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Alivia Leon Introduction Moshe Safdie is an Israeli-Canadian architect that changed the way designers look at urban architecture. Safdie’s architectural career combines out-of-the-box thinking with innovative and effective design. Most notably, and my personal favorite piece of his work, is Habitat 67. In 1967, 29-year-old Safdie created the groundbreaking, innovative “Habitat 67”, located in Montreal,Continue reading “Coffee with Moshe Safdie”

Alivia Leon Architecture This is “Habitat 67”, located in Montreal, Canada. It is a community living complex desgined by Moshe Safdie. I think this piece of architecture is good design because it is extremely unique, innovative and efficient. The unit is comprised of 146 different apartment complexes ranging from one to eight concrete blocks inContinue reading “What is Good Design to Me?”

Alivia Leon – Rutgers Financial Aid for Low Income Students Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and Rutgers University- Camden, are two popular choices when students are searching for which school provides better financial aid. The more populated and popular choice-Rutgers New Brunswick- actually offers significantly less financial aid than Rutgers-Camden. When looking at the two comparatively, RutgersContinue reading “Which Rutgers School Helps Low Income Students More?”

Alivia Leon Students of all of Rutgers University’s campuses; New Brunswick/Piscataway, Camden and Newark, are preparing for graduation as this spring semester comes to a close. The ceremonies will take place on May 19 for New Brunswick Campus, May 22 for Newark Campus, and May 22-23 for Camden Campus. The New Brunswick Commencement will takeContinue reading “Rutgers Students Become Alumni: 2019 Commencements”

Alivia Leon The Billboard Music Awards is set to be on Wednesday, May 1 of 2019. The ceremony will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It will air live on NBC, hosted by Pop Singer Kelly Clarkson. It is claimed to be music’s #1 night, according to The Billboard Music Awards’ twitter. (https://twitter.com/BBMAs/status/1118545906469490689)Continue reading “Billboard Music Awards”

The Net Artworks that I have chosen are all curated from the theme of color. While color is a broad term for artworks, I have chosen five artworks that all use color as the main way to convey the meaning of the work. From the Rhizome.org archive, I have chosen works from the subpage “HTMLContinue reading “Net Art Exhibition: HTML Color Codes”

Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has cleared its biggest hurdle to erecting a radical new building by the Swiss architect PE ter Zu MO ther that represents one of the country’s most ambitious museum transformations. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/peter-zumthor/ The county board of supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the currentContinue reading “Practice Lead for Writing for Media”

Pink Floyd and The Beatles are both two of my absolute favorite bands. I thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast the two and learn why I love both of them so much. I love them both, and they are both four male members who harmonize and sing together to create art inContinue reading “Pink Floyd vs. The Beatles”

To me, music is my favorite way to consume art. I personally love creating art like drawing, writing, painting and fashion, but my favorite type of art to consume is music. I am not musically talented, so I can appreciate the work and artistry that goes into making music. Music for me is a wayContinue reading “Music for Me in General”

By Kendrick Lamar I specifically love the album DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar because he put so much creativity and effort into it. If you listen to it straight from front to back it tells an entire story, which I think is art.