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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 Cracks Appear at Designer Architect Firm — Australian, 2004.0812Design without License — San Francisco Chronicle, 2004.0811 Building a Village in Oakland — New York Times, 2004.0811 Futurist City Hall No Longer Has a Future — Mercury News, 2004.0808 An Old House Is Finally Being Recycled — New York Times, 2004.0808 A Quiet War over Iconic Visions — Guardian Unlimited, 2004.0808 A Little Landscaping Can Change a Lot — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004.0808 Conquering Recruiting Challenges — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0806 Boom Heard 'round L.A. — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0805 ASLA Calls for Balancing Security with Civic Values — American Society of Landscape Architects press release on PRNewswire, 2004.0805 Libeskind: 'You've Got to Have Faith' — Guardian Unlimited, 2004.0804 A/E Firm Profitability Declines as Overhead Rates Increase — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0804 Designing Like They Give a Damn — Wired News, 2004.0803 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 Concrete ceiling — Lexington Herald-Ledger, 2004.0802 Architect, Mother and Historian at Heart — Miami Herald, 2004.0801 Architects, Clerics Look at Design, Devotion Connection — Daily News, 2004.0730 AEC Job Search Strategies: What Interviewers May Not Ask — AEC WorkForce, 2004.0730 Do America’s Design Schools Encourage Collaboration? — Metropolis, 2004.0726 Renewing the Urban Fabric: Social Housing in Montreal — Canadian Architect, 2004.07 Calculating the Value of Intangibles — Canadian Architect, 2004.07
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