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DESIGNING SCHOOLS TOGETHER When the architecture firm of Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc. begins planning for a new school or renovation, they call on the help of hundreds. Although huge teams are not always the most efficient, the architects believe that ultimately they will yield the best result. This collective design work is conducted in "charrettes," or intensive, interactive, public design sessions. Teams of architects, engineers, and educational facilities planners set up design stations in a central location such as a school district's headquarters.
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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 Report Lodged Against Architects — The Star, 2001.0717Preservationists Hope To Save Dome — Oklahoman, 2001.0717 Expanded Displays Chart Chicago's Architecture — Chicago Sun Times, 2001.0716 Marco Zanuso — Independent Digital, 2001.0716 Archive Of 'Big Jim' Stirling's Architecture Is Sold To Canada — Independent Digital, 2001.0716 For Architecture Fans, Chicago Is The Place To Walk And Gawk — Real Time, 2001.0716 House's Fate Counted in Math and History — Los Angeles Times, 2001.0716 Neighbors Fight To Save History — New Jersey Record, 2001.0715 A Grand Plan For Humble Homes — Baltimore Sun, 2001.0715 Architect Astorino Listens To Customers, Values All Employees — Post Gazette, 2001.0715 Masters of Achitecture in East Germany — F.A.Z., 2001.0715 The Sun King — Guardian Unlimited, 2001.0715 American Gothic — Washington Post, 2001.0714 Designs That Make You Climb the Walls — Editorial at Washington Post, 2001.0714 Campaign To Save Victorian Baths — Scotsman Online, 2001.0713 Timing Is on His Side at Last — Los Angeles Times, 2001.0711 History At Risk Of Ruin — Dallas Morning News, 2001.0710 Architecture for Art's Sake — Atlantic Online, 2001.06 Edition
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