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SEASIDE TURNS 20 Seaside, the little Florida coast town that spawned New Urbanism, is 20 years old this year. To celebrate its birthday, the town is organizing a series of events and sponsoring a competition to create a new Ceremonial Landmark.
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HISTORIC HOTELS OF EGYPT One of the fascinating achievements of British influence in many former colonies of the British Empire is that the past has almost been frozen in time. While the British themselves were quick to shed the garments of the Victorian tradition and embrace the modern age, the former colonies, because of either financial difficulties or a sort of nostalgia, have preserved the era.
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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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More Building Culture Apartment Rents to Rise at Slower Pace — Los Angeles Times, 2001.0918Terror Acts Prompt Caesars to Delay Plans for 5th Tower — Los Angeles Times, 2001.0918 Charity Constructs 25 Homes In 25 Days — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0917 Experst to Begin Study to Make Buildings Resilient — Reuters at Yahoo News, 2001.0917 Cylindrical Reading Room Taking Shape — State Journal-Register, 2001.0916 Dome Designer Calls For More Skyscrapers — U.K. Sunday Times, 2001.0916 Lower Manhattan Rich In American History — Chicago Sun Times, 2001.0916 The Twin Towers: Seattle Native's Famed Project Was Designed As Symbol Of World Peace — Seattle Times, 2001.0916 Skyscrapers May Go Out Of Fashion After Attacks — DAWN, 2001.0916 Green Power Plant Refused — Power Report, 2001.0916 Creature Comforts — New York Post, 2001.0916 Towers Dominated The City's Skyline, Stood As Icons Of Wealth, Power — Seattle Times, 2001.0916 Lilburn Eyeing Renewal Project — Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2001.0916 Dark Clouds For City Skyscrapers — Business Report, 2001.0916 Architecture — Editorial at Miami Herald, 2001.2001.0916 Reaching For The Sky — Guardian Unlimited, 2001.0915 Tower Designer Discusses Destruction — AP at Architecture Guide, 2001.0915 Skyscraper Workers Anxious — AP at Architecture Guide, 2001.0914 House-Dreams — International Herald Tribune, 2001.0914 A Special Building In Need Of Special Care — Sydney Morning Herald, 2001.2001.0914 Architects Wonder If Towers Too Tempting A Target — Boston Globe, 2001.0914 Old Buildings Add Vitality To City's Renewal — Kansas City Business Journal, 2001.0914 Contemporary Building Turns Heads In Laveen — Phoenix Business Journal, 2001.0914
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