Newsbites

edited by Sheila Kim-Jamet -- Interior Design, 7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Healing Renovation

Thanks to architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum's $500,000 donation to Africa Infectious Disease Village Clinics, a key building in a Kenyan health complex will receive a needed overhaul. Money will cover outfitting, staffing, and upgrades for an existing building...

Have a Seat

Manufacturer Andreu World is calling for entries to its competition. Designers born 1970 or later may submit plans for chairs and tables, to be judged by a jury including designer Mario Bellini, architect Piero Lissoni, and Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen. The entry deadline is September 13. First and second prizes total roughly $4,750 and $2,500...

Steel Magnolia

Shanghai's city flower, the magnolia, takes on new meaning with the completion of the Centre Court Stadium next month. Designed by Environment Design Institute, the venue has a retractable roof of eight steel petal-shape pieces resembling a flower when opened...

Clay Mates

New York's Felissimo Design House looks at shapes, colors, and techniques in a special type of Japanese craft with "Connecting Through Clay: Karatsu Pottery." Highlights include vessels by the Nakazatos, an entire family of potters, as well as American potter Malcolm Wright. Pieces range from cups and pitchers to bowls and vases. July 11 to 30…

Portrait of an Artist

The Milwaukee Art Museum presents "Artists Interrogate: Race and Identity," an exhibition that examines race and heritage issues through works by various artists. Examples include Tina Barney's photographs of wealthy whites and Romare Bearden's mixed-media collages depicting African-American life in the south and in Harlem. The show runs through October 9…