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MACHU PICCHU STILL ROCK-SOLID Machu Picchu, the gem of Peru's Inca heritage, a huge sacred city nestling between two mountain peaks 8400 feet (2,550 meters) up in the Andes, has taken its knocks in recent years. Enthusiastic Peruvian archeologists have tampered with some of the five centuries-old temples in the name of "restoration" and a 1,000-pound (450-kilogram) crane was dropped on a sacred sundial during the filming of a beer commercial, causing some damage.
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WHAT DOES AN ARCHITECT DO? To many people, what architects do is a mystery. Buildings simply appear. The general public has so little understanding of design vocabulary that buildings are incorporated into public life devoid of meaning. The divide between architecture and public understanding generates a host of problems: between architect and client, architecture school and student, community and planning board. It contributes to the rate of attrition in architecture schools, to logjams in offices, and to miscommunication among project teams.
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More Building Culture Man, Plan, Canal — Yahoo Finance, 2001.0710New Interest in the Underground Railroad Inspires an Effort to Preserve Its Landmarks — New York Times, 2001.0710 (registration required) Architects Criticise Propaganda Against Proposed Architect Act — Daily Star , 2001.0710 House Celebrates Nation's Beginnings — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.0709 Historical Monument Suffers At Hands Of Govt Neglect — Times of India, 2001.0708 Structures Destroyed Dated To 1884, 1899 — Arizona Daily Star at Yahoo News, 2001.0708 Wright The Dealer, Not The Builder — Japan Times, 2001.0708 Despite Decades Of Decay, Naples Remains A Mythic City — Miami Herald, 2001.0708 £200m Plan 'equal Of Best In Europe' — Belfast Telegraph, 2001.0707 The Gospel According To Mies — Irish Times, 2001.0707 Feng shui fears hit home — Weekend Australian, 2001.0707 Rejuvenated Redwood Hits 20! — Unison, 2001.0706 Exhibition Shows How Gehry Breaks The Rules — Christian Science Monitor, 2001.0706 Senate Version of TRAC Act Exempts Architects — AIArchitect, 2001.0706 Edition Hasty Building Had A Special Space Up Stairs — Boston Globe, 2001.0705 Dublin Victorian Fountain To Be Restored — Irish Times, 2001.0705 Money Woes Return As Sartor Pulls Plug On His Plans — Sydney Morning Herald, 2001.0704 Vatican Opposes Church Renovation — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.0703 Chula Vista Awards Beauty — Yahoo News, 2001.0702 Wal-Mart Fined on Stormwater — ENR, 2001.0618
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