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EARLY MODERNISM IN SERBIA Belgrade is an under-appreciated center of regional modernism of the 1920s and 1930s. This city played a role in the larger, international modernist movement but with a uniquely Serbian flavor. Sadly, many architectural examples from the period have been destroyed or altered beyond recognition, so photographic documentation remains an important preservation resource. — Editor
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POSTCARD FROM THOMASVILLE Dear ArchitectureWeek, Visiting Thomasville, in southwestern Georgia, to help judge the 2004 Chrysalis remodeling awards (announced June 11, 2004 in Atlanta, during the Southern Building Show), I was pleased to discover a diverse and venerable built environment.
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LAYERING OLD AND NEW A once-abandoned ruin has returned to 21st-century life as a multipurpose event space in a busy entertainment district on the banks of the Bosphorus Strait in Ortakoy, Istanbul. Global Architectural Development (GAD Architecture) has designed a glass and steel box tucked inside the masonry remains.
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More Building Culture Mum Is Still the Word for Design and Environmental Firms — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0528Profile: Paul Andreu — BBC News, 2004.0524 Preserving Wright's Taliesin Home a Long Project — Arizona Republic, 2004.0524 America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places 2004 — National Trust for Historic Preservation press release, 2004.0524 Squat, Ugly and Fondly Remembered — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0524 An Architect's Eye — New York Times, 2004.0523 Apartment Buildings on 4 Chelsea Corners — New York Times, 2004.0523 Varied Housing Enclave in Historic Area in Norwalk — New York Times, 2004.0523 N.Y.'s 'Unique Urban Ecosystem' — Baltimore Sun, 2004.0523 MCA Architect Beginning to Connect — Rocky Mountain News, 2004.0522 Tracking the Future of Yokohama — Daily Yomiuri, 2004.0522 Preserving American Architectural Gem a Long, Slow Project — Duluth News Tribune, 2004.0522 Buildings with a Feeling of Belonging — Washington Post, 2004.0522 Beauty of the Beast — Sydney Morning Herald, 2004.0521 Local Places, Spaces Are Going on Tour — Chicago Tribune, 2004.0521 Case Studies Provide Greatest Bang for A/E/P Training Budgets — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0521 'Building Music' Festival Unveiled — Press-Entertainment, 2004.0521 San Francisco in Midst of Museum Renaissance — San Francisco Business Journal, 2004.0521 Four Bylaws Amendments Up for Vote — AIArchitect, 2004.0521 Reflections on How to Memorialize War — USA Today, 2004.0520 Cultivating a Landscape Design for Us All — International Herald Tribune, 2004.0520
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