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POSTCARD FROM ZHOUZHUANG Zhouzhuang, China, located between Shanghai and Suzhou, is a marvelous place of art and architecture. Two-thirds of the architecture in this canal town dates back to the Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644), and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Temples and houses line the zigzagging streams that cut through the town...
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WORKING WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER Good photography is important to architects and designers for documenting completed projects and for attracting new work. An experienced professional photographer can capture the feeling of a space, providing more than simply a literal representation. But finding the right photographer for your design style is not as simple as looking in a directory, and there are a few lessons to heed about developing a working relationship.
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LEVIN AND LOS ANGELES In the early 1980s, Brenda Levin was one of the chief engineers of a collective epiphany that the city of the perennial future had a past. Fresh from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, she was the right architect in the right spot at the right moment to restore a succession of historic buildings in Los Angeles.
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More Building Culture How the Baroque Face of a Kent Orangery Was Restored — U.K. Times, 2003.0224Wright House Wrong for Family in Glencoe; Future Uncertain — Chicago Tribune, 2003.0223 A Campus With a Century of Architectural Design — New York Times, 2003.0223 Building Resolve — Los Angeles Times, 2003.0223 Renowned Utah Architect Sugden Dies at 80 — Salt Lake Tribune, 2003.0222 Architecture: A Showcase of Urban Renewal — International Herald Tribune, 2003.0220 Architects' Shelved Dreams Get an Airing — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.0220 Rainbow Row Creates Suburban Show — Charlotte Observer, 2003.0219 Affordable Housing Moving into San Diego Suburbs — Yahoo News, 2003.0219 The Man Who Designs Tacoma — News Tribune, 2003.0219 Treating Internal Candidates Like Real Candidates — AEC WorkForce, 2003.0217 Health Care One of the Few Healthy Markets in 2003 — AEC WorkForce, 2003.0217 A Man with Designs on a Better Britain — Scotsman Online, 2003.0217 Don't Design around Terror — Opinion at Hoover's, 2003.0217 Landscape Architect for Original Getty Museum Dies — Los Angeles Times, 2003.0217 UC Berkeley Building Tops Design Awards — Alamed Times-Star, 2003.0216 Architects, in Theory — New York Times, 2003.0216 Columbia Hires Architects and Planners to Design Expansion — New York Times, 2003.0215 Career Outlook for Architects — AEC WorkForce, 2003.0214 Architect Returns Home in Bid to Build Tram — Oregonian, 2003.0213 Interviews with the W.T.C. Architects — Downtown Express, 2003.0212 Documentary Gives Voice to Architects — University of Cincinnati press release, 2003.0205
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