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PRISON IMPERFECTION Prison design has long been controversial. During the 19th century, when wide-scale prison construction began in the western United States, prisons were criticized for providing a better quality of life to their wards than was available to some law-abiding citizens. Conversely, in recent times human rights groups have sought to improve prison conditions worldwide by criticizing the quality of the facilities themselves.
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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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More Building Culture Libeskind: 'You've Got to Have Faith' — Guardian Unlimited, 2004.0804A/E Firm Profitability Declines as Overhead Rates Increase — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0804 Hassan Fathy: The Barefoot Architect — Islam Online, 2004.0803 Clients Insist on Repeating Famous Looks — Detroit Free Press, 2004.0803 Lebbeus Woods: Experimental Architecture — Absolutearts.com, 2004.0802 Up on the Roof, a New High Life — Miami Herald, 2004.0802 Architect, Mother and Historian at Heart — Miami Herald, 2004.0801 Architects, Clerics Look at Design, Devotion Connection — Daily News, 2004.0730 Regilding a Stanford White Landmark — New York Times, 2004.0730 AEC Job Search Strategies: What Interviewers May Not Ask — AEC WorkForce, 2004.0730 Elliott Carroll Dies at 81 — AIArchitect, 2004.0726 The Architecture of Rebirth — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0726 Board Now, Gate Closing — Guardian Unlimited, 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 Buckminster Fuller: Yet Another Stamp on the Planet — AIArchitect, 2004.0719 Please Miss, Can I Have a Detention? — Guardian Unlimited, 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 Initial Visions for Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles — Canadian Architect, 2004.0715 Googie Fans Have Goo-Goo Eyes for L.A. Coffee Shop — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0715 Renewing the Urban Fabric: Social Housing in Montreal — Canadian Architect, 2004.07
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