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LONDON'S THAMES BARRIER PARK Thames Barrier Park is the first riverside park to be built in London for over 50 years. Since it opened in late 2000, it has won design accolades from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), and most recently, the United Kingdom's Civic Trust Award 2002 for landscape design.
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POSTCARD FROM PASADENA Dear ArchitectureWeek, In Thailand, the sala is a simple roadside pavilion, a stopover for weary workers to rest. Transposing the idea to Pasadena, California, Saladang Song is a respite from the noise of the street and the relentless activity of the city beyond. In essence, Saladang Song is an urban retreat — a place to dine, a place to reflect.
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THE NEW CITY HOME From the Iron Age to the age of the Internet, the city has always both absorbed and promoted change. It thrives on reinvention. Today, the North American city is enjoying an upswing in popularity.
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PIXELPARK IN PARIS In July 2000, the Parisian architecture firm Edge won a design competition for an office renovation. Just six months later, the client company Pixelpark moved into its new 27,000-square-foot (2500-square-meter) headquarters.
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More Architecture and Design All Blobs Lead to Rome — Wired News, 2002.0527In New York, An Architect's Narrow Victory — Washington Post, 2002.0526 A New Broom Sweeps a Meier Design Clean — New York Times, 2002.0523 Josef Paul Kleihues' Triangle Building — ARC Space, 2002.0520 What Makes Switzerland Swiss? — FAZ, 2002.0516 Ando's Modernity Harmonizes with Long-Standing Architecture — Daily Yomiuri, 2002.0516 IIT's New Groove Tube — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0516 Metal as Warm as Brandy — New York Times, 2002.0516 When Worlds Collide — Los Angeles Times, 2002.0515 A Visual Arts Library That's Out of the Box — New York Times, 2002.0515 Canadian War Museum Unveils Design Finalists — Globe and Mail, 2002.0514 Architect's Plans take Museum to a New High — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2002.0514 The New Modern Art Museum — ARC Space, 2002.0513 Glass Tower Risks Becoming an Ivory One — Philadelphia Inquirier, 2002.0510 Lakefront Project Could Make Waves — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2002.0508 Aldo Rossi's Quartier Schützenstrasse — ARC Space, 2002.0506 Rethinking New York's Patch of Athens — New York Times, 2002.0505 Inside the Box — Metropolis, 2002.05 Edition A Touch of Glass — U.K. Times, 2002.0429
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