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METAPHORICAL DESIGN METHOD Every hospital architect strives to create a physical environment conducive to healing. But an elusive challenge in achieving that goal is understanding the innermost thoughts and feelings of the people who will occupy the hospital.
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ALFRED WATERHOUSE'S TERRACOTTA MENAGERIE When British architect Alfred Waterhouse designed a Gothic revival building for London's Natural History Museum, he integrated into its structure sculptures of some of the flora and fauna that would be featured in the exhibits. Terracotta monkeys climb the interior arches; flowers grace exterior columns. Some recently published pencil drawings by the architect/ naturalist give an insight into the Victorian Waterhouse's approach to ornament for the museum. — Editor
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More Building Culture Interactive Architecture Exhibition Opens — AMN, 2003.1102 EditionPut a Cork In It — Metropolis, 2003.11 Edition Lowering The Veil — Metropolis, 2003.11 Edition The Playful Side of Bauhaus — Art Daily, 2003.1021 New Moscow's Architecture: Harmony or Cacophony? — Pravda, 2003.1021 Sound Architecture — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2003.1021 Architect Asked to Work Bilbao Magic on Dundee Skyline — Independent Digital, 2003.1021 Outside of the Box — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.1021 Michael Graves to be Honored by Reeve Foundation — Press Release at PR Newswire, 2003.1020 Hail the `Queen of Art Deco Skyscrapers' — Toronto Star, 2003.1019 City's Bungalows Going from Basic to Beautiful — Chicago Sun-Times, 2003.1017 Landmark Buildings Tumble, Creating a Dust-Up — New York Times, 2003.1016 Bruce Goff's Bachelor Pad on the Prairie — New York Times, 2003.1016 Architecture Students Design Home for "Water-Souls" — University of Buffalo Reporter, 2003.1016 Home Builders Present Award-Winning Education Program — National Association of Home Builders, 2003.1015 Strategic Changes Give East Bay Home New Personality — San Francisco Chronicle, 2003.1015 Designing the Future — Wakefield News, 2003.1015 Campaign to Save Historic Farnsworth House — National Trust for Historic Preservation press release, 2003.1014 How Social Capital Transformed Chattanooga — The Next American City, 2003.1014 U-M's Building Boom Starts to Clog Skyline — Ann Arbor News at MLive, 2003.1014 Big Bad Buildings: The Vanishing Legacy of Minoru Yamasaki — The Next American City, 2003.1014 Trust Concedes 'Facadism' Fits after the War of the Wharves — Sydney Morning Herald, 2003.1014 Top Architect Slams 'Crass' Mall Design — Scotsman Online, 2003.1013 Landscapers Branch Out, Offering More than Basics — Dallas Morning News at Seattle Times, 2003.1013 The Building That Isn't There, Continued — Editorial at New York Times, 2003.1013 In Praise of Follies — New York Times, 2003.1012 A Little Fascist Architecture Goes a Long Way — New York Times, 2003.1012 Museum Takes a Look at . . . Museums — Miami Herald, 2003.1012 Harvard Exhibitions Showcase Sert — Boston Globe, 2003.1012 Two Very Different Museums Meet in St. Louis — New York Times, 2003.1012 An Architectural Anchor — Redland Daily Facts, 2003.1012 Architect Hopes Bali Memorial Will Be Beacon of Peace — Reuters, 2003.1011 San Francisco Flower Conservatory Blossoms Again — AIArchitect, 2003.1010 Crazy House — The Age, 2003.1010 Research Reveals a Truer Picture of Liability Claims — AIArchitect, 2003.1010
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