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POSTCARD FROM SHIZUKUISHI Dear ArchitectureWeek, While traveling in Japan, I attended a Mochi Maki event in Shizukuishi, a small town of 20,000 in Iwate prefecture, northern Honshu. Mochi Maki is a rice-ball throwing event held during the construction of new buildings in Japan. An altar is set up within the building, and friends of the owners are invited to participate in a prayer ceremony conducted by a Shinto priest. During the service, the gods are invited to be present during the construction and occupancy of the building.
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ALEXANDER CENTERING From his early Notes of the Synthesis of Form, to the bestselling A Pattern Language, to the recent four-volume The Nature of Order, over several decades Christopher Alexander has pushed intellectual boundaries with integrative approaches to design theory. We are pleased to present this excerpt, formatted according to the original and unedited at the author's request, in which Alexander describes a design process from the 1980s using the terms of his own theoretical framework. — Editor
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ST. MARTINS ANEW Among all the great places of worship in London — St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Southwark Cathedral, Temple Church — one of the best known is St. Martin-in-the-Fields. It is situated on the edge of Trafalgar Square near the National Gallery of Art and Charing Cross Road.
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More Building Culture Wrecking Crew — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0810Early Professional Groups Pave Way for Women Leaders — Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2005.0805 Public Buildings Hot Targets for Architecture Firms — Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2005.0805 NU announces gift for School of Architectural Engineering — University of Nebraska press release, 2005.0805 Three Groups Join in Effort to Save Wright's Ennis House — New York Times, 2005.0804 New School Revitalizes Identity and Changes Its Name — New School University press release, 2005.0803 When Computer Store Meets Historic District — New York Times, 2005.0803 Profits Up for Architecture & Engineering Firms — ZweigWhite press release, 2005.0803 Forward-Thinking Young Architect Balances Design and Service — AIArchitect, 2005.0801 In Ljubljana, the Old Europe and the New Are Still in Balance — New York Times, 2005.0731 The Black Hole of Columbus Circle — New York Times, 2005.0730 Filling an Empty Big-Box — Times-Picayune, 2005.0728 Futuro Flashback: The Prefab from Another Planet — New York Times, 2005.0728 Architects' and Engineers' Hourly Rates Are on the Rise — ZweigWhite press release, 2005.0727 Starring Frank Gehry — Los Angeles Times, 2005.0726 Prince Charles Touts Dutch Methods — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0722 Architecture 'A Barrier to Minorities' — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0721 The Shape of Things to Come — Times Online, 2005.0719 Applause as Urban Wrong Is Righted — New York Daily News, 2005.0719 World Monuments Fund Releases List of 100 Most Endangered Sites — AIArchitect, 2005.0718 London Calling — Australian, 2005.0714
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