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PUEBLO LEGORRETA How can architecture be contemporary and timeless at the same time? Ricardo Legorreta offers an answer in his design of the Zocalo condominium community in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The name of the development is Spanish for "town square," and its site plan reflects that quality. Zocalo is organized in eight or nine clusters of "casitas," as Legorreta refers to the units. The casitas face open squares or small courtyards that reinforce a sense of community.
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BERMAN ON ICE Glass artist and designer Joel Berman has made the medium the message in his new showroom in Chicago's Merchandise Mart. The focal point of the interior is a 40-foot- (12-meter-) long, three-sided, tunnel-like glass sculpture that invites visitors to explore through touch the textured, layered, architectural cast glass that is Berman's trademark.
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ZESIGER SPORTS CENTER AT MIT There is a frenzy of building activity on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. This haven for "techies" on the Charles River is now undergoing an ambitious billion-dollar construction program, springing from seeds planted two years ago.
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More Architecture and Design Scaling the Heights of School Design — BBC News, 2002.1102House's Design Climbs a Hill toward the Sky — Michigan Live, 2002.1031 Concrete Dreams: Actual Museums with Virtual Art — New York Times, 2002.1028 The Fusion Thing — CounterPunch, 2002.1026 Two University of Toronto Profs 9/11 Memorial Finalists — National Post, 2002.1021 Crossroad of the Gods — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.1021 MIT's New Dorm is Extraordinary, Inside and Out — Boston Globe, 2002.1020 Dutch City Design: Ideas for a Crowded World — International Herald Tribune, 2002.1019 AIA Idaho Design Awards — AIArchitect, 2002.1018 Swedish Cancer Institute Wins Award of Excellence — Modern Healthcare, 2002.1015 Elegant - But Is It Architecture? — Opinion at Guardian Unlimited, 2002.1014 Tadao Ando's Glass Teahouse — ARC Space, 2002.1007 Magic Box — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.1007 'This Weird House': Design School for the Nervy — New York Times, 2002.1003 Power of Place — Metropolis, 2002.1001
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