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A MODERN MORE OR LESS HUMANE Since before its completion in 2002, Steven Holl's award-winning MIT dormitory, Simmons Hall, has been garnering praise from the architectural community. But assessing a building as a professional critic is different from living in and interacting with it. I wondered how the students who lived there felt about it.
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HOUSE OF SERT Spanish architect Josep Lluís Sert (1902-1983) is perhaps best known for his buildings and urban-scale projects. As a member of GATEPAC ("Group of Spanish Architects and Technicians for the Progress of Contemporary Architecture"), he was concerned with the role of architects in city planning. And yet he was also a master of small-scale interior and furniture design. Some of his favorite forms were inspired by vernacular houses. — Editor
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More Building Culture Van Alen Institute Announces Adi Shamir as Executive Director — Van Alen Institute press release, 2006.0201Art of the Skyscraper — The Daily Star book review, 2006.0131 Discover the Many Faces of Detroit — Detroit Free Press, 2006.0130 Solar House Builder Finds N.J. a National Leader — Asbury Park Press, 2006.0129 Modernism: the Idea that Just Won't Go Away — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0129 The Work of Art in the Immersive Age — Building Design, 2006.0127 Who Cares About the Politics of Land Use & Development? — The Saint Consulting Group press release, 2006.0126 Architecture: If It Ain't Broke, Why Fix It? — Sydney Morning Herald, 2006.0126 Inspiring Architects — Arizona Republic, 2006.0125 Under the California Sun — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0124 Architectural Outsourcing - Drawing a New Design — Sify, 2006.0124 N.Y. Design Team Chosen to Create a Showpiece O.C. Park — Los Angeles Times, 2006.0124 A Place for Ethics in Architecture’s Epistemology — Design Philosophy Papers, 2006.0123 HOK Tops International Architecture Ranking — New York Times, 2006.0123 Exploring 'Presidential Temples' — Courier-Journal, 2006.0123 Concrete Thinking for a Sustainable World — Canadian Architect, 2006.0123 British Public Buildings Just Don't Work - Top Architect — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0122 Glasgow School in a Class of Its Own — Scotsman Online, 2006.0122 Welcome to Melbourne, the World's Designer City — The Age, 2006.0122 A Colorado Place — Construction, 2006.0122 Perfectionist Foster Forced to Tighten Belt — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0121 All the Angles — Archinect, 2006.0120 How To Define Intolerance? A Roman Quandary — Forward, 2006.0120 Wreck of Ages: 800-Year-Old Kirstall Abbey — Building Design, 2006.0120 Koolhaas Warning over Blair's Respect Agenda — Building Design, 2006.0120 Nagakin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Wins Reprieve — World Architecture News, 2006.0120 Finland's Design Revival Pops Up on Tourist Map — International Herald Tribune, 2006.0119 ASLA Announces National Sponsorship of ACE Mentor Program — American Society of Landscape Architects press release, 2006.0119 Drafting History — Independent Weekly, 2006.0118 WHA Lectures Celebrate Architect Findlay — Westmount Examiner, 2006.0118
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