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CULTURE THIS WEEK |
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RESTORING "MONTEZUMA CASTLE" Over its 117-year life, Montezuma Castle, designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Burnham & Root, had been a resort hotel, a Baptist college, and a Jesuit seminary.
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REEVALUATING POSTMODERNISM Twenty years ago the Portland (Oregon) Public Services Building by Michael Graves marked the coming of age of postmodern architecture. Arriving after noteworthy houses by Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and others, the Portland Building was perhaps the movement's first major public building and the first to garner recognition beyond the sometimes insular world of the architecture profession.
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More Building Culture British House to Be Open to Public — AP at Architecture Guide, 2002.0618Press "L" for Landmark — New York Times, 2002.0617 Urban Scale, and a Suggestion of Italian Hill Town — New York Times, 2002.0616 Where Home Is a Real Sanctuary — New York Times, 2002.0616 A Development Fuels a Debate on Urbanism — New York Times, 2002.0614 Spanning the Divide — U.K. Times, 2002.0614 A/E Firms Missing Out on Easy Publicity Opportunities — ZweigWhite press release, 2002.0614 All across Switzerland, Fresh Design — New York Times, 2002.0613 Historic Indian Mounds Explained — CNN, 2002.0612 Resilience, Reflected in Marble — New York Times, 2002.0612 After 50 Years of Zoning Out, the City's Reforming the Code — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0610 Levittown Turns 50 — CNN, 2002.0610 A Campaign to Honor Buildings Some Love to Hate — New York Times, 2002.0609 Redevelopment Goes Public — New York Times, 2002.0609 Handsome Homes Becoming More Affordable for Japanese — Nando Times, 2002.0609 Accessible, Adaptable and Affordable — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0609 Designing Women: SMWM Puts Mark on S.F. — San Francisco Business Times, 2002.0607 City Panel Seeks Curbs on Oversized Houses — Los Angeles Times, 2002.0606 Bosnian Ancient Bridge to Be Rebuilt — AP at Yahoo News, 2002.0606 Historic Homes Threatened — Rocky Mountain News, 2002.0606 Design Industry Leaders See Value in Diversity — ZweigWhite press release, 2002.0605 Architectural Historian Takes on Cahokia — AP at Architecture Guide, 2002.0605 Lower Manhattan Community Coalition Advocates International Competition to Decide Future of World Trade Center Site Design and Architecture — Rebuild Downtown Our Town press release, 2002.0604 City Honours Visionary Architect Who Shaped It — Scotsman Online, 2002.0603 Windshield, the Beach House That Made Waves — Washington Post, 2002.0601 The Urban Network: A Radical Proposal — American Planning Association, 2002.0601
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