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PRACTICE PARTNERING PARADIGM The future appears to favor three types of architectural practice: niche specialists, global giants, and local practices. This is the view shared by three U.S. firms, each an international leader in its specialty. Together they are crafting an innovative response.
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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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More Building Culture Habitat Builds Homes for Seniors — AP at Architecture Guide, 2001.0530Architects want to show green concerns with wind turbines on their London HQ — Independent Digital, 2001.0530 Preservationists target unlikely site — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0529 Curiosity in concrete — Montreal Gazette, 2001.0528 More on The Master of Less — Newsday, 2001.0527 A hall in the heart — U.K. Times, 2001.0527 Clash of the titans — Guardian Unlimited, 2001.0527 Another window into the Wright world of design — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0527 British designer Penelope Hobhouse bridges the great gardening divide — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0527 Woodcarver's trained eye looks for inner beauty. — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2001.0527 Mansion Rescue Mission — New York Daily News, 2001.0527 Hill House looks to the east — Scotsman Online, 2001.0526 Restoration of Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Park to Begin — Los Angeles Times, 2001.0526 Historic sites under threat — Scotsman Online, 2001.0526 US has first 'Vedic City' — Times of India, 2001.0525 Three Carnegie libraries to get makeovers — Post-Gazette, 2001.0525 Code a victory for neighborhood power — The Age, 2001.0525
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