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Stabilizing the Leaning Tower | |
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VSBA Exhibition | |
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UK CELEBRATES ARCHITECTURE WEEK The month of June, 2001 saw the start of the fifth annual Architecture Week in the United Kingdom, an initiative supported and managed by the Arts Council of England in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and endorsed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).
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STABILIZING THE LEANING TOWER On June 16 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy was officially reopened during a colorful ceremony that coincided with the feast of Saint Renieri, Pisa's patron saint.
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VSBA EXHIBITION "Out of the Ordinary" is the new exhibit of the work of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (VSBA) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. One of the most exciting components was a presentation by the two architects at the June 7th opening.
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More Architecture News Plug Pulled On Assembly Architect — BBC News, 2001.0717Guardian Honors Mall by Curbing Number of Memorials — New York Times, 2001.0716 (registration required) Architects Vie To Design New Jacksonville Library — Florida Times-Union, 2001.0712 Olympics Will 'Destroy Old Beijing,' Critics Charge — Kyodo News, 2001.0712 Architect Gehry Hired To Design L.A. Media Complex — Reuters at Yahoo News, 2001.0711 Wind Engineer Dale Perry Dead at 69 After Falling Through Roof During Inspection Assignment — ENR, 2001.0710 Floor Collapses At Condo Construction Site — Yahoo News, 2001.0710 Israel Demolishes Palestinian Homes — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.0709 GSA Names Design Finalists For SW Office Renovation — Washington Business Journal, 2001.0702 RTKL Wins Competition Of Olympic Proportions — Baltimore Sun, 2001.0702 Opera House Tribute Heads To Home Of Its Creator — Sydney Morning Herald, 2001.0630 No One Hurt As Beam Crashes School's Roof — Houston Chronicle, 2001.0630 Exhibit Honors Austrian Architect — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.0629 Jerde Partnership's RiverWalk Selected for 2001 American Architecture Award — Business Wire at Excite, 2001.0626 Search Continues In Collapsed Building — BBC, 2001.0720 Five Missing As UK Flats Collapse — CNN, 2001.0720
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