talkinaboutarchitecture/message/2716) g : it is the modern tick on the  postmodern 
host. New York examples include the Palace Hotel, a modern shaft that  towers 
above the historic Vuillard Houses on Madison Avenue and 51st Street.  
Typically, as at the Palace, the parabuilding is designed as a discreet  background 
to the existing host. Not at Soldier Field. Here modernity erupts  with the 
jubilance of a prodigal."
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New York Times, September, 30 2003  by Herbert Muschamp 
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"Lord _Foster_ (http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/) 's design is 
a p_arabuildin_ (http://hellskitchen.net/develop/index.html?x=29) g: a new 
addition that transforms the  character of an existing structure. The host 
building in this case is Hearst's  present home at 959 Eighth Avenue, between 56th 
and 57th Streets. The  parabuilding is a faceted tower of steel and glass that 
rises 42 stories above  the host. Herein lies a historical curiosity. The 
existing building, completed  in 1928, was originally designed as the base of a 
taller structure."  
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New York Times, October 30, 2001 by Herbert Muschamp 
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"The  p_arabuildin_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/20/arts/20NOTE.html?ex=1069131600&en=231074916dc196b0&ei=5070) g a new addition to an older structure,  
continues to entrench itself as a vibrantly contemporary architectural type. 
The  Brooklyn Museum of Art has unveiled the genre's most recent example: a  
monumental main entrance for the museum's Eastern Parkway facade."  
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New York Times, September, 20 2000 by Herbert Muschamp
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"The  host building for Gwathmey Siegel’s p_arabuildin_ 
(http://www.arcspace.com/kk_ann/2003_03/) g design for the Mid-Manhattan Library is  the former 
Arnold Constable building which is owned by The New York Public  Library. The 
expansion will add an additional eight floors and 117,000 square  feet for 
library service to the existing 139,000 square foot building. Gwathmey  Siegel & 
Associates have also designed the new United States Mission to the  United 
Nations;  a concrete tower with a cylindrical core of shingled zinc.  The windows 
are narrow slits that become more closely spaced and numerous as the  tower 
rises from base to summit and..." 
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-_arcs_ (http://www.arcspace.com/Welcome.html) pace
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"Lord Foster, 65, has ample  experience designing around _historic _ 
(http://www.wirednewyork.com/real_estate/hearst_magazine_building/default.htm) 
buildings. His much-acclaimed addition to the  Reichstag in Berlin, featuring a 
latticed glass dome, has become a symbol of the  new unified Germany. For a newly 
unveiled renovation of the British Museum, he  designed a glass-covered 
courtyard that architecture critic Paul Goldberger,  writing in The New Yorker, 
called "stunningly beautiful." 
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(_discussion_ 
(http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/printpage.cgi?forum=4&topic=803) )
-wirednewyork
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(GOOGLE GROUPS)
_Soldier Field Renovation Brings Out Boo-Birds_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.chicago-bears/browse_thread/thread/4a7d51f903bd
a487/6cd0f8e17ed5dbc6?q=parabuildings&rnum=1&hl=en#6cd0f8e17ed5dbc6)   
... They are known as parabuildings, and some, like an airy  new entrance for
the Brooklyn Museum of Art, have been favorably received.  ...   
_alt.sports.football.pro.chicago-bears_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.chicago-bears?hl=en)  - Jun 17  2003, 7:27 am by 
Thomas R. Shannon - 1 message - 1 author 
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_Soldier Field Wins Prestigious Honor_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.chicago-bears/browse_thread/thread/14060f6bde7627a2/0829
5a7163929b06?q=parabuilding&rnum=1&hl=en#08295a7163929b06)   
... the new stadium's design. I call this type of design  parabuilding: it is
the modern tick on the postmodern host. New York  examples ...   
_alt.sports.football.pro.chicago-bears_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.chicago-bears?hl=en)  - Jan 27  2004, 10:03 pm by 
TwinCityBear - 21 messages - 14 authors 
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(GOOGLE)
 
_Wrapping up  New York Trip...._ (http://www.arcspace.com/kk_ann/2003_03/) 
The parabuilding, a faceted  tower of steel and glass that rises 42 stories 
above the
... The host  building for Gwathmey Siegel’s parabuilding design for the  ...
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_Schwarz comments_ (http://www.digitalmediatree.com/schwarz/comment/23934/) 
... Street.  Typically, as at the Palace, the parabuilding is designed as a  
discreet
background to the existing host. Not at Soldier Field. ...  
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_Hearst Corporation - The Hearst Tower Project_ 
(http://www.hearstcorp.com/tower/news/011030.html) 
Lord Foster's design is a parabuilding: a new addition that  transforms the 
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The parabuilding is a faceted tower of steel  and glass that rises 42 stories 
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_The New York Times: Premium Archive_ 
(http://www.artsjournal.com/visualarts/redir/20030929-30346.html) 
I  call this type of design parabuilding: it is the modern tick on the  
postmodern
... Typically, as at the Palace, the parabuilding is  designed as a discreet 
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_Hell's Kitchen: Development Issues: Hearst-Lava Lamp  Tower_ 
(http://hellskitchen.net/develop/index.html?x=29) 
... The skyline has been waiting for  this. Lord Foster's design is a 
parabuilding: a
new addition that  transforms the character of an existing structure. ... 
hellskitchen.net/develop/index.html?x=29 - 16k - Supplemental  Result - 
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