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YOKOHAMA FERRY TERMINAL Well timed with the opening of the World Cup soccer games in South Korea and Japan, the new Osanbashi International Passenger Terminal of Yokohama opened in June 2002. With its landscape-like curving roof, the building by the London firm of Foreign Office Architects (FOA) is intended as an extension of a nearby municipal park.
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AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM CONSIDERED To much fanfare and critical acclaim, the Austrian Cultural Forum tower in midtown Manhattan opened in April 2002 with a crush of visitors and curious onlookers.
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NEW VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE "Vernacular architecture," strictly speaking, could be a contradiction in terms. The vernacular is the unconscious work of craftsmen based on knowledge accumulated over generations — perhaps the very opposite of architecture, which is often considered to involve a premeditated design process with a conscious appeal to the intellect.
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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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More Architecture and Design Eduardo Souto de Moura: Braga Stadium — Arcspace, 2002.0617Kool Houses, Kold Cities — The American Prospect, 2002.0617 Edition Britain Needs to See Stars — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0616 New York Architect Modernizes His Creation — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0616 In Japan, Home Buyers Are Now Demanding More — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0616 Design in Starck Relief — St. Petersburg Times, 2002.0614 Pentagon Memorial Design Guidelines Announced — AIArchitect, 2002.0614 Best in American Living Awards 2002 — Housing Zone, 2002.0611 Calatrava's Sondika Airport — ARC Space, 2002.0610 Coop Himmelb(l)au 's Akron Art Museum — ARC Space, 2002.0610 Housing the Northwest Tour Shows Off Hot New Multifamily Homes — Seattle Times, 2002.0609 An Undulating Vision of the Future — Los Angeles Times, 2002.0608 Polishing Up a Well-Cut Gem — New York Times, 2002.0606 Foster & Partners Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon — ARC Space, 2002.0603
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