Isamu Noguchi Compilation

This podcast describes the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center's Noguchi Plaza. A sculpture, "To the Issei," was created by the esteemed Los Angeles-native Isamu Noguchi. The sculpture helps to define the space where it resides.

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 Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection on the sculptures Joie de Vivre and Red Cube, designed by Mark di Suvero and Isamu Noguchi respectively. They are combined because of their close proximity and color, causing an exciting relationship between the two. 

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 Barry Bergdoll, Phillip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA speaks on how the interaction between the Seagram Building, Lever House, and Tennis and Racquet Club activates the urban environment at 53rd Street and Park Avenue. 

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 Jennifer Sage discusses the design of the Noguchi Museum 

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 Architectural historian Carol Krinsky speaks about the history of Lever House. 

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Isamu Noguchi Compilation

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