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KILLER MONUMENTS OF VALPARAISO Halfway down its long, jagged Pacific coast, Chile's second city has seen better days. A century ago, Valparaiso was the country's main port, but it has since been abandoned by the wealthy classes and the industrialists and is rough, rusty, and grimy. The city's hodgepodge of Victorian follies, French neoclassical palaces, and modest wooden chalets clinging precariously to the hillsides is literally falling apart.
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WILLIAM TURNBULL - BUILDINGS IN THE LANDSCAPE We ended up on the rugged north coast of California, on an overgrazed sheep meadow, hard by the surf breaking at the foot of the rocky cliffs. The ground was not flat but shaped into low mounds and swells, edged on one side by the ribbon of Highway 1 and indented on the other by ocean forces seeking weak points in the rock.
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POSTCARD FROM JAPAN Dear ArchitectureWeek, While traveling in Japan, I was inspired to produce a new series of pieces. This artwork combines shape, color, form, and architectural "citygraphs," to translate a "physical reality" into a two-dimensional "constructed map."
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PRESERVING WRIGHT'S WESTCOTT HOUSE In 1907, a house began to take shape on High Street in Springfield, Ohio. Local residents referred to it as a monstrosity. Some thought it to be such a bizarre design for a residential neighborhood, it was mistaken for a sanitarium or hospital.
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More Building Culture Shanghai Tears Down Home of I.M. Pei Clan — Reuters at Britannica, 2001.051514th century Khirki mosque is a dumping ground — Times of India, 2001.0515 Architects Unhappy Over Use of Foreigners for Major Projects — All Africa, 2001.0515 Prince's inclusive model, behind a 7ft wall — Independent Digital, 2001.0514 Fire station controversy pits preservation vs. practicality — The Miami Herald, 2001.0514 ROM lectures aim to get us interested in architecture — National Post, 2001.0514 New Alluring Angles and Lines in Berlin's Architecture — Daily Star, 2001.0514 Architects open doors for disabled — Denver Post, 2001.0513 Architects listening to input of tenants — Akron Beacon Journal, 2001.0513 Urban Architectural Jewels — FAZ Net, 2001.0510 Tracing the History of Biedermeier — Washington Post, 2001.0510 Islamic folly or fantasy? — The Times, 2001.0510 High and Mighty — The Scotsman, 2001.0510 A unique house on the prairie — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0510 Demolishing a piece of history — Editorial at Cincinnati Post, 2001.0509 Mackintosh: the heartache — The Scotsman, 2001.0509 Dhaka's architectural scenario — The Daily Star, 2001.0509
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