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Spend the night at the Guggenheim in NYC

Thanks to artist Carsten Holler, you can spend a night in the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.

Revolving Hotel Room is an art installation comprising three outfitted, superimposed turning glass discs mounted onto a fourth disc that all turn harmoniously at a very slow speed. During the day the hotel room will be on view as part of the Guggenheim's theanyspacewhatever exhibition, which runs from October 24, 2008-January 7, 2009. At night, the art installation becomes an operative hotel room outfitted with luxury amenities.

The view from the rotating bed.

Holler was previously responsible for the seriously fun-looking slides in the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall a couple of years back.

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 30, 2008  •  art   carstenholler   exhibitions   Guggenheim Museum   museums   NYC

Map of the cracks in the Guggenheim's

Map of the cracks in the Guggenheim's facade. "Since the Guggenheim Museum opened in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright's massive spiral facade has been showing signs of cracking, mainly from seasonal temperature fluctuations that cause the concrete walls, built without expansion joints, to contract and expand."

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 18, 2007  •  architecture   Guggenheim Museum   museums   NYC

Slightly surreal panoramic shot of the Guggenheim in NYC.

Slightly surreal panoramic shot of the Guggenheim in NYC.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jul 31, 2006  •  Guggenheim Museum   Jake Dobkin   museums   photography

Regarding the doublestrike on the Guggenheim, Design

Regarding the doublestrike on the Guggenheim, Design Observer has a little more information about it. "I don't think [Frank Lloyd Wright] ever floated text."

By Jason Kottke  •  Jul 14, 2006  •  architecture   design   franklloydwright   Guggenheim Museum   typography

They're refurbishing the outside of the Guggenheim

They're refurbishing the outside of the Guggenheim and stripping away the facade reveals a doublestrike on the "T" in "The". It's like they started putting the printing on the building and then the architect stops by and says, whoa! that text is supposed to be lower, you morons.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 20, 2006  •  architecture   Guggenheim Museum   museums   typography

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