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CASE STUDY: THE EAMES HOUSE In the mid-1940s, as the United States faced the postwar challenge of housing three million returning soldiers, a few architects in Southern California rejected the idea of identical houses in suburban developments. The "Case Study House Program" initiated in 1945 by Arts and Architecture magazine, enlisted the talents of eight architects including Richard Neutra and Eero Saarinen.
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OLD PRAGUE AND NEW Built on seven hills and intersected by the meandering River Vltava (Moldau), Prague offers a stunning array of architecture. From Romanesque and Gothic to cubist and functionalist, the Czech Republic capital is one of the few cities where so many diverse forms of architectural expression coexist comfortably. Every era of the city's history is reflected in its buildings.
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MULTIPLYING LIGHT Two years ago, seven architects in Portland, Oregon were invited to design chandeliers in collaboration with artisans of the Bullseye Glass Company. Architecture critic Randy Gragg was the curator of the resulting exhibit, "Multiplied Light." — Editor Dictionary defined as a lighting fixture hung from a ceiling with branches for candles or light bulbs, what we call the chandelier, most likely began with a pine knot hung on a strap of skin.
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More Building Culture Trade Center Plans Are Speeded Up After Criticism — New York Times, 2002.0424Presidential Libraries: Mines or Shrines? — New York Times, 2002.0424 After Years of Vamping, a Jazz Museum Gets Ready for Harlem — New York Times, 2002.0424 Dutch Art Featured at Getty Center — AP at Architecture Guide, 2002.0422 Police Rule Out Murder in Young Architect's Death — Aftenposten, 2002.0422 A Skinny Gothic Tower Is to Get a Modern Partner — New York Times, 2002.0421 Ads Build Image by Using Buildings — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0421 Brazil Looks Back on Quiet Creator of Brasilia — Reuters at New York Times, 2002.0421 Memories of Old Pan Pacific Resurrected in New Center — Los Angeles Times, 2002.0421 The man who would be king — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0420 'Rubbish Bags' Outrage St. Petersburg — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0419 Stone-Faced Sentinels with Their Eyes on You — New York Times, 2002.0419 At Show House, Designers Turn Down the Volume — New York Times, 2002.0418 Critic of Architecture, Suburbia to Lecture — Denver Post, 2002.0416 Historic Building to Get £7m Facelift — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0416 The Dream Life of Buildings — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0415 The Architecture of Air Travel — New York Times, 2002.0414 Mobile Home — New York Times, 2002.0414 A Plan without a Master — New York Times, 2002.0414 Architecture as a Cultural Discipline — STL Today, 2002.0414 Architecture Commentary: Graves' CTC Design a Mismatch — Star Tribune, 2002.0414 Industrial Lark — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0414
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