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SITE (originally also known as Sculpture in the Environment) is an architecture and environmental design firm founded in 1970 by James Wines. Located in the Wall Street area of New York City, the firm aims to unite building design with visual art, landscape, and green technology. In the 1970s, SITE became internationally known for a series of highly unorthodox retail facilities for Best Products. While keeping the basic shape of a simple brick box, SITE gave the exteriors of the buildings an ironic postmodern twist, often suggesting cracks in the brickwork or deforming walls.

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  • SITE (Sculpture in the Environment) ist ein 1970 in New York gegründeter Zusammenschluss aus Architekten, Künstlern, Technikern und Forschern zur Entwicklung neuer Raumkonzeptionen und öffentlicher Gebäude. (* 1932) ist der Gründer von SITE. Alison Sky (* 1946) und Michelle Stone (* 1949) gehörten zu den ersten Mitgliedern. SITE hat Projekte in zahlreichen Ländern verwirklicht. In den USA, Kanada, Spanien, Frankreich, Italien, England, Australien, Japan, China, Korea, Türkei, Katar und Dubai. Die Gruppe nahm 1975 unter anderem an der Biennale di Venezia, 1985 an La Triennale di Milano und 1987 an der documenta 8 in Kassel teil. Es befinden sich Werke in der Sammlung des Museum of Modern Art. (de)
  • Sculpture in the Environment, más conocido por su acrónimo SITE, es un estudio de arquitectura neoyorquino fundado en 1970 por y Alison Sky.​ SITE saltó a la fama en 1975 por una serie de 7 centros comerciales encargados por la empresa Best Products Inc. Uno de ellos, llamado "Indeterminate Facade building" (edificio de fachada indeterminada), ubicado en Houston (Texas), y que representaba una fachada de ladrillo semiderruida (ver imagen), se convertiría en un icono de la arquitectura de finales de siglo XX.​ El estudio, al que pertenecen también Michelle Stone y Emilio Sousa,​ con integrantes pertenecientes a disciplinas artísticas, se especializó en el paisajismo y en el llamado arte ambiental, construyendo edificios de estilo post-moderno y alejados de la ortodoxia arquitectónica, lo que les valió el rechazo de la crítica especializada de la época.​ Los problemas económicos de la cadena Best provocaron que la obra más representativa de este estudio —la "Indeterminate Facade Building"— fuese eliminada en julio de 2003.​ (es)
  • SITE (originally also known as Sculpture in the Environment) is an architecture and environmental design firm founded in 1970 by James Wines. Located in the Wall Street area of New York City, the firm aims to unite building design with visual art, landscape, and green technology. In the 1970s, SITE became internationally known for a series of highly unorthodox retail facilities for Best Products. While keeping the basic shape of a simple brick box, SITE gave the exteriors of the buildings an ironic postmodern twist, often suggesting cracks in the brickwork or deforming walls. The severely distressed crumbling walls of the Indeterminate facade near Houston, Texas purportedly “appeared in more books on 20th century architecture than photographs of any other modern structure.” Despite possibly representing "the apex of American Postmodernism," all the BEST facades disappeared or are now unrecognisably transformed. (en)
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  • SITE (Sculpture in the Environment) ist ein 1970 in New York gegründeter Zusammenschluss aus Architekten, Künstlern, Technikern und Forschern zur Entwicklung neuer Raumkonzeptionen und öffentlicher Gebäude. (* 1932) ist der Gründer von SITE. Alison Sky (* 1946) und Michelle Stone (* 1949) gehörten zu den ersten Mitgliedern. SITE hat Projekte in zahlreichen Ländern verwirklicht. In den USA, Kanada, Spanien, Frankreich, Italien, England, Australien, Japan, China, Korea, Türkei, Katar und Dubai. (de)
  • Sculpture in the Environment, más conocido por su acrónimo SITE, es un estudio de arquitectura neoyorquino fundado en 1970 por y Alison Sky.​ SITE saltó a la fama en 1975 por una serie de 7 centros comerciales encargados por la empresa Best Products Inc. Uno de ellos, llamado "Indeterminate Facade building" (edificio de fachada indeterminada), ubicado en Houston (Texas), y que representaba una fachada de ladrillo semiderruida (ver imagen), se convertiría en un icono de la arquitectura de finales de siglo XX.​ (es)
  • SITE (originally also known as Sculpture in the Environment) is an architecture and environmental design firm founded in 1970 by James Wines. Located in the Wall Street area of New York City, the firm aims to unite building design with visual art, landscape, and green technology. In the 1970s, SITE became internationally known for a series of highly unorthodox retail facilities for Best Products. While keeping the basic shape of a simple brick box, SITE gave the exteriors of the buildings an ironic postmodern twist, often suggesting cracks in the brickwork or deforming walls. (en)
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