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NEUTRA HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS DESTROYED Preservationists and admirers of modern architecture were angered to learn of the surprise demolition last month of the Samuel and Luella Maslon House. This house in Rancho Mirage, California, designed in 1962 by Richard Neutra, was a celebrated residential works by the modernist master. The new owners, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Rotenberg of Hopkins, Minnesota, had recently purchased the property for $2.45 million. They had the building destroyed within 30 days of taking possession.
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GLENN MURCUTT PRITZKER PRIZE Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has been awarded the 26th annual Pritzker Prize. He is internationally known for environmentally sensitive modernist houses that respond to their climate and surroundings in the vast Australian landscape.
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CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION AWARDS 2002 The California Preservation Foundation presented its 19th Annual Preservation Design Awards in February 2002 to 21 projects that have rescued diverse historic resources.
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More Architecture News Lincoln Center Invites 9 Architects to Submit Redesign Plans for Fisher Hall — New York Times, 2002.0416Fallingwater Gets a Boost Up — CNN, 2002.0415 Australian Architect Receives Pritzker Prize — New York Times, 2002.0415 Only the Title, 'Architecture,' Will Stay the Same — New York Times, 2002.0404 Surprise Demolition of Neutra House Spurs Outrage — PSMC Press Release at DesignCommunity, 2002.0402 AIA Elevates 68 to Fellow; 6 to Honorary Fellow — AIArchitect, 2002.0402 Return of the Master Builder — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0401 U.S. Architect Cancels Visit over Security Concerns — Jerusalem Post, 2002.0401 Earthquakes Hit Afghanistan, 2,000 Feared Dead — Reuters at ENN, 2002.0327 New-Home Sales Rise 5.3% in February — USA Today, 2002.0327 Italy Plans Grand Span to Sicily — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0326 Large German Construction Company to Get Banks' Help — AP at Nando Times, 2002.0326 Government Orders Inquiry into Trade Center Collapse — New York Times, 2002.0323
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