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SOUTHERNNESS IN ARCHITECTURE If John F. Kennedy did indeed call Washington, D.C., "a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm," it was a statement characterized less by its deadly accuracy and double-edged sharpness than by the startling lack of ambiguity that went with it. The American North is prized for its efficiency and the opulence of its progress. The American South is seen to lack those qualities and to rely instead on more leisurely (and more charming) ways.
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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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More Building Culture GSA to Participate in ACE Mentoring Program — GSA press release at PR Newswire, 2004.0908Town Comes to the Aid of Its Castle — New York Times, 2004.0908 Nabisco Plant Deserves Historic Status — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2004.0908 The Sydney Opera House: a Father and Son Enterprise — Independent Digital, 2004.0907 Talented Scottish Architects Being Left Out on Home Projects — Scotsman Online, 2004.0906 Luis Barragan's Home Becomes World Heritage Site — CNN.com, 2004.0906 Frank Lloyd Wright Stays Busy in Buffalo — New York Times, 2004.0906 The New New York Skyline — New York Times, 2004.0905 A Spectacle of Anticipation: Building the Lebanon of the Future — Daily Star, 2004.0901 Charles E. Peterson, FAIA, Godfather of Historic Preservation, 1906–2004 — AIArchitect, 2004.0830 London Stock Exchange New Building Aims to Project Fresh Image — Bloomberg, 2004.0830 From Deep in the Depression, Three Low-Rise Corners — New York Times, 2004.0829 The Softer Side of Professional Development Programs — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0827 Architects Join Outcry Over Campus Site Plan — Sydney Morning Herald, 2004.0826 V&A and RIBA Open UK's First Permanent Architecture Gallery — Canadian Architect, 2004.0825 Festival Highlights City's Architecture — Scotsman Online, 2004.0825 Architect Rides with Lance Armstrong to Promote Cancer Research — AIArchitect, 2004.0823 Old House Sparks a New Partnership — Boston Globe, 2004.0822 Modernist Treasure May Be at Risk — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2004.0822 Modernist Design Has a Place in Dresden — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0822 A/E and Environmental Firms Mobilizing around Clients — ZweigWhite press release, 2004.0820 Mediated City: On Urbanism and Architecture in Calgary — Canadian Architect, 2004.08
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