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MODERN MOSQUE "It doesn't look like a mosque," said the Muslim woman when I asked for street directions to the Assyafaah Mosque in Singapore. Designed by Singapore-based Forum Architects, the mosque's architecture breaks with tradition. "It's modern," said the woman.
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SANTIAGO VIEWPOINT "El Mirador" ("The Viewpoint") occupies a site on Cerro Apoquindo, on the eastern fringe of the Chilean capital, Santiago, near the Andean foothills. The house is dubbed "the bunker" by local taxi drivers, but the impassionate exterior concrete wall facing the street hides a light and spacious interior.
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AFTER AIR BASE ACTION The new student union at the Arizona State University's East Campus in Mesa provides the centerpiece to a positive outcome of a military base closing. The campus is located on a former U.S. Air Force base, and this new building, designed by Gould Evans Associates in Phoenix, is a creative interpretation of making a place in the desert.
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More Architecture and Design Einhorn Yaffee Prescott’s Katzen Arts Center Really Performs — AIArchitect, 2005.0808Foodie Heaven — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0808 The Museum at the End of the Line — New York Times, 2005.0807 Reference Kit Helps Wood Work — Interior Design, 2005.0803 Hat Trick for the New Pompidou — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0802 Home Is Where the Height Is — Los Angeles Times, 2005.0802 Nation’s First Affordable, Universal-Design Apartment Complex — AIArchitect, 2005.0801 Changing the Image of Technical Education through Design — AIArchitect, 2005.0801 New Art Museum Puts Shine on Davenport Riverfront Restoration — Des Moines Register, 2005.0731 The Spire: Chicago Lite? — The Slatin Report, 2005.0727 Amsterdam's Industrial Strength Music Center — The Slatin Report, 2005.0725 In Chicago, Plans for a High-Rise Raise Security Concerns — New York Times, 2005.0725 Futuristic Hotel Looks Like a Corker — Scotsman Online, 2005.0724 Second Pompidou Centre Goes East — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0721 Ave Maria University Unveils New Design Plans of Oratory — Ave Maria University press release, 2005.0721 JetBlue's Terminal Takes Wing — BusinessWeek, 2005.0721 Prone to Please: Habitat Picks Green Affordability — The Hook, 2005.0721 Rethinking Form and Function at Swarthmore College — ArchNewsNow, 2005.0719 Compact Community College Is “Calling Card” for Rural Area — AIArchitect, 2005.0718 Meier Sought Metaphor for Government Transparency in Design — Mercury News, 2005.0718 Carbuncles — New Statesman, 2005.0718 Vibrant Vision — Mercury News, 2005.0718 Big Box Need Not Be Ugly — Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2005.0717 Nation's First Low-Income Apartments Accessible — San Francisco Chronicle, 2005.0716
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