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KAHN'S YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY The Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut (1951-53) was the first significant commission of Louis Kahn and his first architectural masterpiece. Historians Kenneth Frampton and Vincent Scully consider this work Kahn's response to the desire for a new monumentality in the post-World War II period.
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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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More Building Culture The Path to Enlightenment — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0722Lake Zurich Looking to Scrap Swiss Image — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0722 How Sydney's Architects Seem to Favour the Bland over the Brave — Opinion at Sydney Morning Herald, 2002.0722 A Battle Rages on the Home Front — Los Angeles Times, 2002.0721 Feng Shui Experts Seek Good Vibes in New Center — Seattle Times, 2002.0721 Colorful Terra Cotta and Stucco Homage to the Sea — New York Times, 2002.0721 Merger & Acquisition Activity for Design And Construction Firms at Record Levels — ZweigWhite press release, 2002.0719 Set of Plans for Ground Zero Are, at Best, Underwhelming — Opinion at Chicago Tribune, 2002.0719 Scapegoats by Design — Opinion at New York Post, 2002.0719 Museum to Mark Jewish Life in Poland — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0718 With Museum a No-Go, Harvard Shifts Strategy — Boston Globe, 2002.0717 WTC Skyscraper Plan — New York Post, 2002.0716 Architecture: Why There's Trouble at t'Mill — Financial Times, 2002.0715 NFT May Relocate Near Tate Modern — Independent Digital, 2002.0714 'Human Scale' Battles 'Monumental' at WTC — Boston Globe, 2002.0714 The New Urbanism Comes to the City — Boston Globe, 2002.0714 'Give Us Power to Fight Urban Decay' — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0714 ‘Japanese’ House Gets Nod — Scotsman Online, 2002.0713 La Scala Refit Starts Legal Row — BBC News, 2002.0712 Architectural Visions Keep Dreamers Awake — New York Times, 2002.0712 Tax on Architect's Services on Hold, for Now — AIArchitect, 2002.0712 Profits Shrink for A/E/P and Environmental Firms — ZweigWhite press release, 2002.0712 6 Plans for Ground Zero Share Striking Similarities — New York Times, 2002.0711 Father of the American House — Christian Science Monitor, 2002.0710
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