Architecture

Staircase to the Clouds 4 Replies

In 1983, a monument (or better an element of monument) 160 meters high was dismantled. It was the staircase that had connected from the beginning in 1889 the second and third floor of the Eiffel Towe…

Tagged: Eiffel

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec 15.

Timeline - Architecture

AUCTION HOUSES referred below : Bonhams Site Press Lucien Site Drouot-Presse PAST SALES Lucien, Paris, December 14 a piece of staircase from the Tour Eiffel (lot 143, est 50 K€) (SOLD 85 K€ excl,…

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Apr 4.

2008 Auction History

All results in BOLD An elevator enclosure by Adler and Sullivan will be sold on Dec. 18 by Sotheby's in New York, Lot 105, 250 K $. (SOLD 600 K$ including fees) A pavilion of the Universal Exhibiti…

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 24, 2008.

A Lift for the Chicago Stock Exchange 1 Reply

Financial markets would have required, as they say, some lifting upwards. I do not know if Sotheby's had similar thought when presenting the lot 105 of the sale of 18 December in New York : an empty…

Tagged: Sullivan

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 19, 2008.

Drawings by French architects of 18th Century 1 Reply

I once promised to return to this subject when the catalog is online. That's it: you can see it on the site of Millon & Associés, who disperse on June 26 at Drouot (Paris) an exceptional collecti…

Tagged: Heurtier, Gravelot, Fontaine, Dufour

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul. 1, 2008.

Sotheby's sells a Pavilion by Shigeru Ban 1 Reply

Shigeru Ban is one of most known among the architects of today. Sotheby's has just announced (by a press release of April 28) the sale of its "Artek" Pavilion, on June 14 at NewYork. This pavilion m…

Tagged: ban, pavilion

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun. 15, 2008.