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IRELAND EYE For a highway-side retail park in Galway, Ireland, Douglas Wallace Architects have designed an unusual and refreshing cinema. Views in and out of the building are key parts of the experience, and the theaters themselves are dramatic and artfully crafted, with special attention to detail. A glamorous theatricality reigns both inside and on the exterior facade. This is not your typical multiplex.
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WHERE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Blacksmithing is such a fundamental craft that in French, the familiar proverb, "practice makes perfect," takes the form, "c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron," or literally in English, "it's by forging that one becomes a blacksmith." — Editor
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HIGH-METAL TOWER A crisp, subtly articulated new form has risen among the towers of New York. The Helena, a 580-unit apartment building designed by FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, formerly Fox & Fowle Architects, brings elegant design and sustainable technologies to a building type often underserved in both these regards.
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More Architecture and Design Scientific and Architectural Landmark at the University of Toronto — Canadian Architect, 2005.1101Modern Children's Hospital Built on Old-Fashioned Principles — Independent Digital, 2005.1101 Visu-centric Design Drives Gallaudet Program — AIArchitect, 2005.1031 ImaginOn Unites Children’s Library and Theatre — AIArchitect, 2005.1031 School Designs That Inspire — New York Times, 2005.1030 Dos Architects to Build in Dubai — World Architecture News, 2005.1028 Foster Completes First Building in Canada — World Architecture News, 2005.1028 Munich Academy of Fine Arts Opens — World Architecture News, 2005.1028 Adjaye’s Whitechapel Idea Store Rethinks the Traditional Library — Building Design, 2005.1028 Making a Parking Garage Look Nicer Than a Parking Garage — New York Times, 2005.1026 Palace for Money — Houston Chronicle, 2005.1026 DWR Introduces Collection of Modern Design for Children — Design Within Reach press release, 2005.1026 2,000-Foot TV Tower May Pierce Skyline — Chicago Tribune, 2005.1025 Maya Lin Creates a Plaza of Possibility — New York Times, 2005.1025 Out to Stimulate, So Forget Public Happiness — Fairfax Digital, 2005.1024 High-Tech High Integrates Technology and Design — AIArchitect, 2005.1024 A Trim Vessel of Worship — Washington Post, 2005.1023 National Waterfront Museum Swansea Now Open — World Architecture News, 2005.1021 Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower Opens — World Architecture News, 2005.1021 Zaha’s Chinese Opera — World Architecture News, 2005.1021 National Design Award to Diller Scofidio + Renfro — Cooper Hewitt press release, 2005.1021 Competition Results: Visitor Facilities at the Giant's Causeway — International Union of Architects press release, 2005.1020 Power Tower — Chicago Tribune, 2005.1018 2005 AIA East Bay Design Awards — AIA East Bay press release, 2005.1018 Sign Design Awards 2005 — Sign Design Society press release, 2005.1011
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