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Ritzy Preservation Saves Philadelphia Landmark | |
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A Modern House Steeped in Mexican Tradition | |
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Morphosis Diamond in the Rough | |
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RITZY PRESERVATION SAVES PHILADELPHIA LANDMARK About 97 years ago, the Girard Trust Bank commissioned the New York firm of McKim, Mead and White to construct a monumental new facility in Philadelphia near the City Hall. Bank president Effingham Morris wanted to make a dramatic statement forecasting a change in Philadelphia's center of business by having the bank modeled after the Pantheon in Rome.
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A MODERN HOUSE STEEPED IN MEXICAN TRADITION We have just experienced one of our greatest joys as architects: designing and building a second home for ourselves in Mexico. Our goal was to create a house that would be strong, embracing yet transparent, and layered in color, form, and emotion: completely modern yet saturated with Mexican traditions.
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MORPHOSIS DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH If buildings really do reflect society's values, we can applaud the new Diamond Ranch High School in Diamond Bar, California. Here is a place where social conscience coexists comfortably with creativity and imagination. These qualities are all permanently inscribed in the landscape of the campus and its form.
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