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In Search of Louis Kahn | |
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Sioux City Orpheum Restoration | |
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IN SEARCH OF LOUIS KAHN Film review: My Architect by Nathaniel Kahn, 2003. "My Architect" is a tale of a son in search of his father — and in search of the private Louis I. Kahn. The two-hour documentary takes us to various built works of the famous American architect, from the Richards Medical Center in Philadelphia to the Capital Complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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SIOUX CITY ORPHEUM RESTORATION The Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa was once a grand vaudeville and movie palace. Designed by the famous Chicago architects Rapp and Rapp, it opened in 1927 and boasted spectacular chandeliers, a gold leaf covered dome, and the grandest of lobbies. Over the decades, the theater suffered numerous insensitive remodels but has recently returned spectacularly to life thanks to a dedicated team of restoration expert and craftspeople.
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JUVARRA IN TURIN The Duke of Savoy was in search of an architect to help him transform the city of Turin in the Italian Piedmont. The duke wanted his capital to be a modern, successful city of his Late Baroque period, that would show that the powerful House of Savoy stood at the forefront of world architecture.
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More Building Culture Gehry: `I'm Just an Architect' — New Jersey Times, 2003.1229Shame on the City, But Kudos to the 'Burbs — Opinion at Vancouver Sun, 2003.1229 Reaching for the Sky — US News, 2003.1229 Fading Ladies? — Chicago Tribune, 2003.1228 The House that Open-Mindedness Built — Chicago Tribune, 2003.1228 A 'Starchitect' is Born — National Post, 2003.1227 2003 Brought Profusion of Home and Design Books — Sun Herald, 2003.1227 A Grand Restoration — Boston Globe, 2003.1227 Three Gems in the Boros — New York Post, 2003.1227 Academic Ruins — Chicago Tribune, 2003.1226 Piecing Together a Vibrant City — Journal Sentinel, 2003.1225 $1.2-Billion Downtown L.A. Project Draws Top Architects — Los Angeles Times, 2003.1224 Shining Restoration of Cathedral Window - or Bust — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.1224 PLANetizen Names Top 10 Urban Planning Books For 2004 — PLANetizen, 2003.1223 Winning Architect Has Designs on Holloway — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.1223 Integrating People with a Non-A/E Background — AEC WorkForce, 2003.1222 Cal Poly Architecture Department To Host Design Conference — CalPoly News Release, 2003.1222 High Rises and McMansions Jeopardizing History — Opinion at Miami Herald, 2003.1221 Wellington's Transport Planning Unsustainable — Scoop, 2003.1219 Harvard's Architects Say: How about Us? — Boston Globe, 2003.1218
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