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POSTCARD FROM GLASGOW Dear ArchitectureWeek, St. Peters Seminary, built from 1958 to 1966, at Cardross College, Glasgow, Scotland, seems to resonate more deeply as a modern ruin than it ever would have as an operational building. Designed by Isi Metzstein of Gillespie Kidd & Coia, it now stands as heart-achingly modernist, stripped down and pure. From a distance its brown pebble-clad exterior looks like twhat of a baronial castle, stately and elusive. Palisade fencing, "Do not Enter" signs, and overgrown paths protect its lofty flanks.
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TALKING HISTORY Art and architecture evolved throughout history in societies that drew strength from their cultural and spiritual traditions and from the places they belonged to. These sources, which one might take as factors that separate peoples, are exactly the ones that can link them together in harmony. The same tree that symbolizes life in the Cabala appears in Tantra Asana art; the same red thread the people of Tibet wear on their wrist for good luck is put on baby's pram in the Jewish tradition.
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TALKING SHEDS Architecture's communicative function was disregarded throughout the first half of the twentieth century. During the 1950s, Robert Venturi and I independently developed a strong interest in it. In the mid 1960s, we looked for a site where we could study architectural communication somewhat separately from architecture's other functions and away from complex urban patterns that would make the communication systems less clear. We found it in the Nevada desert on the Las Vegas strip.
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More Building Culture Windward Partners Shares 5 tips for Successful Project Scoping — Windward Partners press release at PR Web, 2005.0510Now and Zen — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0509 Before Richard Meier, There Were - Plants — New York Times, 2005.0508 Impact of a Stadium: A Look at Other Cities — New York Times, 2005.0507 A Double Diamond May Not Be Forever — New York Times, 2005.0506 Regular Appraisals Provide Employee Direction and Motivation — ZweigWhite press release, 2005.0506 Limperts Academy of Design Opens New Doors in U.S. and Canada — Limperts Academy press release, 2005.0504 Noted Architect Vernon DeMars Dies at Age 97 — UC Berkeley News, 2005.0503 Investing in International Designs — Business Standard, 2005.0503 Good Marketing Aids Recruiting — SullivanKreiss newsletter, 2005.0503 An 1858 Cast-Iron Palazzo, Now in Its Blue Period — New York Times, 2005.0501 A Leader of the Classical Revival Honored — University of Notre Dame press release, 2005.0430 Contests Help Employers Recruit and Retain Staff — ZweigWhite press release, 2005.0429 Architect Gehry Bidder for Inland Steel Tower — Chicago Tribune, 2005.0428 Trust Celebrates Completed Restoration of Lincoln Cottage — National Trust for Historic Preservation press release, 2005.0428 Architectural Record Launches China Edition — McGraw-Hill Construction press release, 2005.0428 Proposed Changes to the National Historic Preservation Act — National Trust for Historic Preservation media advisory, 2005.0427 Top Architect Died in Tree-Felling Tragedy — Scotsman Online, 2005.0427 An Architect Embraces New York — New York Times, 2005.0423 The Structure of Urban Design Projects — AIArchitect, 2005.0422 Architects Get Involved in AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program — AIArchitect, 2005.0422 Pittsburgh Architect Provides Personal Connection to Cardinals’ Conclave — AIArchitect, 2005.0422 High-Tech Updates Aside, Utah's Capitol Restored to Former Splendor — Salt Lake Tribune, 2005.0422 To Double in Size, A/E Firms are Turning to Market Research — ZweigWhite press release, 2005.0422
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