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THE HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN In the modern world, human life experience is largely played out in interior spaces. We may love the out-of-doors for the sense of open air and sky, for the escape it offers from life inside enclosure, but the very joy of being outside reflects the reality that so much of life is spent inside.
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KIBBUTZ, THEN AND NOW The first kibbutz, a voluntary collective community, sprang up on the shores of the Sea of Galilee almost a hundred years ago. It was formed by a group of young Jewish men and women from Eastern Europe fired by Zionist and socialist ideals.
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CHANDIGARH: VISION AND REALITY The golden jubilee celebrations of 1999 and 2000 marked fifty years since the conception of Chandigarh, India, one of the few built examples of modernist town planning. Now, planners and architects the world over are showing renewed interest in this unusual modernist city. In 1951, the French architect Le Corbusier conceived a master plan for the city — in only four days! Yet the image he created has become synonymous with urbanism of fifties.
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More Building Culture Diverse Architecture Distinguishes District On Historic Denver Tour — Denver Psot, 2001.0905Firm To Scrutinize Historic Homes — Island Packet, 2001.0904 Unusual Historic Sites Dot List In Md. — Baltimore Sun, 2001.0904 City Growth Plan Proposed — Houston Chronicle, 2001.0903 Radical Changes Needed For Scottish Housing — Architects' Journal, 2001.0903 Japan Builds Elderly Homes To Fight Unemployment — News 24, 2001.0903 State Building Probe To Begin Soon — Jerusalem Post, 2001.0903 Wright Masterpiece In Danger Of Collapsing — Independent Digital, 2001.0903 "Build Interchanges First" Sell Houses Later — Malaysian Star, 2001.0903 Rescuing a World-Famous but Fragile House — New York Times, 2001.0902 (registration required) Bristol Finally Embraces Modern Design — U.K. Sunday Times, 2001.0902 Price Fixing: A Forgotten Architect Is Reconstructed — Washington Post, 2001.0901 Lord Foster Claims Architectural Throne With Designer Toilet — Independent Digital, 2001.0901 God's Builder — Courier-Mail, 2001.0901 Full Metal Jacket — Guardian Unlimited, 2001.0901 Growth Can Be 'smart,' But Also Costly — Business Journal, 2001.0831 You've Insulted Our Profession, Rejected Architects Tell Sartor — Sydney Morning Herald, 2001.0831 Living Space Is Culturally Determined — U.K. Times, 2001.0831 Pick The Right Builder, Build A Dream Home — Denver Business Journal, 2001.0831 Home Inspection Hurdles — Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2001.0831 Duty On Canadian Lumber May Raise Home Prices — Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2001.0831 A Fort Worth Firm Has Grand Plans To Put Up Low-Cost Housing In The Philippines — Dallas Business Journal, 2001.0831 Mixed Reaction To Pier Plans — Irish Times, 2001.0830 Can Ohio, Ky. Projects Coexist? — Cincinnati Post, 2001.0830 Industrial Gem To Shine Again — The Toronto Starr, 2001.0830 Rural Protection Proposed For Red Rock Area — Las Vegas Sun, 2001.0830 As a Rare Cathedral Crumbles, Two Rival Nations Point Fingers — Los Angeles Times, 2001.0830 Take a walk, get a feel for Michelangelo's Florence — Houston Chronicle, 2001.0830 Solutions for Sustainable Urban Centers to Be Explored at Paradox Conference — Press Release at Yahoo, 2001.0829 Historic Homes Torn by Times in Istanbul — Washington Post, 2001.0827
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