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ILLUMINATING FOSTER The young German artist Thomas Emde, whose medium is light and color, has just added the finishing touches to a Norman Foster building. The Commerzbank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is said to be the world's first "ecological high-rise." With Emde's light installation, the special characteristics of the building are now as visible at night as they are during the day.
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NEW MUSEUM CELEBRATES THE AMERICAN FLEET New York's new Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum Visitors Center, by the architecture firm Suk Design Group LLP was constructed in a brief nine months. Despite the challenges of building on the waterfront, it was completed this summer just in time to celebrate the Tall Ships 2000 visit to the northeastern seaboard.
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MOCKBEE SOUTHERN GENIUS Earlier this summer, Alabama architect Samuel Mockbee picked up the phone and found out he was a genius. Not just a genius, mind you. But one of only three in the entire profession.
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More Architecture and Design
Building Outside the (Gray) Box: A Legacy of Curves and Colors: Interview with Morris Lapidus — New York Times, 2000.0907 (registration required)
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