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Press Release: “Transport” was commissioned by the Architectural League of New York for their annual Beaux Arts Ball event. Given the theme of transportation and the site of the historic Brooklyn Army Terminal, Leong Leong in collaboration with Jimi- nie Ha created a landscape of mutant cargo and shifting hues of color. The existing terminal, designed by architect Cas Gilbert in 1918, was transformed from a monumental industrial space into a series of atmospheric enclaves. Three separate environments created an episodic experience around eating, drinking, and dancing. Milk-crates shrink wrapped into ambiguous shapes clustered to form areas for gathering and socializing while a cloud of 400 UV lights illuminated the dance floor.

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Exhibition July 15 – October 23, 2010
Opening: July 15 6-8pm
The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC

New Practices New York 2010 is the third biennial juried competition and exhibition sponsored by the AIA New York Chapter. It serves as a platform to recognize and promote new, innovative and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have utilized unique and commendable strategies – both is the projects they undertake and the practices they have established.

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With its third biennial New York portfolio competition, the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter is thrilled to recognize seven promising and innovative new architecture firms. These young firms—each has been founded since 2004—will be featured in an exhibition and programming at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, throughout the summer and fall, and will be featured in 2011 in an exhibition in São Paolo.

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suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

Leong Leong: The temporary installation for the W/ Project Space in New York’s Chinatown completed by LEONG LEONG is the latest in a series of projects that explore the translation of a legible figure into a continuous visual field. From the street, the installation appears as a glowing, enigmatic box, its contents and purpose unknown. Once inside all reference
to the boundaries of the gallery are obscured by a five-sided figure made of rigid building insulation.

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TURNING PINK W/ LEONG LEONG
Opening Reception/
Asian Flush!
Thursday
May 27, 2010
7:30-9:30PM

May 24–June 6, 2010
Open Tuesday,
Wednesday, & Thursday
3PM–8PM
Open Monday & Friday
by appointment
917.262.0027

W/ ———––
141 Division Street
New York NY 10002

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