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POSTCARD FROM VARANASI Dear ArchitectureWeek, Hindu legend says Varanasi is the city of Shiva, founded at the dawn of creation. History says it is one of the world's oldest living cities with a continuous religious, cultural, and intellectual tradition going back to the 6th century BC. Mark Twain said during a visit: "Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together."
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SCREENS TO INFINITY In the 1950s, Austrian-born sculptor Erwin Hauer designed and built architectural screens and walls whose complex and intriguing geometry attracted much admiration at the time. But they have been largely forgotten, and some have even been destroyed. Here are his thoughts on one example of this extraordinary work. — Editor
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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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More Building Culture The Architecture of Rebirth — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0726Board Now, Gate Closing — Guardian Unlimited, 2004.0726 Elliott Carroll Dies at 81 — AIArchitect, 2004.0726 A Living Monument to the Power of the Word — New York Times, 2004.0725 Not Your Grandmother's Interior Designers — Chicago Tribune, 2004.0725 A/E and Environmental Firms Buy Their Way to Growth — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0723 Please Miss, Can I Have a Detention? — Guardian Unlimited, 2004.0719 Buckminster Fuller: Yet Another Stamp on the Planet — AIArchitect, 2004.0719 The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture — Globe and Mail, 2004.0717 Training Programs Can Protect and Enhance the Bottom Line — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0716 AEC Job Search Strategies: Controlling Your References — AECWorkForce Professional News, 2004.0716 Googie Fans Have Goo-Goo Eyes for L.A. Coffee Shop — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0715 Initial Visions for Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles — Canadian Architect, 2004.0715 San Diego Firm Acquires Las Vegas Design Company — Las Vegas Business Press, 2004.0714 Move Made to Protect Building — Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2004.0713 The Architectural Firm of Vivid & Ingenious — New York Times, 2004.0711 Toronto Architect Shines in Shanghai — Toronto Star, 2004.0711 AIA eClassroom Releases Two Distance-Ed Programs — AIArchitect, 2004.0709 Employee Stock Ownership Plans on the Rise — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0709
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