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GARDEN BUNGALOW This single-family house with its clear-span interiors, industrial materials, and view of city lights might be mistaken for the work of American architect (and Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice) John Lautner. But the SPS house, named after "Sprengersteig," its street in Vienna, is a product of the young Austrian firm querkraft architekten. The glazed, pedestal-like building is recessed into a sloping site, with "two boxes and a studio" on the above-ground floor.
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POSTCARD FROM EAST LONDON Dear ArchitectureWeek, The unassuming suburb of East Ham in the borough of Newham in the east end of London is not the place you would expect to find a national design award winner, but this unique pedestrian bridge has won the recent Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Structural Steel and Building Construction Industry Award.
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AUSTRALIA STYLE Australians enjoy an enviable lifestyle, with indulgent habits of entertaining, aided by an incomparable cuisine, easy access to beach and bush retreats, and frequent travel overseas. Though this picture of a privileged society may be easily discarded as idealized and unrealistic, there is some truth in the claim that a greater proportion of the nation's population has access to a wide range of leisure and cultural activities than ever before.
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MIDWEST FARM STYLE
What better to welcome visitors to a working 1890s farmstead than an exhibit hall suggesting traditional forms. With an economy reminiscent of 19th-century Illinois farm life, the Chicago firm of Teng & Associates, Inc. has designed a barn-like structure for Kline Creek Farm
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More Architecture and Design For Arts Space, Shabby Charm Turns Sleek — New York Times, 2002.0320That's Nice - But What's It Doing There? — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0318 Temporary Guggenheim Museum — ARC Space, 2002.0318 African American Museum — AIArchitect, 2002.0315 Edition 'Iconic' Skyscraper for London — BBC News, 2002.0312 Skyscrapers Pierce Less Sky in Wake of Terrorist Attacks — Christian Science Monitor, 2002.0312 Queens Museum of Art — ARC Space, 2002.0311 A Swimming Pool? A Yacht? No, It's Art — New York Times, 2002.0310 Minnesota's Honor Award Winners — AIArchitect, 2002.0308 Edition Briton's Design Will Reshape Hong Kong Skyline — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0305 Post-Soviet Architecture Makes London Debut — Moscow Times, 2002.0305 A New World Trade Center: Design Proposals — Entablature, 2002.0304 New ASO Hall: Meet the Semifinalists — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2002.0304 Tadao Ando's Hill on the City — Washington Post, 2002.0304 The Art of the Motorcycle — Arc Space, 2002.0304 Traveling Light — New York Times, 2002.0303
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